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This skill evaluates domain authority across 40 standardized criteria organized in 4 dimensions. It produces a comprehensive audit report with per-item scoring, dimension and weighted scores by domain type, veto item checks, and a prioritized action plan.
Sister skill: content-quality-auditor evaluates content at the page level (80 items). This skill evaluates the domain behind the content (40 items). Together they provide a complete 120-item assessment.
Namespace note: CITE uses C01-C10 for Citation items; CORE-EEAT uses C01-C10 for Contextual Clarity items. In combined 120-item assessments, prefix with the framework name (e.g., CITE-C01 vs CORE-C01) to avoid confusion.
System role: Citation Trust Gate. It decides whether a domain is credible enough to support ranking, citation, and brand authority work.
When This Must Trigger
Use this when domain credibility or citation trustworthiness is in question — even if the user doesn't use audit terminology:
User asks "how trustworthy is my site" or "is my domain credible"
When backlink-analyzer finds toxic link ratio above 15%, its handoff summary recommends this gate check
Evaluating domain authority before a GEO campaign
Benchmarking your domain against competitors
Assessing whether a domain is trustworthy as a citation source
Running periodic domain health checks or after link building campaigns
Identifying manipulation red flags (PBNs, link farms, penalty history)
Cross-referencing with content-quality-auditor for full 120-item assessment
What This Skill Does
Full 40-Item Audit: Scores every CITE check item as Pass/Partial/Fail
Dimension Scoring: Calculates scores for all 4 dimensions (0-100 each)
Weighted Totals: Applies domain-type-specific weights for CITE Score
Cross-Reference: Optionally pairs with CORE-EEAT for combined diagnosis
Quick Start
Start with one of these prompts. Finish with a citation-trust verdict and a handoff summary using the repository format in Skill Contract.
Audit Your Domain
Audit domain authority for [domain]
Run a CITE domain audit on [domain] as a [domain type]
Audit with Domain Type
CITE audit for example.com as an e-commerce site
Score this SaaS domain against the 40-item benchmark: [domain]
Comparative Audit
Compare domain authority: [your domain] vs [competitor 1] vs [competitor 2]
Combined Assessment
Run full 120-item assessment on [domain]: CITE domain audit + CORE-EEAT content audit on [sample pages]
Skill Contract
Gate verdict: TRUSTED (no veto items, scores above threshold) / CAUTIOUS (issues found but no veto) / UNTRUSTED (veto item T03, T05, or T09 failed). Always state the verdict prominently at the top of the report.
Expected output: a CITE audit report, a citation-trust verdict, and a short handoff summary ready for memory/audits/domain/.
Reads: the target domain, supporting authority signals, comparison domains, and prior decisions from CLAUDE.md and the shared State Model when available.
Writes: a user-facing authority report plus a reusable summary that can be stored under memory/audits/domain/.
Promotes: veto items and domain risks to memory/hot-cache.md (auto-saved). Authority context to memory/audits/domain/. Results feed into entity-optimizer as authority input for brand's canonical profile.
Next handoff: use the Next Best Skill below once the trust picture is clear.
Note: All integrations are optional. This skill works without any API keys — users provide data manually when no tools are connected.
With ~~link database + ~~SEO tool + ~~AI monitor + ~~knowledge graph + ~~brand monitor connected:
Automatically pull backlink profiles and link quality metrics from ~~link database, domain authority scores and keyword rankings from ~~SEO tool, AI citation data from ~~AI monitor, entity presence from ~~knowledge graph, and brand mention data from ~~brand monitor.
With manual data only:
Ask the user to provide:
Domain to evaluate
Domain type (if not auto-detectable): Content Publisher, Product & Service, E-commerce, Community & UGC, Tool & Utility, or Authority & Institutional
Backlink data: referring domains count, domain authority, top linking domains
Traffic estimates (from any SEO tool or SimilarWeb)
Competitor domains for comparison (optional)
Proceed with the full 40-item audit using provided data. Note in the output which items could not be fully evaluated due to missing access (e.g., AI citation data, knowledge graph queries, WHOIS history).
Note: Some items require specialized data (C05-C08 AI citation data, I01 knowledge graph queries, T04-T05 IP/profile analysis). Score what is observable; mark unverifiable items as "N/A — requires [data source]" and exclude from dimension average.
Step 4: Scoring & Report
Calculate scores and generate the final report:
## CITE Domain Authority Report### Overview-**Domain**: [domain]
-**Domain Type**: [type]
-**Audit Date**: [date]
-**CITE Score**: [score]/100 ([rating])
-**Veto Status**: ✅ No triggers / ⚠️ [item] triggered — Score capped at 39
### Dimension Scores
| Dimension | Score | Rating | Weight | Weighted |
|-----------|-------|--------|--------|----------|
| C — Citation | [X]/100 | [rating] | [X]% | [X] |
| I — Identity | [X]/100 | [rating] | [X]% | [X] |
| T — Trust | [X]/100 | [rating] | [X]% | [X] |
| E — Eminence | [X]/100 | [rating] | [X]% | [X] |
| **CITE Score** | | | | **[X]/100** |
**Score Calculation**: CITE Score = C × [w_C] + I × [w_I] + T × [w_T] + E × [w_E]
**Rating Scale**: 90-100 Excellent | 75-89 Good | 60-74 Medium | 40-59 Low | 0-39 Poor
### Per-Item Scores
| ID | Check Item | Score | Notes |
|----|-----------|-------|-------|
| C01 | Referring Domains Volume | [Pass/Partial/Fail] | [observation] |
| C02 | Referring Domains Quality | [Pass/Partial/Fail] | [observation] |
| ... | ... | ... | ... |
| E10 | Industry Share of Voice | [Pass/Partial/Fail] | [observation] |
### Top 5 Priority Improvements
Sorted by: weight × points lost (highest impact first)
1.**[ID] [Name]** — [specific modification suggestion]
- Current: [Fail/Partial] | Potential gain: [X] weighted points
- Action: [concrete step]
2.**[ID] [Name]** — [specific modification suggestion]
- Current: [Fail/Partial] | Potential gain: [X] weighted points
- Action: [concrete step]
3–5. [Same format]
### Action Plan#### Quick Wins (< 1 week)- [ ] [Action 1]
- [ ] [Action 2]
#### Medium Effort (1-4 weeks)- [ ] [Action 3]
- [ ] [Action 4]
#### Strategic (1-3 months)- [ ] [Action 5]
- [ ] [Action 6]
### Cross-Reference with CORE-EEAT
For a complete assessment, pair this CITE audit with a CORE-EEAT content audit:
| Assessment | Score | Rating |
|-----------|-------|--------|
| CITE (Domain) | [X]/100 | [rating] |
| CORE-EEAT (Content) | [Run content-quality-auditor on sample pages] | — |
**Diagnosis Matrix**:
- High CITE + High CORE-EEAT → Maintain and expand
- High CITE + Low CORE-EEAT → Prioritize content quality
- Low CITE + High CORE-EEAT → Build domain authority
- Low CITE + Low CORE-EEAT → Start with content, then domain
### Recommended Next Steps- For domain authority building: focus on top 5 priorities above
- For content improvement: use `content-quality-auditor` on key pages
- For backlink strategy: use `backlink-analyzer` for detailed link analysis
- For competitor benchmarking: use `competitor-analysis` with CITE scores
- For tracking progress: run `/seo:report` with CITE score trends
Save Results
After delivering findings to the user, ask:
"Save these results for future sessions?"
If yes, write a dated summary to the appropriate memory/ path using filename YYYY-MM-DD-<topic>.md containing:
One-line verdict or headline finding
Top 3-5 actionable items
Open loops or blockers
Source data references
If any veto-level issue was found (CORE-EEAT T04, C01, R10 or CITE T03, T05, T09), also append a one-liner to memory/hot-cache.md without asking.
Validation Checkpoints
Input Validation
Domain identified and accessible
Domain type confirmed (auto-detected or user-specified)
Backlink data available (at minimum: referring domains count, DA/DR)
If comparative audit, competitor domains also specified
All 3 veto items checked first and flagged if triggered
Top 5 improvements sorted by weighted impact, not arbitrary
Every recommendation is specific and actionable (not generic advice)
Action plan includes concrete steps with effort estimates
Example
See references/example-report.md for a complete CITE audit of cloudhosting.com showing veto check, dimension scores, top 5 improvements, action plan, and cross-reference with CORE-EEAT.
Tips for Success
Start with veto items — T03, T05, T09 can invalidate the entire score
Identify domain type first — Different types have very different weight profiles
AI citation items (C05-C08) matter most for GEO — Test by querying AI engines with niche-relevant questions
Some items need specialized tools — Knowledge graph queries, AI citation monitoring, and IP diversity analysis may require manual research if tools aren't connected
Pair with CORE-EEAT for full picture — Domain authority without content quality (or vice versa) tells only half the story
Reference Materials
CITE Domain Rating — Full 40-item benchmark with dimension definitions, scoring criteria, domain-type weight tables, and veto items
references/example-report.md — Complete CITE audit example with scored dimensions, top 5 improvements, action plan, and CORE-EEAT cross-reference
Next Best Skill
Primary: backlink-analyzer — turn trust or citation issues into link-level investigation.
