site-checker

name	site-checker
description	Check website pages from an index URL for broken links, missing images, SEO issues, and console errors. Crawls <a href> links from the index page (shallow, no recursion) and validates each. Supports localhost, preview deploys, staging, and production. Optional compare mode diffs DOM against a reference URL.
triggers	["check site","check pages","check blog","check docs","site check","page check","broken links","broken images","validate pages","site health","check 404","pages ok","all pages working"]

Site Checker

Validate all pages reachable from an index URL. Checks HTTP status, broken media, SEO tags, accessibility basics, and console errors.

Arguments

The user provides:

• Index URL (required): e.g., http://localhost:4321/blog, https://nx.dev/docs, https://deploy-preview-123--nx-dev.netlify.app/blog
• Limit (optional): max pages to check, default 50
• Compare URL (optional): base URL of a reference site to diff DOM against (e.g., https://nx.dev when checking a preview deploy)
• Path filter (optional): only follow links matching this prefix. Defaults to the path of the index URL.

Process

Phase 1: Extract Links from Index Page

1. Navigate to the index URL using Playwright MCP:

   mcp__playwright__browser_navigate({ url: INDEX_URL })
   mcp__playwright__browser_snapshot()
   

2. Extract all <a href> links from the page using browser_evaluate:

   mcp__playwright__browser_evaluate({
     expression: `JSON.stringify(
       [...document.querySelectorAll('a[href]')]
         .map(a => new URL(a.href, document.baseURI).href)
         .filter((v, i, arr) => arr.indexOf(v) === i)
     )`
   })
   

3. Filter links:

   • Same origin only — must match the index URL's origin (no external links)
   • Path prefix — must start with the base path (e.g., /blog/) unless user specified a different filter
   • Deduplicate — remove query params and fragments for uniqueness
   • Exclude anchors — skip #-only links
   • Apply limit — cap at the user's limit (default 50)

4. Report: "Found N links matching <prefix> on <index URL>. Checking M pages (limit: L)."

Phase 2: Check Each Page

Spawn parallel subagents (up to 5 at a time) to check pages concurrently. Each agent checks one page using Playwright MCP.

For each page URL, perform ALL of the following checks:

Check 1: HTTP Status

• Navigate to the URL with mcp__playwright__browser_navigate
• Record final status. A page is OK if it loads without a network error.
• If the page shows a 404/error page, flag it.
• Record any redirect chains (the page navigated away from the expected URL).

Check 2: Broken Media

Use browser_evaluate to check all media elements:

mcp__playwright__browser_evaluate({
  expression: `JSON.stringify({
    images: [...document.querySelectorAll('img')].map(img => ({
      src: img.src,
      alt: img.alt,
      broken: !img.complete || img.naturalWidth === 0
    })),
    videos: [...document.querySelectorAll('video source, video[src]')].map(v => ({
      src: v.src || v.getAttribute('src')
    })),
    pictures: [...document.querySelectorAll('picture source')].map(s => ({
      srcset: s.srcset
    }))
  })`
})

• Flag any image where broken === true
• Flag images with empty or missing src
• Flag images missing alt attribute (accessibility)

Check 3: SEO Tags

Use browser_evaluate:

mcp__playwright__browser_evaluate({
  expression: `JSON.stringify({
    title: document.title,
    metaDesc: document.querySelector('meta[name="description"]')?.content || null,
    ogTitle: document.querySelector('meta[property="og:title"]')?.content || null,
    ogDesc: document.querySelector('meta[property="og:description"]')?.content || null,
    ogImage: document.querySelector('meta[property="og:image"]')?.content || null,
    ogUrl: document.querySelector('meta[property="og:url"]')?.content || null,
    canonical: document.querySelector('link[rel="canonical"]')?.href || null,
    twitterCard: document.querySelector('meta[name="twitter:card"]')?.content || null,
    h1Count: document.querySelectorAll('h1').length,
    h1Text: document.querySelector('h1')?.textContent?.trim() || null,
    robots: document.querySelector('meta[name="robots"]')?.content || null
  })`
})

Flag if:

• Missing <title> or it's empty
• Missing meta[name="description"]
• Missing og:title, og:description, or og:image
• og:image URL returns 404 (verify with a fetch)
• Missing canonical link
• h1 count is not exactly 1
• og:url doesn't match the current page URL

Check 4: Console Errors

Check for JavaScript errors after page load:

mcp__playwright__browser_console_messages()

• Flag any messages with level error
• Ignore common benign errors (e.g., favicon.ico 404, third-party analytics)

Check 5: Internal Link Health

Use browser_evaluate to extract all internal links on the page:

mcp__playwright__browser_evaluate({
  expression: `JSON.stringify(
    [...document.querySelectorAll('a[href]')]
      .map(a => new URL(a.href, document.baseURI))
      .filter(u => u.origin === location.origin)
      .map(u => u.pathname)
      .filter((v, i, arr) => arr.indexOf(v) === i)
  )`
})

• Do NOT follow these (that would be recursion) — just log them for awareness
• If any link visually appears broken (e.g., empty href, javascript:void), flag it

Check 6: Mixed Content

On HTTPS pages, flag any resources loaded over HTTP:

mcp__playwright__browser_evaluate({
  expression: `JSON.stringify(
    [...document.querySelectorAll('[src], [href], [srcset]')]
      .map(el => el.src || el.href || el.srcset)
      .filter(url => typeof url === 'string' && url.startsWith('http://'))
  )`
})

Check 7: Structured Data

mcp__playwright__browser_evaluate({
  expression: `JSON.stringify(
    [...document.querySelectorAll('script[type="application/ld+json"]')]
      .map(s => { try { JSON.parse(s.textContent); return { valid: true }; } catch(e) { return { valid: false, error: e.message, content: s.textContent.slice(0, 200) }; }})
  )`
})

• Flag invalid JSON-LD

Phase 3: Compare Mode (Optional)

Only run if the user provides a compare URL (e.g., "compare against prod").

For each page that was checked:

1. Derive the equivalent URL on the reference site (same path, different origin)
2. Navigate to both pages
3. Extract the main content area DOM structure:

   mcp__playwright__browser_evaluate({
     expression: `document.querySelector('main, article, [role="main"], .content')?.innerHTML || document.body.innerHTML`
   })
   

4. Compare:
   • Tag structure: Are the same HTML elements present? Flag missing/extra elements.
   • Broken Markdoc: Look for raw {% %} text visible in the page content (indicates unprocessed Markdoc tags)
   • Content presence: Major text blocks should exist in both versions
   • Image count: Same number of images in content area

Report differences as:

• CRITICAL: Raw Markdoc tags visible, entire sections missing, content significantly shorter
• WARNING: Minor structural differences, different class names (expected with redesigns)
• INFO: Cosmetic differences, additional wrapper elements

Phase 4: Report

Generate a markdown report with two outputs:

1. Inline in conversation — summary table + failures only
2. File at .ai/<today's date>/site-check-report.md — full details

Report Format

# Site Check Report

**Index:** <URL>
**Date:** <date>
**Pages checked:** N / M found
**Compare:** <reference URL or "none">

## Summary

| Status | Count |
|--------|-------|
| OK     | N     |
| Warnings | N   |
| Errors | N     |

## Errors

### <page URL>
- **[STATUS]** Page returned 404
- **[IMAGE]** Broken image: `<src>`
- **[SEO]** Missing og:title
- ...

## Warnings

### <page URL>
- **[SEO]** Missing meta description
- **[A11Y]** Image missing alt: `<src>`
- **[CONSOLE]** JS error: `<message>`
- ...

## Compare Differences (if applicable)

### <path>
- **[CRITICAL]** Raw Markdoc tag visible: `{% tabs %}`
- **[WARNING]** Section "Getting Started" has 3 fewer paragraphs
- ...

Severity Classification

Severity	Criteria
ERROR	404/5xx status, broken images in content, missing og:image that 404s
WARNING	Missing SEO tags, missing alt text, console errors, redirect chains
INFO	Minor issues, cosmetic compare differences

Important Notes

• Never follow external links — only same-origin URLs
• Shallow crawl only — only visit pages linked from the index, don't recurse
• Respect limits — default 50 pages, user can override
• Parallel execution — use up to 5 subagents for page checks to speed things up
• Don't cache — each check should be a fresh page load
• Report promptly — show inline summary as soon as checks complete, then write the file
• When running on localhost, the user must have the dev server running. If navigation fails, remind them to start it.
• Netlify preview URLs look like https://deploy-preview-NNN--SITE.netlify.app/
• For og:image validation, use WebFetch to check the image URL returns 200