Link Checker

Audit and fix broken or insecure links across your Webflow site to improve SEO and user experience.

Important Note

ALWAYS use Webflow MCP tools for all operations:

• Use Webflow MCP's webflow_guide_tool to get best practices before starting
• Use Webflow MCP's data_sites_tool with action list_sites to identify available sites
• Use Webflow MCP's data_sites_tool with action get_site to retrieve site details
• Use Webflow MCP's data_pages_tool with action list_pages to get all pages
• Use Webflow MCP's data_pages_tool with action get_page_content to extract links from static pages
• Use Webflow MCP's data_pages_tool with action update_static_content to fix links on static pages (requires Designer)
• Use Webflow MCP's data_cms_tool with action get_collection_list to get all CMS collections
• Use Webflow MCP's data_cms_tool with action get_collection_details to get collection schemas
• Use Webflow MCP's data_cms_tool with action list_collection_items to get CMS items with links
• Use Webflow MCP's data_cms_tool with action update_collection_items to fix links in CMS (draft)
• Use Webflow MCP's data_cms_tool with action publish_collection_items to publish fixed CMS items
• DO NOT use any other tools or methods for Webflow operations
• All tool calls must include the required context parameter (15-25 words, third-person perspective)
• Designer connection required for static page link fixes

Instructions

Phase 1: Site Selection & Discovery

1. Get site information: Use Webflow MCP's data_sites_tool with action list_sites to identify target site
2. Confirm scope: Ask user if they want to check:
   • Static pages only
   • CMS content only
   • Both static pages and CMS content
3. List pages: Use Webflow MCP's data_pages_tool with action list_pages to get all pages
4. List collections: Use Webflow MCP's data_cms_tool with action get_collection_list to get all CMS collections

Phase 2: Link Extraction & Validation

5. Extract links from static pages: Use Webflow MCP's data_pages_tool with action get_page_content for each page
   • Identify all link elements (Link, Button, TextLink, LinkBlock)
   • Capture: pageId, nodeName, URL, link text
6. Extract links from CMS: Use Webflow MCP's data_cms_tool with action list_collection_items for each collection
   • Identify Link fields and Rich Text fields with links
   • Capture: collectionId, itemId, fieldName, URL
7. Validate each link: Test URL accessibility
   • Check for 4xx/5xx errors (broken links)
   • Check for HTTP vs HTTPS (insecure links)
   • Test if HTTP has HTTPS equivalent available
   • Flag redirects (3xx status codes)
8. Categorize results:
   • ✅ Working links (2xx status)
   • ❌ Broken links (4xx/5xx errors)
   • ⚠️ Insecure links (HTTP when HTTPS available)
   • 🔄 Redirects (3xx status)
   • ⚪ Manual review needed (timeouts, DNS errors, etc.)

Phase 3: Analysis & Reporting

9. Calculate statistics:
   • Total links scanned
   • Links by type (internal vs external)
   • Links by status (working, broken, insecure, redirects)
   • Links by location (static pages vs CMS)
10. Generate health score: Calculate link health (0-100)
    • Working links: +1 point each
    • Broken links: -5 points each
    • Insecure links: -2 points each
    • Redirects: -1 point each
    • Normalize to 0-100 scale
11. Identify critical issues: Prioritize fixes
    • 🔴 Critical: Broken links on high-traffic pages
    • ⚠️ Warning: Insecure HTTP links
    • 💡 Suggestion: Optimize redirects

Phase 4: Suggestion Generation & Approval

12. Generate fix suggestions: For each problematic link, suggest fix
    • Broken links: Remove link or update to correct URL
    • Insecure links: Upgrade HTTP to HTTPS
    • Redirects: Update to final destination URL
13. Show preview with validation:

    [1] ✓ Fix insecure link
        Page: About Us
        Element: Button "Learn More"
        Current: http://example.com
        Suggested: https://example.com
        ✅ HTTPS version verified working
    
    [2] ⚠️ Fix broken link
        Page: Blog Post "Getting Started"
        Element: Text link
        Current: https://oldsite.com/page
        Suggested: [REMOVE LINK or provide correct URL]
        ❌ URL returns 404 - manual review needed
    

14. Implement granular approval: Ask user which fixes to apply
    • Type numbers to skip (e.g., "2,4")
    • Type "all" to proceed with all automatic fixes
    • Type "none" to cancel
    • Flag manual review items separately

Phase 5: Execution & Confirmation

15. Apply fixes to static pages: Use Webflow MCP's pages_update_static_content
    • Requires Designer connection
    • Update link URLs in nodes
    • Process in batches of 20 links
16. Apply fixes to CMS content: Use Webflow MCP's data_cms_tool with action update_collection_items
    • Update Link fields directly
    • Update links in Rich Text fields
    • Process in batches of 50 items
17. Publish changes (if requested): Use Webflow MCP's data_cms_tool with action publish_collection_items
18. Show progress: Display progress indicators for large operations
19. Generate final report:
    • Links scanned: X
    • Links fixed: Y
    • Links requiring manual review: Z
    • Health score improvement: Before → After

Phase 6: Verification & Recommendations

20. Verify fixes: Re-check fixed links to confirm success
21. Report failures: Clearly identify any fixes that failed
22. Provide recommendations:
    • Schedule regular link checks (monthly/quarterly)
    • Set up monitoring for critical external links
    • Consider using 301 redirects for changed URLs
23. Export report (optional): Offer to export findings

Examples

Example 1: Complete Site Audit

User prompt:

Run a complete link check on my site and fix any issues

Step 1: Site Selection

🔍 Link Checker: Site Selection

Available sites:
1. Company Website
2. Blog Site
3. Portfolio

Which site would you like to audit? (1/2/3)

Step 2: Scope Confirmation

📋 Link Checker Scope

What would you like to check?
1. Static pages only (faster)
2. CMS content only
3. Both static pages and CMS content (comprehensive)

Recommendation: Option 3 for complete audit

Your choice? (1/2/3)

Step 3: Extraction & Validation

🔄 Scanning Links...

Progress: ████████████████████ 100%

Found 247 links:
├── Static pages: 89 links (15 pages)
├── CMS content: 158 links (3 collections)
│   ├── Blog Posts: 142 links
│   ├── Team Members: 12 links
│   └── Products: 4 links

Validating links...

Progress: ████████████████████ 100% (247/247 checked)

✅ Working: 215 links (87%)
❌ Broken: 8 links (3%)
⚠️ Insecure: 18 links (7%)
🔄 Redirects: 6 links (2%)

Step 4: Analysis Report

📊 Link Health Report: Company Website

Overall Health Score: 76/100 ⚠️

## Issues Found:

### 🔴 Critical: Broken Links (8)
├── [1] Page: "About Us"
│   └── Link to: https://partner-site.com/old-page
│       Status: 404 Not Found
│       Impact: High (homepage)
│
├── [2] CMS: Blog Post "Product Launch"
│   └── Link to: https://press-release.com/announcement
│       Status: 404 Not Found
│       Impact: Medium
│
├── [3-8] 6 more broken links...

### ⚠️ Warning: Insecure Links (18)
├── [9] Page: "Contact"
│   └── Link: http://social-media.com/company
│       Fix: https://social-media.com/company
│       ✅ HTTPS verified working
│
├── [10] CMS: Blog Post "Getting Started"
│   └── Link: http://tutorial-site.com
│       Fix: https://tutorial-site.com
│       ✅ HTTPS verified working
│
├── [11-26] 16 more insecure links...

### 💡 Suggestion: Redirects (6)
├── [27] Page: "Services"
│   └── Link: https://example.com/old-url
│       Redirects to: https://example.com/new-url
│       Suggestion: Update to final destination
│
├── [28-32] 5 more redirects...

---

💡 Recommendations:
1. Fix 8 broken links immediately (SEO impact)
2. Upgrade 18 HTTP links to HTTPS (security)
3. Update 6 redirects to final URLs (performance)

Estimated time to fix: ~5 minutes

Step 5: Fix Preview

🔧 Proposed Fixes (26 total)

### Automatic Fixes Available (24):

[1] ✓ Upgrade to HTTPS
    Page: Contact
    Element: Button "Follow Us"
    Current: http://social-media.com/company
    New: https://social-media.com/company
    ✅ HTTPS verified working

[2] ✓ Upgrade to HTTPS
    CMS: Blog Posts > "Getting Started" > content field
    Current: http://tutorial-site.com
    New: https://tutorial-site.com
    ✅ HTTPS verified working

[3] ✓ Update redirect
    Page: Services
    Element: Text link "Learn more"
    Current: https://example.com/old-url
    New: https://example.com/new-url
    ✅ Final destination verified

[4-24] ... 21 more automatic fixes

### Manual Review Required (2):

[25] ⚠️ Broken link - needs correction
    Page: About Us
    Element: Button "View Partner Site"
    Current: https://partner-site.com/old-page
    Issue: 404 Not Found
    Action needed: Provide correct URL or remove link

[26] ⚠️ Broken link - needs correction
    CMS: Blog Posts > "Product Launch" > content field
    Current: https://press-release.com/announcement
    Issue: 404 Not Found
    Action needed: Update with correct URL or remove

---

Which fixes would you like to apply?
- Type "all" to apply all 24 automatic fixes
- Type numbers to skip (e.g., "3,5,7")
- Type "none" to cancel

Step 6: After User Approves "all"

✅ Applying Fixes...

Progress: ████████████████████ 100%

Static Pages:
- Updated 8 links on 5 pages
- ✅ Contact page: 3 links fixed
- ✅ Services page: 2 links fixed
- ✅ About page: 1 link fixed
- ✅ Blog page: 2 links fixed

CMS Content:
- Updated 16 links in 12 items
- ✅ Blog Posts: 14 links fixed
- ✅ Team Members: 2 links fixed

---

🎉 Link Fixes Complete!

Summary:
- Links scanned: 247
- Links fixed: 24 ✅
- Manual review needed: 2 ⚠️
- Failed: 0 ❌

Health Score: 76 → 95 (+19) ✨

---

⚠️ Manual Review Items:

[1] About Us page - broken partner link
    Current: https://partner-site.com/old-page
    Action: Update or remove manually

[2] Blog post "Product Launch" - broken press release
    Current: https://press-release.com/announcement
    Action: Update or remove manually

---

💡 Next Steps:
1. Fix the 2 manual review items
2. Re-run link checker in 1 month
3. Set up monitoring for critical external links
4. Consider 301 redirects for any URL changes

Would you like to export this report? (yes/no)

Example 2: CMS-Only Link Check

User prompt:

Check all links in my blog posts

Step 1: Collection Selection

🔍 Link Checker: CMS Collections

Found 3 collections:
1. Blog Posts (47 items)
2. Team Members (8 items)
3. Categories (6 items)

You requested blog posts. Checking "Blog Posts" collection...

Step 2: Link Extraction

🔄 Extracting Links from Blog Posts...

Progress: ████████████████████ 100% (47/47 items)

Found 142 links in Blog Posts:
├── Link fields: 23 links
├── Rich Text content: 119 links
└── Total unique URLs: 87 (55 appear multiple times)

Validating links...

Progress: ████████████████████ 100% (87/87 unique URLs checked)

Results:
✅ Working: 79 links (91%)
❌ Broken: 3 links (3%)
⚠️ Insecure: 5 links (6%)
🔄 Redirects: 0 links

Step 3: Issue Report

📊 Blog Posts Link Health: 91/100 ✅

## Issues Found:

### 🔴 Broken Links (3):
[1] Post: "Getting Started with Webflow"
    Field: content (Rich Text)
    Link: https://old-docs.example.com/guide
    Status: 404 Not Found
    Appears in: 3 posts

[2] Post: "Best Practices 2024"
    Field: external-link (Link)
    Link: https://expired-resource.com
    Status: 410 Gone

[3] Post: "Tutorial Series Part 3"
    Field: content (Rich Text)
    Link: https://video-host.com/deleted-video
    Status: 404 Not Found

### ⚠️ Insecure Links (5):
[4] Post: "Case Study: Company A"
    Field: content (Rich Text)
    Link: http://company-a-site.com
    Fix: https://company-a-site.com
    ✅ HTTPS available and working

[5-8] 4 more insecure links...

---

🔧 Proposed Fixes:

[1] ⚠️ Remove broken link (manual review)
    Posts affected: 3 (Getting Started, Tutorial 1, Tutorial 2)
    Link: https://old-docs.example.com/guide
    Suggestion: Update to new docs URL if available

[2] ⚠️ Remove broken link (manual review)
    Post: "Best Practices 2024"
    Link: https://expired-resource.com
    Suggestion: Remove or replace with alternative

[3] ⚠️ Remove broken link (manual review)
    Post: "Tutorial Series Part 3"
    Link: https://video-host.com/deleted-video
    Suggestion: Update with new video URL

[4] ✓ Upgrade to HTTPS
    Post: "Case Study: Company A"
    Current: http://company-a-site.com
    New: https://company-a-site.com
    ✅ HTTPS verified working