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Deadlink

by @bytesagain3

Scan websites and files for broken links with HTTP status details. Use when auditing links, finding broken URLs, validating references.

Versionv3.0.0
Downloads562
Installs1
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TERMINAL
clawhub install deadlink

πŸ“– About This Skill

name: DeadLink description: "Scan websites and files for broken links with HTTP status details. Use when auditing links, finding broken URLs, validating references." version: "3.0.0" author: "BytesAgain" homepage: https://bytesagain.com source: https://github.com/bytesagain/ai-skills tags: ["link","checker","broken","dead","404","website","seo","validation","html"] categories: ["Developer Tools", "Utility"]

DeadLink β€” Dead Link Checker

Check URLs for broken links. Scan individual URLs, files containing links, or crawl websites. Generates reports with HTTP status codes.

Commands

| Command | Description | |---------|-------------| | check | Check a single URL β€” shows HTTP status, redirect target if applicable | | scan | Extract and check all URLs found in a text file | | site [depth] | Crawl a webpage, extract all href/src links, and check each one | | report | Generate a timestamped report file from all URLs in a text file |

Examples

# Check a single URL
deadlink check https://example.com/page

β†’ 200 OK
Scan a markdown file for broken links

deadlink scan README.md

β†’ Extracts all http/https URLs and checks each one
Crawl a website

deadlink site https://example.com 1

β†’ Fetches the page, extracts all links, checks each
Generate a report file

deadlink report bookmarks.html

β†’ Creates deadlink-report-20240101-120000.txt

Status Codes

  • 2xx β€” OK (alive)
  • 3xx β€” Redirect (alive, shows final URL)
  • 4xx β€” Client error (dead β€” 404 Not Found, 403 Forbidden, etc.)
  • 5xx β€” Server error (dead)
  • 000 β€” Connection failed (DNS error, timeout, unreachable)

    • Requirements

  • curl β€” must be installed and in PATH
  • Network access to check URLs

    • Notes

  • Timeout: 10 seconds per URL (5s connect timeout)
  • URLs are extracted using regex pattern matching for http:// and https:// links
  • The site command does basic HTML link extraction (href and src attributes)
  • Reports are saved as plain text files in the current directory

    • πŸ’‘ Examples

    # Check a single URL
deadlink check https://example.com/page

    β†’ 200 OK
    Scan a markdown file for broken links
    
deadlink scan README.md

    β†’ Extracts all http/https URLs and checks each one
    Crawl a website
    
deadlink site https://example.com 1

    β†’ Fetches the page, extracts all links, checks each
    Generate a report file
    
deadlink report bookmarks.html

    β†’ Creates deadlink-report-20240101-120000.txt

    πŸ“‹ Tips & Best Practices

  • Timeout: 10 seconds per URL (5s connect timeout)
  • URLs are extracted using regex pattern matching for http:// and https:// links
  • The site command does basic HTML link extraction (href and src attributes)
  • Reports are saved as plain text files in the current directory