# Plan Clear Website Architecture

Unstructured websites make pages difficult to find and maintain. This skill creates page hierarchies, navigation plans, URL maps, and internal linking recommendations.

## Install

```bash
npx skillstore add coreyhaines31/site-architecture
```

## Metadata

- Status: approved
- Slug: coreyhaines31-site-architecture
- Version: 2.0.0
- Author version: 2.0.0
- Skillstore revision: r2
- Version status: valid
- Tree hash: c6bd614c75c2d4ffabdf2e6ba1937055807c19e4648ca6af2999900977294865
- Author: coreyhaines31
- GitHub username: coreyhaines31
- License: MIT
- Repository: https://github.com/coreyhaines31/marketingskills/tree/main/skills/site-architecture/
- Ref: c43861a65bb95efcae259cd161c9d6f4dc7eec6f
- Supported tools: Claude, Codex, Claude Code
- Audit status: complete
- Agent install advisory: allowed
- Manual install advisory: allowed
- Artifact signature: available
- Audit attestation: unavailable
- Human verification: not\_verified
- Risk factors: network, external\_commands
- Quality score: 79
- Quality tier: bronze
- Public page: https://skillstore.pages.dev/skills/coreyhaines31-site-architecture
- Manifest: https://skillstore.pages.dev/api/skills/coreyhaines31-site-architecture/manifest

## Capabilities

- Creates complete page hierarchies as readable ASCII trees.
- Produces visual sitemap specifications using Mermaid diagrams.
- Maps pages to consistent, descriptive URL patterns.
- Defines header, footer, sidebar, and breadcrumb navigation.
- Plans hub-and-spoke and cross-section internal links.
- Adapts templates for SaaS, content, commerce, documentation, hybrid, and local sites.

## Use Cases

- Plan a New Product Site: Define pages, navigation, URLs, and internal links before design and development begin.
- Restructure a Growing Website: Group existing pages, reduce navigation complexity, and identify redirects for moved content.
- Organize Documentation: Create section hierarchies, sidebar navigation, breadcrumbs, and predictable documentation URLs.

## Prompt Templates

### Create a Basic Page Plan

```
Plan the site architecture for a [site type]. Include pages for [business needs] and serve [primary audiences]. Provide a page hierarchy and URL map.
```

### Design Website Navigation

```
Design header, footer, mobile, and breadcrumb navigation for this page list: [pages]. Prioritize [business goals] and explain each navigation placement.
```

### Restructure an Existing Site

```
Reorganize this content inventory: [pages and URLs]. Preserve [important URLs], identify redirects, reduce depth, and provide before-and-after hierarchies.
```

### Build a Scalable Architecture

```
Design architecture for [site] with [number] templated pages across [sections]. Include hubs, URL rules, navigation exposure, internal links, and orphan-page controls.
```

## Limitations

- Does not create or repair XML sitemaps.
- Does not crawl websites or verify live links.
- Requires a content inventory for accurate restructuring plans.
- Provides architecture guidance, not implementation in a content management system.

## Best Practices

- Provide business goals, audiences, site type, and important pages before planning.
- Share the current URL inventory when restructuring an existing website.
- Review page priorities and navigation labels with user research or analytics.

## Anti Patterns

- Do not change established URLs without a complete redirect map.
- Do not place every page in the primary navigation.
- Do not treat visual hierarchy as a substitute for content inventory.

## Security Audit

- Audited at: 2026-07-23T12:48:41.229\+00:00
- Summary: All static findings are false positives caused by Markdown backticks, Mermaid syntax, ordinary site-planning terms, and example schema URLs. The skill contains no command execution, network requests, reconnaissance behavior, prompt injection, or data-exfiltration intent.

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- Downloads: 17
- Favorites: 0
- Popularity score: 0