/post-core-update-recovery
Use when a website experienced a sudden visibility/ranking drop that correlates with a published Google Core Update — symptoms include broad ranking loss across many keywords in a short window (1–6 weeks), Sistrix VI dropping 30 %+ from peak, sales/leads falling despite no
$ npx -y skills add maxschottke-spec/seo-survival-kit --skill post-core-update-recovery --agent claude-codeHow it fires
How this skill gets triggered: by you, by Claude, or both.
- Fires itselfAuto-invocation. Claude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.
- You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.
- Slash command
/post-core-update-recovery
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Use when a website experienced a sudden visibility/ranking drop that correlates with a published Google Core Update — symptoms include broad ranking loss across many keywords in a short window (1–6 weeks), Sistrix VI dropping 30 %+ from peak, sales/leads falling despite no
Recovery-first decision support for ecommerce/D2C SEO. Claude Code skills for Core Update recovery diagnosis, prioritized action plans, weekly monitoring, and a Change Governor / Settlement Gate that prevents over-optimizing during recovery windows.
Repo: maxschottke-spec/seo-survival-kit
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Open skill - /ai-search-rescue
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Use when an e-commerce or content site wants to deeply understand WHO their organic competitors are (often surprising — not the brands they think) and WHERE the competitors outrank them — e.g. "competitor analysis", "keyword gap analysis", "who outranks me",
Open skill - /gsc-deep-dive
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Open skill