Linkbuilding

Use when building backlinks to a site with an outreach tactic - broken link building, link gap (sites linking to competitors but not you), unlinked brand mentions, resource pages, guest posts, link reclamation, competitor dead pages, Moving Man (moved or closed resources), "best X" listicle inclusion, or skyscraper content - including finding prospects, checking dead links, counting referring domains, finding contacts and drafting outreach emails. Also use for plain requests like "get more backlinks", "build links to my site", "who links to my competitors", "find link opportunities", "why did

8 stars 1 forksMarketing, Sales & Business

Install

skills CLI (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and more)

npx skills add JamesOliverSEO/linkbuilding-skill --skill linkbuilding

Manual install

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/JamesOliverSEO/linkbuilding-skill.git /tmp/linkbuilding-skill
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/linkbuilding-skill/. ~/.claude/skills/linkbuilding

Personal skills live in ~/.claude/skills. Use .claude/skills in a project folder to share a skill with your team.

From the SKILL.md

# Link building

## Overview

A playbook per tactic, each with a decidable rule at every step, plus one shared toolkit. Output is always a prospect table and drafted emails. **The skill never sends email.** The user sends.

## Tactics

| Tactic | File | Start here when |
|---|---|---|
| Broken link building | [broken-link-building.md](tactics/broken-link-building.md) | the niche has old resource lists and guides |
| Link gap | [link-gap.md](tactics/link-gap.md) | the user has clear competitors with more links |
| Unlinked brand mentions | [unlinked-mentions.md](tactics/unlinked-mentions.md) | the brand already gets talked about |
| Resource pages | [resource-pages.md](tactics/resource-pages.md) | the user has genuinely useful guides or tools |
| Guest posts | [guest-posts.md](tactics/guest-posts.md) | the user can write expert articles |
| Link reclamation | [link-reclamation.md](tactics/link-reclamation.md) | the site is older, has moved URLs, or lost links (do this first: quickest wins) |
| Competitor dead pages | [competitor-dead-pages.md](tactics/competitor-dead-pages.md) | competitors have pruned or moved old content |
| Moving Man | [moving-man.md](tactics/moving-man.md) | a tool or brand in the niche rebranded or shut down |
| "Best X" listicle inclusion | [listicle-inclusion.md](tactics/listicle-inclusion.md) | the user sells a product (start here for any SaaS) |

Read the full skill on GitHub

Details

Skill name: linkbuilding
Repository: JamesOliverSEO/linkbuilding-skill
License: MIT
Repo updated: 27 October 2026

FAQ

What does the Linkbuilding skill do?

How do I install the Linkbuilding skill?

skills CLI (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and more): npx skills add JamesOliverSEO/linkbuilding-skill --skill linkbuilding. Skills go in ~/.claude/skills (personal) or .claude/skills (project), and Claude loads them automatically when a task matches the description.

Is Linkbuilding popular?

It lives in JamesOliverSEO/linkbuilding-skill, which has 8 GitHub stars and 1 forks.

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