--- name: seo-sitemap description: > Analyze existing XML sitemaps or generate new ones with industry templates. Validates format, URLs, and structure. Use when user says "sitemap", "generate sitemap", "sitemap issues", or "XML sitemap". user-invokable: true argument-hint: "[url or generate]" license: MIT metadata: author: AgriciDaniel version: "1.9.9" category: seo --- # Sitemap Analysis & Generation ## Mode 1: Analyze Existing Sitemap ### Validation Checks - Valid XML format - URL count <50,000 per file (protocol limit) - All URLs return HTTP 200 - `` dates are accurate (not all identical) - No deprecated tags: `` and `` are ignored by Google - Sitemap referenced in robots.txt - Compare crawled pages vs sitemap; flag missing pages ### Quality Signals - Sitemap index file if >50k URLs - Split by content type (pages, posts, images, videos) - No non-canonical URLs in sitemap - No noindexed URLs in sitemap - No redirected URLs in sitemap - HTTPS URLs only (no HTTP) ### Common Issues | Issue | Severity | Fix | |-------|----------|-----| | >50k URLs in single file | Critical | Split with sitemap index | | Non-200 URLs | High | Remove or fix broken URLs | | Noindexed URLs included | High | Remove from sitemap | | Redirected URLs included | Medium | Update to final URLs | | All identical lastmod | Low | Use actual modification dates | | Priority/changefreq used | Info | Can remove (ignored by Google) | ## Mode 2: Generate New Sitemap ### Process 1. Ask for business type (or auto-detect from existing site) 2. Load industry template from `../seo-plan/assets/` directory 3. Interactive structure planning with user 4. Apply quality gates: - ⚠️ WARNING at 30+ location pages (require 60%+ unique content) - 🛑 HARD STOP at 50+ location pages (require justification) 5. Generate valid XML output 6. Split at 50k URLs with sitemap index 7. Generate STRUCTURE.md documentation ### Safe Programmatic Pages (OK at scale) ✅ Integration pages (with real setup docs) ✅ Template/tool pages (with downloadable content) ✅ Glossary pages (200+ word definitions) ✅ Product pages (unique specs, reviews) ✅ User profile pages (user-generated content) ### Penalty Risk (avoid at scale) ❌ Location pages with only city name swapped ❌ "Best [tool] for [industry]" without industry-specific value ❌ "[Competitor] alternative" without real comparison data ❌ AI-generated pages without human review and unique value ## Sitemap Format ### Standard Sitemap ```xml https://example.com/page 2026-02-07 ``` ### Sitemap Index (for >50k URLs) ```xml https://example.com/sitemap-pages.xml 2026-02-07 https://example.com/sitemap-posts.xml 2026-02-07 ``` ## Error Handling - **URL unreachable**: Report the HTTP status code and suggest checking if the site is live - **No sitemap found**: Check common locations (/sitemap.xml, /sitemap_index.xml, robots.txt reference) before reporting "not found" - **Invalid XML format**: Report specific parsing errors with line numbers - **Rate limiting detected**: Back off and report partial results with a note about retry timing ## Output ### For Analysis - `VALIDATION-REPORT.md`: analysis results - Issues list with severity - Recommendations ### For Generation - `sitemap.xml` (or split files with index) - `STRUCTURE.md`: site architecture documentation - URL count and organization summary

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