Site Architecture Audit

Review your URL structure, navigation, and internal links for SEO and usability.

A real workflow from the Magister template catalog — the same steps a dedicated agent executes for your brand, shown in full before you run anything.

What you provide

The steps, in full

  1. 1

    Map current URL structure and navigation

    Visit website url and map the full URL structure by exploring the sitemap (check /sitemap.xml), navigation menus, and footer links. Document the hierarchy: root-level pages, second-level directories, and third-level subpages. Note the URL naming patterns, identify inconsistencies (mixed hyphens and underscores, unclear slugs, excessively deep nesting), and count the approximate total number of indexed pages.

  2. 2

    Identify orphaned pages, duplicate content, and crawl depth issues

    Analyse the URL map for: orphaned pages (pages with no internal links pointing to them), near-duplicate URLs (e.g. /blog and /articles covering the same topic), pages buried more than 3 clicks from the homepage (high crawl depth), pagination issues, and tag or category pages with thin content. Flag each issue type with specific URL examples.

  3. 3

    Redesign the information architecture

    Propose a revised site architecture for website url. Draw a simplified tree diagram in text format showing the ideal URL hierarchy. Group pages into logical topic clusters (topic cluster model: pillar page + supporting posts). Recommend URL slug changes where current slugs are unclear or keyword-poor. Justify each structural change in terms of crawlability, user experience, or SEO impact.

  4. 4

    Create redirect and internal linking recommendations

    Produce two action lists: (1) Redirect plan — list every URL that needs to change with its old URL and proposed new URL (301 redirect). Flag any redirect chains to collapse. (2) Internal linking plan — for each pillar page in the new architecture, list 5–10 supporting pages that should link to it, the anchor text to use, and the specific location on the supporting page where the link should be inserted.

  5. 5

    Emit finding

    Consolidate the completed work into one complete markdown report and record the durable finding with the native magister_submit_workflow_completion tool. The report file must contain the full report content — never a placeholder.

What it won't do without you

Magister workflows draft and prepare autonomously, but anything externally visible — publishing a page, sending an email, changing a campaign — waits for your approval. You can run this template once, or schedule it and review the results as they land.

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