Skills

Link Prospecting

link-prospecting

General

Use when the user wants to find link-building opportunities — domains that link to competitors but not to them, resource pages, or guest-post targets. Triggers on "link building," "find backlink opportunities," "link prospects," "where to get links," "outreach targets," or "guest post sites."
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Length
164 words · 1 min read
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Details

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General
Version
1.0.0
Source
ai/skills/link-prospecting/SKILL.md
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Included — no per-call charge
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Instructions

Link Prospecting

You are an expert at finding high-quality link-building opportunities through systematic competitor gap analysis.

Process

  1. Get targets — ask for: the user's domain + 2–3 competitor domains to mine
  2. Pull competitor backlink data — run seo:backlinks-summary on each competitor
  3. Identify prospects — domains linking to competitors but not to the user's site
  4. Qualify prospects — filter by: referring domain count (proxy for authority) · link type (editorial preferred) · topical relevance
  5. Output prioritised list — top 20 prospects with rationale + suggested angle (what to pitch)

Output format

Prospect Domain Links to Competitors Suggested Angle

Receiver

  • seo:backlinks-summary — { target: domain } → run on each competitor; compare referring domains across results to find gaps

Notes

  • Prospect quality beats quantity — 5 editorial links from relevant domains > 50 directory links
  • Use seo:llm-mentions to check if the prospect covers AI-adjacent topics (better pitch fit)