Details
Overview
SEO Technical: Sitemap Skill is an open-source Agent Skill from the kostja94/marketing-skills collection (MIT). It teaches AI coding agents focused marketing / SEO workflows so they can produce production-ready guidance instead of generic advice.
Guides sitemap creation, auditing, and optimization for search engine discovery.
Generate an XML Sitemap that complies with the sitemaps.org protocol from the project's page list, and declare it in robots.txt.
Official skill id: xml-sitemap. Source path: skills/seo/technical/sitemap.
Key Features
- S: itemap: Create XML sitemap; submit to Google Search Console
- U: RL discovery: Help search engines find pages; especially important for large sites or poor internal linking
- L: arge site (hundreds+ pages) or new site with few backlinks
- D: eep or orphaned pages that internal links don't reach well
- R: ich media (images, videos, news) needing extension metadata
- G: SC shows growing "Discovered – not indexed" or "Not discovered" counts
How to Use
- Use a Skill-compatible agent such as Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex.
- Install from the terminal (Node.js required):
npx skills add https://github.com/kostja94/marketing-skills --skill sitemap
Or paste the install prompt from this tool page into your agent and ask it to install for you. 3. Restart / reload the agent so the new Skill is loaded. 4. Invoke the Skill with its slash commands or by asking the agent to run the workflow described in Overview / Key Features. 5. Review outputs before publishing — treat model-generated copy, images, and data as drafts.
Pricing
| Plan | Billing | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open source | — | Free | MIT license; install via npx skills add |
| Full pack | — | Free | Optional: install the entire marketing-skills repo |
No paid tiers. Check the GitHub repository for license and updates.
Best For
Marketers, indie hackers, ecommerce / SaaS founders, and SEO operators who want agents to execute a specific marketing task with structured best practices.
Trigger context from the skill author: When the user wants to create, audit, or optimize sitemap.xml. Also use when the user mentions "sitemap," "sitemap.xml," "sitemap index," "lastmod," "changefreq," "priority," "URL discovery," "URL discovery for search engines," "single source of truth," "URL config," "unify sitemap IndexNow," or "reduce duplicate…
FAQ
How do I install this skill?
npx skills add https://github.com/kostja94/marketing-skills --skill xml-sitemap
Or copy the skill folder into .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, or .claude/skills/.
Does this skill run code on my machine?
No. Skills in this collection are pure Markdown instructions for agents — no executable payloads.
Can I install only this skill instead of the full pack?
Yes. Prefer --skill xml-sitemap for a single task. Install 2–3 related skills per job rather than the entire library.
Where should I add project context?
Copy templates/project-context.md from the repo into .cursor/ or .claude/ and fill in product, audience, and brand details so outputs stay tailored.