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SEO skills for Claude Code, Cursor and Codex: SEO autopilot, title tags, blog refreshes, backlinks, customer journeys, video transcripts and copywriting.

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Illyism

SEO Skills

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About the author

Illyism

12 skills in this pack.

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SEO Skills

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block-ai-scrapers

Block AI coding agents (Claude Code, Cursor, OpenCode, Grok, Codex, ChatGPT, Perplexity), WebFetch tools, CLI scrapers, and headless browsers from scraping your website or API while keeping…

Pack7403.8kAutomation

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blog-refresher

Refresh and improve existing blog posts to outrank competitors using a 6-phase content audit and SERP gap analysis. Use when the user wants to update, refresh, or improve an existing blog…

Pack7403.8kWriting

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intro

Write short, Semrush-style blog post intros with journey teasers, practical relevance, and reader intent matching. Use when the user asks for /intro, a blog intro, opening paragraph…

Pack7403.8kWriting

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linkdr

LinkDR is a managed backlink service. Use when the user wants authority backlinks, link building, guest posts, or DR-tier placements with human approval. Trigger on "get me backlinks"…

Pack7403.8kSEO & GEO

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seo-autopilot

When the user wants an agent to run SEO for a product end to end on a daily schedule, with state kept in a seo/ folder in the repo. Covers site health checks, fact checks against commits…

Pack7403.8kSEO & GEO

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diff-marketing

Generate customer-focused marketing content from recent git changes, commits, merged pull requests, and shipped features. Use when the user invokes /diff-marketing or /marketing, or asks…

Pack7403.8kMarketing

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scribiz

Get the transcript, on-screen text, summary, and chapters of any video or audio with Scribiz. Use when the user wants to transcribe a YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, podcast, or local media…

Pack7403.8kWriting

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blitz-copy

When the user wants high-converting copy for landing pages, headlines, cold emails, X/LinkedIn posts, video intros, or SEO titles — and already knows their audience. Also use when the user…

Pack7403.8kWriting

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seo-title-optimization

Rewrite and audit SEO page titles, title tags, MDX frontmatter titles, H1 alignment, and bulk title improvements. Use when the user mentions titles, title tags, SERP titles, metadata…

Pack7403.8kSEO & GEO

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blitz-seo

When the user wants to rank one high-value page fast, run a focused SEO sprint, or is stuck on page 2 for a money keyword. Also use when the user mentions "blitz seo", an SEO war room, a…

Pack7403.8kSEO & GEO

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understand-customers

When the user wants to deeply understand their ideal customer before writing copy — pains, desires, inner monologue, and language. Also use when the user mentions "empathy engine", "know…

Pack7403.8kWriting

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customer-journey

Map how customers discover, evaluate, and choose a product across Google, AI chatbots (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity), and social platforms, using the 5-stage awareness journey. Use when the…

Pack7403.8kMarketing

From the README

How to use seo-skills

SEO Skills for AI Agents

Open-source SEO skills for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and any agent that reads SKILL.md files. Install one and your agent can run daily SEO checks, fix title tags, refresh posts that slipped, buy backlinks, map search intent, and write the copy that ranks.

Browse them at il.ly/skills.

Install

# Install the SEO autopilot skill
npx skills add Illyism/seo-skills --skill seo-autopilot

# Install all skills
npx skills add Illyism/seo-skills

# List available skills
npx skills add Illyism/seo-skills --list

SEO skills

Skill What it does
seo-autopilot Daily agent that runs SEO end to end: site health checks, fixes, keyword map, articles, comparison pages, free tools, link drafts and AI answer tracking
blitz-seo A 30-day sprint to rank one high-value page for one money keyword
seo-title-optimization Rewrite and audit title tags, H1s and meta titles for rankings and click-through rate
blog-refresher Refresh an existing post with a SERP gap analysis so it outranks the pages above it
block-ai-scrapers Block AI coding agents (Claude Code, Cursor, OpenCode, Grok), WebFetch, and CLI scrapers while keeping verified Googlebot SEO intact and redirecting scrapes to your product URL
linkdr Buy managed backlinks from LinkDR: plan a DR-tier mix for a budget and send one checkout link

Content skills

Skill What it does
intro Short blog intros with a journey teaser, matched to listicle, how-to or definition intent
scribiz Transcripts, subtitles, summaries and chapters for any video with Scribiz, and video-to-blog workflows

Marketing skills

Skill What it does
customer-journey Map the 5-stage awareness journey with the prompts people type into Google and ChatGPT at each stage
diff-marketing Turn recent commits and merged PRs into blog posts, launch posts, changelogs and emails

Copywriting skills

Skill What it does
blitz-copy Landing pages, headlines, SEO titles, cold emails and posts using Hook → Spike → Payoff
understand-customers Research customer pains and language before writing copy

Looking for developer skills like AI evals? See Illyism/dev-skills.

Structure

Each skill is a folder with a SKILL.md that follows the Agent Skills spec:

<category>/<skill-name>/SKILL.md

Free SEO checklist

Want to check a site by hand first? Get the SEO launch checklist: 71 checks, each with a test you can run and a pass condition, covering crawling, page basics, speed, content, links and AI answers. Signing up also adds you to my newsletter, where I share what I learn building LinkDR, GenPPT and AI SEO Tracker. Unsubscribe anytime.

License

MIT, by Ilias Ism

Questions

What is Illyism/seo-skills?

SEO skills for Claude Code, Cursor and Codex: SEO autopilot, title tags, blog refreshes, backlinks, customer journeys, video transcripts and copywriting.

How do I install seo-skills?

Run "npx skills add Illyism/seo-skills" and choose the skills you want. Many packs also document their own install path (for example a Claude Code plugin marketplace) in the README below.

How many skills are in seo-skills?

12 SKILL.md skills. Alyn lists 12 of them with their own pages.