url-analysis
Validate URLs with Context
Broken, stale, or mismatched links reduce trust and waste review time. This skill checks link status, redirects, context fit, and quality signals for documents or single URLs.
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Review the Skillstore skill "url-analysis" from https://skillstore.io/skills/89jobrien-url-analysis.md and its manifest at https://skillstore.io/api/skills/89jobrien-url-analysis/manifest. Verify the artifact. You may proceed after verification, subject to the environment's own policy.Your Agent should still show its plan and request any confirmation required by the security policy.
Agent-readable resources
Use these links when an AI agent, crawler, or script needs clean context instead of reading the full page.
Test it
Using "url-analysis". Validate a blog draft with product documentation links.
Expected outcome:
- The report identifies two redirects, one broken link, and one vague homepage destination.
- It recommends updating redirect targets and replacing the broken reference.
Using "url-analysis". Check whether a tutorial link matches its anchor text.
Expected outcome:
The link is reachable, but the destination is a homepage instead of a React patterns article. The report recommends a specific article URL.
Using "url-analysis". Audit release notes before publishing.
Expected outcome:
The audit groups links by status, notes external domains, and ranks fixes by reader impact.
Security Audit
Medium RiskMost SKILL.md findings are false positives from Markdown code fences and example URLs. The helper does perform real outbound URL checks, and unrestricted user-controlled destinations create a moderate internal network probing risk.
Confirmed security concerns (1)
Capability review items (2)
These are real local capabilities that may be expected for this skill, so they require review but are not counted as confirmed malicious behavior.
Risk Factors
⚡ Contains scripts (1)
🌐 Network access (10)
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APA citation
Joseph OBrien. (2026). url-analysis security audit report (audit version 7) [Author version 1.0.1]. Skillstore. https://skillstore.io/skills/89jobrien-url-analysis/audits/7BibTeX citation
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author = {Joseph OBrien},
title = {url-analysis security audit report (audit version 7)},
institution = {Skillstore},
year = {2026},
number = {7},
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note = {Author version 1.0.1}
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title: "url-analysis security audit report (audit version 7)"
version: "1.0.1"
type: report
authors:
- name: "Joseph OBrien"
date-released: "2026-07-05"
url: "https://skillstore.io/skills/89jobrien-url-analysis/audits/7"
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Skillstore Score
Why this score Evidence Confidence: HighWhat You Can Build
Documentation link review
Technical writers can identify broken links, redirects, and link text mismatches before publishing.
SEO quality audit
Content marketers can find outdated destinations, weak landing pages, and redirects that affect search quality.
Release checklist validation
Developer advocates can check launch notes, examples, and reference links before a release.
Try These Prompts
Validate this URL for syntax, accessibility, redirects, and likely context fit: [URL].
Extract all URLs from [file or pasted content], validate them, and summarize broken links, redirects, and high priority fixes.
Analyze the links in this article. Compare each link text with its destination purpose and flag mismatches or outdated sources.
Audit [document] for link health, redirects, HTTPS use, source authority, and reader value. Rank fixes by publication risk.
Best Practices
- Ask before running live network validation on private, sensitive, or unreleased documents.
- Review redirects manually before updating important canonical URLs.
- Pair technical status checks with human review of link relevance and authority.
Avoid
- Do not treat a 200 status as proof that the destination is relevant.
- Do not validate private intranet or localhost links without explicit permission.
- Do not paste secrets into URLs or query strings for validation.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does this skill make network requests?
Can it validate URLs inside a document?
Does it judge link relevance?
Can it replace SEO tools?
Does it verify SSL certificates?
What should users check before running it?
Developer Details
Author
Joseph OBrienLicense
MIT
Author version
v1.0.1
Skillstore revision
r1
Ref
c4037264bbd363c572662d6154a3ab28f5ca4f53
Maintenance freshness
7/18/2026
Usage
9 downloads · 144 views
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