DeadLink — Dead Link Checker

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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"]

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# DeadLink — 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 <url>` | Check a single URL — shows HTTP status, redirect target if applicable |

| `scan <file>` | Extract and check all URLs found in a text file |

| `site <url> [depth]` | Crawl a webpage, extract all href/src links, and check each one |

| `report <file>` | Generate a timestamped report file from all URLs in a text file |

Examples

# Check a single URL
deadlink check https://example.com/page
# → 200 OK

# Scan a markdown file for broken links
deadlink scan README.md
# → Extracts all http/https URLs and checks each one

# Crawl a website
deadlink site https://example.com 1
# → Fetches the page, extracts all links, checks each

# Generate a report file
deadlink report bookmarks.html
# → Creates deadlink-report-20240101-120000.txt

Status Codes

Requirements

Notes