claude-rank

**10 scanners. 170+ checks. Auto-fix for robots.txt, sitemap.xml, llms.txt, and JSON-LD. Works on local projects and live URLs.**
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**Built by Kailesk Khumar, founder of HouseofMVPs and Kailxlabs**
*One indie hacker. One plugin. Every search engine covered.*
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Quick Start
Use as a Claude Code Plugin (recommended)
claude-rank works as a full Claude Code plugin with skills, agents, and slash commands.
**Option A — Install from GitHub (recommended):**
**Option B — Install from a local clone:**
Then in Claude Code:
After installing, run /reload-plugins to activate in your current session.
Once installed, use slash commands:
**Zero configuration.** claude-rank reads your project structure and self-configures.
Use standalone — no install needed
Install globally
> Both packages are identical. claude-rank-seo is an unscoped alias for easier npx usage.
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The Problem
You shipped your SaaS. You ask ChatGPT about your niche — your site isn't mentioned. Perplexity doesn't cite you. Google AI Overviews skips you entirely. Traditional search traffic is flat too.
Most developers don't realize:
- **Your robots.txt is blocking GPTBot, PerplexityBot, and ClaudeBot** — AI can't cite what it can't crawl
- **You don't have an llms.txt** — the file AI assistants look for to understand your project
- **Your structured data is missing or broken** — you're invisible to rich results and AI answers
- **Your content isn't structured for AI extraction** — no clear definitions, no citable passages, no data points
- **Basic search hygiene is off** — missing meta tags, broken links, no sitemap
That's not just a search ranking problem. It's an AI visibility problem. Your site exists, but AI doesn't know it.
The Solution
One command. Ten scanners check your AI readiness and search visibility in parallel. 170+ checks across AI discoverability, search hygiene, content structure, performance, and security. Every finding gets an automated fix. Score tracked over time. **Then it tells you what to submit to Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools.**
**Score below 80?** Run /claude-rank:rank-fix to auto-generate what's missing (robots.txt, sitemap.xml, llms.txt, JSON-LD) then re-scan to see your improvement.
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All 10 Scanners
1. Search Hygiene Scanner — 54 Checks
Practical on-page checks that developers miss. Not a replacement for a full SEO strategy — just the technical baseline your site needs.
| Category | What it checks |
|---|---|
| **Meta** | Title (length, uniqueness), meta description, viewport, charset, canonical URL, lang attribute |
| **Content** | H1 presence, heading hierarchy, word count ( only), image alt text, thin content, readability (Flesch-Kincaid), passive voice |
| **Technical** | robots.txt, sitemap.xml, HTTPS, mobile-friendly viewport, analytics (30+ providers), redirect chains, lazy loading, hreflang |
| **Structured Data** | JSON-LD presence, validation against Google's required fields (14 schema types), dateModified freshness |
| **Cross-Page** | Duplicate titles, duplicate descriptions, duplicate content (Jaccard >80%), canonical conflicts, orphan pages, broken internal links |
2. AI Discoverability Scanner — 45 Checks + E-E-A-T
Checks whether AI search engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews) can find and cite your content.
| Category | What it checks |
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| **AI Crawlers** | robots.txt for 11 bots: GPTBot, PerplexityBot, ClaudeBot, Claude-Web, Google-Extended, CCBot, AppleBot, Bytespider, Meta-ExternalAgent, Amazonbot, anthropic-ai |
| **AI Discoverability** | llms.txt, sitemap.xml, structured data quality |
| **Content Structure** | Question-format H2s (filters marketing headers), definition patterns, statistics, data tables, lists |
| **Citation Readiness** | 134-167 word passage sweet spot, direct answers in first 40-60 words, citations to .edu/.gov/.org |