Link-Rot Detection

Concept of the skill

What it is: The scheduled audit mechanism that scans markdown content for external links that no longer resolve correctly. Mental model: Treat link checking as a batch health report, not a live page-rendering feature. Why it exists: Broken or redirected links erode trust quietly, so the project needs a repeatable scan with clear evidence. What it is NOT: It is not a one-off production incident investigation or UI design for broken-link badges. Adjacent concepts: Markdown link extraction, status-code classification, soft-404 detection, polite crawling. One-line analogy: It is a periodic inspection report for all outbound references. Common misconception: HTTP 200 means healthy; soft-404s, unrelated redirects, and rate-limit behavior also need interpretation.

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