Use when the user asks to "analyze backlinks" or "外链分析"; profiles external referring domains, anchor-text distribution, toxic links, and competitor link gaps. Not for internal links — use internal-linking-optimizer. 外链分析/反向链接
Use when the user asks to "analyze backlinks" or "外链分析"; profiles external referring domains, anchor-text distribution, toxic links, and competitor link gaps. Not for internal links — use internal-linking-optimizer. 外链分析/反向链接
Analyzes backlink profiles for quality, risk, competitive gaps, and link-building opportunities.
Quick Start
Analyze backlink profile for [domain]
Find link building opportunities by analyzing [competitor domains]
Skill Contract
Expected output: a backlink report or delta summary plus the standard handoff summary for memory/monitoring/.
Reads: target domain, backlink/referring-domain exports, competitor domains, anchor data, and any user-provided or tool metrics.
Writes: a user-facing monitoring deliverable and reusable summary.
Promotes: significant changes, confirmed anomalies, follow-up actions, and pending decisions to memory/open-loops.md.
Done when: referring domains, anchor mix, and toxic-link share are reported with each metric source-tagged (or N/A); toxic ratio is computed; and at least 3 link-building or disavow actions are named.
Primary next skill: domain-authority-auditor when toxicity or authority concerns need formal scoring.
All integrations optional (see CONNECTORS.md). With tools, pull backlink profiles from ~~link database and competitor data from ~~SEO tool. Without tools, ask for backlink CSVs, referring domains, competitor domains, and link changes. Respect robots.txt and TOS per SECURITY.md.
Decision Gates
Stop and ask the user when:
No backlink data is provided and no ~~link database is connected — link counts cannot be measured. Offer: (1) paste a backlink/referring-domain export, (2) connect a tool, (3) cancel. Do not estimate referring-domain volume from the domain alone.
Continue silently (never stop for):
Which of several competitors to deep-dive — analyze the top 3 by overlap and note the rest.
Missing optional fields (geography, link velocity) — mark N/A and proceed.
Instructions
When a user requests backlink analysis:
Generate Profile Overview — output key metrics, link velocity, authority distribution, and profile health score, with each metric carrying its source tag (tool export / user-provided / estimated).
Analyze Link Quality — top backlinks, link type mix, anchor text distribution, and geography.
Identify Toxic Links — risk indicators, links to review, and disavow recommendations; report the toxic ratio as a labeled figure.
Compare Against Competitors — profile comparison, link intersection, and top linked competitor content.
Find Link Building Opportunities — intersection prospects, broken links, unlinked mentions, resource pages, guest posts, and effort-vs-impact priorities.
Track Link Changes — new and lost links, net change, and recovery priorities, each delta labeled against its baseline.
Generate Backlink Report — executive summary, strengths, concerns, opportunities, competitive position, recommended actions, and KPIs, with every figure source-tagged.
Label every metric Measured (tool/export), User-provided, or Estimated (model inference); never present an estimate as measured; if a required metric is unavailable, mark it N/A — do not invent it.
Reference: See Analysis Templates for the compact output templates used in all seven steps.
CITE Item Mapping
When running domain-authority-auditor after this analysis, the following data feeds directly into CITE scoring:
See Analysis Templates for the full output structure (link-intersection table, opportunities, and impact model).
Link Quality and Strategy Reference
Reference: See Link Quality Rubric for the scoring matrix, toxic-link criteria, benchmarks, and disavow guidance.
Reference: See Outreach Templates for outreach frameworks, subject lines, response benchmarks, follow-up sequences, and templates.
Save Results
Ask "Save these results?" If yes, write to memory/monitoring/ — see Skill Contract §Save Results Template. If toxic ratio exceeds 15%, recommend domain-authority-auditor.
