Link Validation
Automated checking of all URLs in content for broken links, redirect chains, and incorrect destinations before publishing.
Link Validation crawls every URL in a content piece and verifies it returns a 200 status, lands on the expected destination, and does not redirect through more than 2 hops. It catches four common failures: dead links from outdated references, soft 404s that return 200 but show error pages, links to competitor content accidentally included from research phases, and internal links pointing to unpublished drafts. The skill runs as part of the pre-publish checklist and blocks publishing if any link fails validation. For newsletter content, it enforces the rule that links must point to original_event_url or venue pages — never scraper source URLs like macaronikid or listicle aggregator pages. Average validation time: 15-30 seconds for a 2,000-word article with 10-20 links.
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