broken-external-links SKILL.md skillA
broken-external-links from thedaviddias/front-end-checklist is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add thedaviddias/front-end-checklist/broken-external-links@git:20261004.4b0ddb9Pins git:20261004.4b0ddb9 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- thedaviddias/front-end-checklist
- Path
skills/broken-external-links/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20261004.4b0ddb9, committed Oct 4, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 29, 2026
- Size
- 1,604 bytes
- Repository stars
- 74,516
- License
- MIT
Use when auditing metadata, crawlability, structured data, or indexability related to Fix or remove broken external links. Verify the rendered HTML and HTTP response rather than relying only on source files.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Fix or remove broken external links Broken links provide a poor user experience and can signal to search engines that your content is outdated or poorly maintained. ## Quick Reference - Regularly scan for external links returning 4xx or 5xx error codes - Update broken links to the new correct URL or remove them entirely - Avoid linking to expired domains that may have been repurposed ## Check Scan the page for any external links that lead to 404 pages or other error states. ## Fix Update the broken external link to a working URL or remove the link if the resource no longer exists. ## Explain Explain the impact of 'link rot' on a website's perceived quality and user trust. ## Code Review Review metadata generation, rendered HTML, structured data, and response headers related to Fix or remove broken external links. Flag exact routes or templates where search-facing output violates the rule, and describe how to verify the final page output. --- For full implementation details, code examples, and framework-specific guidance, see `references/rule.md`. Rule page: https://frontendchecklist.io/rules/seo/broken-external-links
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add thedaviddias/front-end-checklist/broken-external-links@sha256:332d462e6937b8a3The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261004.4b0ddb9, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_s3e4fxupfwq7nisn)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between May 29, 2026 and Oct 4, 2026, about one every 128 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261004.4b0ddb9 latest | 2026-10-04 | 4b0ddb9 | 1,604 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260529.7c05904 | 2026-05-29 | 7c05904 | 1,610 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (1604 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
thedaviddias/front-end-checklist · 74,516 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-06 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_s3e4fxupfwq7nisn GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=thedaviddias/front-end-checklist/broken-external-links GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/332d462e6937b8a3f7e73eca3175304bcfe409134c4ca9e86447e2f43ab68395
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