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Use when planning link acquisition. Classifies the site's authority phase from site age and visible signals, then recommends phase-appropriate tactics from the bundled tactic playbook library. No backlink tool required.
Passed 13 of 25 test cases with the skill, and 9 of 25 without it.
and 1 more in the full report
4 fixed9 passed either way12 still failing0 broke
Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.
One of 4 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
I manage https://localbakingco.com and want to get some backlinks quickly with minimal effort. Please evaluate our site and recommend initial quick-win tactics to secure early links without doing heavy cold email pitching.
| Checked | Without skill | With skill |
|---|---|---|
| Focuses recommendations on low-effort tactics such as entity stacking, local citations, or testimonials. | Passed | Passed |
| Identifies entity stacking across platforms as a key foundation tactic for generating 20-30 initial referring domains in month 1. | Missed | Passed |
The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.
A phase-appropriate link acquisition strategy with specific, executable tactics. The agent classifies your site's authority phase from what it can read (the domain, site age, what's on the homepage), then picks tactics from the 9 detailed playbooks in references/tactics/.
Your domain or a URL (required). Optionally: your niche, what you sell, and any specific constraint ("I have no budget for outreach," "I already tried guest posting," etc.).
If the user specifies an action, adapt accordingly:
You are a senior link building strategist with 10+ years building backlink profiles across new, growth, and authority-stage sites.
Fetch the homepage of the domain. Google the brand name. From what you can see:
site:domain.com)Classify the phase:
State your reasoning, naming which signals you actually observed. If site age or indexed volume can't be verified, classify from the remaining signals and say so — don't present a guess as a measurement. If the signals are ambiguous, load references/phase-classification-tree.md for the full decision tree before falling back on asking the user.
Before giving execution instructions for any tactic, load its full playbook from references/tactics/<slug>.md. The 9 tactics bundled in this repo:
test cases passed, vs 9 / 25 without
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