External Authority Placement Scout

Use this skill only after the white-hat authority policy exists.

Read $HOME/SKILL/plans/seo-llm-skill-cluster/authority/white-hat-authority-policy.md before creating an opportunity register.

Read references/scouting-workflow.md for candidate sources, required register fields, and draft rules.

Owns

• dry-run opportunity discovery;
• opportunity register rows;
• relevance and target-fit scoring;
• platform-rule checklist;
• approval-gated outreach or submission drafts;
• handoff to backlink-quality-validator.