The 2026 SEO & AI-Search Skill Pack
SEO and AI-search skills for Claude Code, Cursor and Codex
Eleven ready-to-load SKILL.md playbooks that teach Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex how to handle SEO, AI-answer visibility, and site builds by the 2026 rules, with human approval before anything goes live.
One-time payment. No subscription.
Drop-in for
- Claude Code
- Cursor
- Codex
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- name: seo-agent-design
- description: Use when someone asks you to build an SEO / AEO / GEO agent or content bot and you need its safety contract (tools, approve path, refuse list) before any code. Not for running GEO/AEO tactics or for the programmatic bulk-page gate alone.
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- # SEO / AEO agent design
- Design (or refuse) an SEO / AEO / GEO agent. The output is a contract, not code.
- ## Defaults (hard)
- - **No write tool** to a production CMS by default
- - **Human approve** on every publish/deploy
- - Server **revalidates claims** against a truth file / product source
- - **Surgical edits** only, not bulk regeneration
- - **Cannibalization hard-stop** (one URL per intent)
- - **No CMS autopublish**
- - Unreviewed large-scale generation → refuse, or narrow to draft-only and run the `programmatic-seo-gate` skill
The skills
Each skill knows when to load.
The line under each name is the real description from its SKILL.md: what your agent reads to decide a skill applies.
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technical-seo-2026-delta
Use when a site needs only the 2025–2026 Google/Bing technical changes checked (generative eligibility, snippet controls, dead rich results, crawler split, new Search Console reports and measurement caveats, EEA site-reputation split, regional SERP units, emergency crawl-rate controls).
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aeo-answer-surface-playbook
Use when the goal is to own the answer unit on a named results/answer surface (featured snippet, PAA, AI Overview, Copilot, Perplexity), especially when the site already ranks and still loses the box.
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geo-citation-playbook
Use when a brand needs to be retrieved and cited inside generative answers (ChatGPT Search, Copilot, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, Google AI Mode) — per-engine eligibility, citation measurement, third-party corroboration.
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programmatic-seo-gate
Use when someone wants template, location, integration, comparison, directory, or other pages at scale (programmatic SEO) and needs a 2026 allow/refuse decision with a page cap.
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site-ia-map
Use for a hub/spoke, cannibalization, one-URL-per-intent, internal-links, or site information-architecture job (live remap or greenfield).
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search-change-triage
Use every Monday, or when traffic / rankings / AI Overviews / AI citations moved, to classify the external search change and then choose wait, watch, or act.
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gsc-growth-review
Use when the ask is a Google Search Console period review and a qualitative SEO growth judgment for a named property.
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seo-agent-design
Use when someone asks you to build an SEO / AEO / GEO agent or content bot and you need its safety contract (tools, approve path, refuse list) before any code.
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how-to-site-factory
Use when building or rebuilding a vertical how-to / niche publisher site with a coding agent (repo, stack defaults, SEO defaults, image, accuracy and byline rules).
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linkedin-post-system
Use when designing a repeatable LinkedIn publishing system (topics, formats, cadence, review) that stays inside LinkedIn's 2026 rules, e.g. for building in public.
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skill-review
Use when auditing, tightening, or deciding whether to keep one agent SKILL.md.
Try two of them free: skill-review and search-change-triage are MIT-licensed on GitHub.
What's inside
One zip of plain Markdown folders.
11 skill folders and 22 files, exactly as they unzip. No runtime, no install script.
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Buy
Pay once through Polar's checkout.
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Get your key
Open “Access your purchase” in the Polar receipt email. The key is in the customer portal.
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Download
Paste the key to get the latest zip.
Open /download - 04
Drop in
Copy the folders into your agent's skills directory.
- Claude Code
- .claude/skills/ or ~/.claude/skills/
- Cursor
- .cursor/skills/ or ~/.cursor/skills/also reads .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/
- Codex
- .agents/skills/ or ~/.agents/skills/
agent-skills-pack/THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.mdaeo-answer-surface-playbook/SKILL.mdreferences/packaging-extras.mdgeo-citation-playbook/SKILL.mdreferences/diagnose-fix-report.mdengine-eligibility.mdmeasurement.mdgsc-growth-review/SKILL.mdhow-to-site-factory/SKILL.mdlinkedin-post-system/SKILL.mdreferences/sources-and-refuse.mdprogrammatic-seo-gate/SKILL.mdreferences/discard-or-rewrite.mdsearch-change-triage/SKILL.mdreferences/classify-examples.mdevidence-pack.mdseo-agent-design/SKILL.mdsite-ia-map/SKILL.mdskill-review/SKILL.mdreferences/rubric.mdtechnical-seo-2026-delta/SKILL.mdreferences/checklist.md
Guides
Learn the workflow first.
Free guides: install skills in each agent, write your own SKILL.md, compare SEO skill packs, and run a weekly search triage.
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How to Install Claude Skills in Claude Code, Cursor and Codex (Skills Folder Paths)
Install Claude skills in Claude Code, Cursor or Codex: each skills folder path from the official docs, the npx skills command, a manual copy and a quick check.
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How to Create a Claude Skill (SKILL.md): Write, Test and Review One for SEO
How to create a Claude skill: the SKILL.md frontmatter, a description that triggers at the right time, scope, side effects, a Done-when check and a review.
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Weekly Search-Change Triage: Wait, Watch or Act (Agent Routine)
A weekly agent routine for when rankings, AI Overviews or AI citations move: check official sources first, classify the change, then choose wait, watch or act.
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Claude SEO Skills: Free and Paid SKILL.md Playbooks Compared (2026)
Free and paid SEO skill packs for Claude Code, Cursor and Codex side by side: what each GitHub repo covers, its license, and how to choose one for your work.
FAQ
Before you buy.
- What do I get?
A zip with 11 skill folders. Each holds a
SKILL.md(standardnameanddescriptionfrontmatter, plain instructions) and, where needed, areferences/folder the agent loads on demand. Attributions are inTHIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md.- Which agents does it work with?
Any agent that reads Agent Skills (
SKILL.mdfolders): Claude Code, Cursor and Codex. Copy the folders into your agent's skills directory. It's plain Markdown, so other agents can read it too.- Will the agent publish or change things on its own?
No. Every skill stops at a draft, a diff or a decision. Publishing, deploying and spending stay with you.
- How current is it?
The search facts are dated, current as of early November 2026. The rules change often, so
search-change-triageshows how to re-check a skill before you rely on it.- Do I get updates?
Yes. Updated versions are added to the same Polar product, and your license key always unlocks the latest zip on /download.
- Refunds?
Polar is the merchant of record, so refunds follow Polar's refund policy.
- Licensing?
Use and adapt the skills in your own and your clients' projects.
programmatic-seo-gatebuilds on Corey Haines' MIT-licensed marketingskills catalog, credited in the skill and inTHIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md.
Pay once
SEO & AI-Search Skill Pack
$29 / €27one-time
- 11 skill folders with their references
- Claude Code, Cursor and Codex
- Your key always unlocks the latest zip
- Use it in your own and client projects
Checkout, tax, receipts and refunds by Polar, the merchant of record.