Skills backlink-analyzer
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backlink-analyzer

Low Risk ⚙️ External commands🌐 Network access📁 Filesystem access

Audit Backlink Profiles and Find Link Opportunities

Backlink reviews can be slow when data lives across exports, SEO tools, and competitor research. This skill structures link quality checks, toxic link review, gap analysis, and outreach planning.

Supports: Claude Codex Code(CC)
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Agent-readable resources

Use these links when an AI agent, crawler, or script needs clean context instead of reading the full page.

Markdown detail GET /skills/aaron-he-zhu-backlink-analyzer.md Signed manifest GET /api/skills/aaron-he-zhu-backlink-analyzer/manifest Signed lockfile GET /api/skills/aaron-he-zhu-backlink-analyzer/lockfile

Test it

Using "backlink-analyzer". A backlink export for a SaaS domain with authority metrics and anchor text.

Expected outcome:

A profile health summary with quality distribution, anchor text risks, strongest links, and recommended next actions.

Using "backlink-analyzer". Competitor referring domain lists for three competing sites.

Expected outcome:

A prioritized opportunity table showing domains that link to competitors, likely outreach angles, effort, and expected impact.

Using "backlink-analyzer". A list of suspicious backlinks from low-quality sites.

Expected outcome:

A toxic link review grouped into disavow, investigate, monitor, and ignore recommendations with short rationale.

Security Audit

Low Risk
v2 • 6/27/2026

Static analysis reported many high-risk patterns, but review found them in Markdown examples, SEO terminology, example URLs, and relative documentation links. No executable scripts, hidden network requests, credential access, data exfiltration, or prompt injection attempts were found in the reviewed files.

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Files scanned
1,468
Lines analyzed
7
findings
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Total audits
Low Risk Issues (4)
SKILL.md:35-55SKILL.md:80-455references/link-quality-rubric.md:217-230
Markdown Examples Misclassified as Shell Execution
The external command alerts are Markdown code fences and output templates. They show user prompts and report formats, not executable shell commands or Ruby backticks.
references/link-quality-rubric.md:82references/link-quality-rubric.md:223references/link-quality-rubric.md:224
Example URLs Misclassified as Network Activity
The hardcoded URLs are examples in backlink and disavow documentation. They are not used by code to fetch, post, or transmit data.
SKILL.md:59SKILL.md:589-594
Relative Reference Links Misclassified as Path Traversal
The path traversal alerts are relative Markdown links to connector documentation and related skills. They do not read files or access arbitrary paths.
SKILL.md:3SKILL.md:140SKILL.md:440SKILL.md:510SKILL.md:520references/link-quality-rubric.md:15references/link-quality-rubric.md:34references/link-quality-rubric.md:53references/link-quality-rubric.md:61references/link-quality-rubric.md:65references/link-quality-rubric.md:79references/link-quality-rubric.md:89references/link-quality-rubric.md:94references/link-quality-rubric.md:98references/link-quality-rubric.md:105references/link-quality-rubric.md:117references/link-quality-rubric.md:188references/link-quality-rubric.md:206references/link-quality-rubric.md:238references/outreach-templates.md:3references/outreach-templates.md:36references/outreach-templates.md:101references/outreach-templates.md:128-130references/outreach-templates.md:167references/outreach-templates.md:375references/outreach-templates.md:417references/outreach-templates.md:528references/outreach-templates.md:569-571
SEO Terms Misclassified as Blocker Patterns
The weak cryptography and reconnaissance alerts are false positives from SEO language, outreach text, and scoring tables. No cryptographic function or system probing is present.

Risk Factors

⚙️ External commands (3)
references/link-quality-rubric.md:217-230 SKILL.md:35-55 SKILL.md:80-455
🌐 Network access (3)
references/link-quality-rubric.md:82 references/link-quality-rubric.md:223 references/link-quality-rubric.md:224
📁 Filesystem access (2)
SKILL.md:59 SKILL.md:589-594
Audited by: codex View Audit History →

Quality Score

41
Architecture
100
Maintainability
87
Content
69
Community
82
Security
78
Spec Compliance

What You Can Build

Audit an Existing Backlink Profile

Review backlink exports, score link quality, and prioritize toxic links for manual review.

Find Competitor Link Gaps

Compare competitor referring domains and build a prioritized list of attainable link opportunities.

Plan Outreach Campaigns

Select outreach angles, adapt templates, and track expected effort for link acquisition campaigns.

Try These Prompts

Analyze One Domain 
Analyze this backlink export for [domain]. Summarize profile health, top risks, strongest links, and immediate next steps.
Review Toxic Links 
Check these backlinks for toxic patterns. Group links by risk level and explain which entries need manual review or disavow.
Compare Competitors 
Compare our backlink profile against [competitor domains]. Identify shared competitor links we lack and rank opportunities by value.
Build an Outreach Plan 
Use the backlink gap analysis to create an outreach plan with segments, templates, personalization notes, and success metrics.

Best Practices

  • Provide backlink exports with source domain, target URL, anchor text, follow status, and authority metrics.
  • Review high-risk disavow recommendations manually before submitting anything to Google Search Console.
  • Personalize outreach with specific page references and clear value for the recipient.

Avoid

  • Do not treat low domain authority alone as proof that a link is toxic.
  • Do not send outreach templates without checking the recipient, page context, and publication guidelines.
  • Do not disavow broad domains when only one low-quality URL is the issue.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does this skill collect backlink data automatically?
Only when a compatible link database or SEO tool is connected. Otherwise, it uses data provided by the user.
Can it create a disavow file?
It can guide disavow formatting and recommendations. A human should review every entry before upload.
What data should I provide?
Provide source domains, target URLs, anchor text, follow status, authority metrics, and recent gains or losses.
Can it compare multiple competitors?
Yes. It can compare several competitor profiles and identify domains that link to them but not to you.
Does it guarantee ranking improvements?
No. It supports backlink analysis and planning, but search rankings depend on many external factors.
Is it useful without paid SEO tools?
Yes, if you provide exports or manually collected data. Automated metrics will be limited without connected tools.

Developer Details

License

MIT

Repository

https://github.com/aaron-he-zhu/seo-geo-claude-skills/tree/main/monitor/backlink-analyzer/

Ref

main

File structure

📁 references/

📄 link-quality-rubric.md

📄 outreach-templates.md

📄 SKILL.md