Publish SEO Batch

The daily content pipeline: source topics -> dedup slugs -> write posts -> register -> build -> commit -> deploy -> prove live -> ping IndexNow. Default batch size is 10 unless the user says otherwise. Every step has a check; a batch is not "published" until step 8 passes, then step 9 nudges the search engines.

Step 0: State check

git -C /Users/promode/qaskills status --short   # note pre-existing WIP; you will NOT stage it
date +%F                                        # today's date, used in every post and the commit message

Pre-existing modified/untracked files are the user's WIP. Leave them alone.

Step 1: Source topics

Saved GSC reports in docs/seo/KEYWORD-OPPORTUNITIES-*.md are historical and fully published; do not source topics from them. Instead: