How do I install the Affiliate Audit skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add frankxai/affiliate-audit in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

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Is Affiliate Audit free to use?

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Who published Affiliate Audit?

frankxai (@frankxai) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Affiliate Audit by frankxai — Agent Skill

Name: Affiliate Audit
Author: frankxai

Affiliate Audit

Map which content mentions paying tools but lacks affiliate links, and which programs to join first. Use when monetizing tool-comparison content, choosing affiliate programs, or auditing a passive-income site's link coverage. Portable and brand-neutral. Trigger phrases: affiliate audit, affiliate link, affiliate program, monetization gap, link coverage, which programs to join, missing affiliate links, audit my content, program catalog.

frankxai Updated Sep 17, 2026

File contents

affiliate-audit

Connect the affiliate catalog to a site's content and surface monetization gaps. The monetization loop's engine: catalog × content × traffic → ranked gaps.

Run

node scripts/affiliate-audit.mjs --content=<site>/content --traffic=<traffic.json> --write

Reads the program catalog (data/programs.json or operator equivalent, expecting fields like status and disclosure) + the content dir + optional traffic → ranks (1) programs to join first, (2) posts to add links to. Writes AUDIT.md.

If no runtime is wired, the audit can also be run as a reasoning pass: read the catalog, scan the content for tool mentions, cross-reference against which mentions carry a live program link, and rank the gaps by traffic × payer value.

Strategy rules (apply when recommending or placing links)

Frontier names rank, adjacents pay. The largest foundation-model and generative leaders usually have NO affiliate program. Capture their traffic; monetize via the recurring payers the post recommends.
Highest-ticket recurring tool the operator actually uses, first. Then the recurring spine of subscription payers. Authenticity beats commission rate.
Recurring > one-time. Passive income compounds on subscriptions, not flat bounties.
One disclosure per page. FTC + trust. Use the catalog's disclosure string.
Never link a tool you can't vouch for, and never let a link override the honest pick — say what's actually best, then point to the payer you'd actually buy.
Ignore dead-ends/closed (status in the catalog): frontier tools with no program, programs closed to new affiliates, deprecated tools.

The loop

Audit → join top program → set the program link in the catalog → add link + disclosure to the named posts → re-audit (gap clears).

Compose

agentic-income — the operating brain that decides what to do with the gaps this audit surfaces.

How SIS consumes this

The Affiliate stream queen runs this on the weekly monetization-loop cadence. The audit produces recommendations only; placing links and joining programs runs through the queen's gate, and any revenue that flows downstream into settlement is handled by payments-mandate, never here.

Built on SIP — Starlight Intelligence Protocol Substrate: starlightintelligence.org/protocol v1.1.0 Layers used: [file-contract, attestation, sovereignty] Vertical: starlight-agent-skills · portable capability layer

---name: affiliate-auditdescription: Map which content mentions paying tools but lacks affiliate links, and which programs to join first. Use when monetizing tool-comparison content, choosing affiliate programs, or auditing a passive-income site's link coverage. Portable and brand-neutral. Trigger phrases: affiliate audit, affiliate link, affiliate program, monetization gap, link coverage, which programs to join, missing affiliate links, audit my content, program catalog.---# affiliate-auditConnect the affiliate catalog to a site's content and surface monetization gaps.The monetization loop's engine: **catalog × content × traffic → ranked gaps.**## Run```bashnode scripts/affiliate-audit.mjs --content=<site>/content --traffic=<traffic.json> --write```Reads the program catalog (`data/programs.json` or operator equivalent, expecting fields like `status` and `disclosure`) + the content dir +optional traffic → ranks (1) programs to join first, (2) posts to add links to. Writes `AUDIT.md`.If no runtime is wired, the audit can also be run as a reasoning pass: read the catalog, scan thecontent for tool mentions, cross-reference against which mentions carry a live program link, andrank the gaps by traffic × payer value.## Strategy rules (apply when recommending or placing links)1. **Frontier names rank, adjacents pay.** The largest foundation-model and generative leaders usually have NO affiliate program. Capture their traffic; monetize via the recurring payers the post recommends.2. **Highest-ticket recurring tool the operator actually uses, first.** Then the recurring spine of subscription payers. Authenticity beats commission rate.3. **Recurring > one-time.** Passive income compounds on subscriptions, not flat bounties.4. **One disclosure per page.** FTC + trust. Use the catalog's `disclosure` string.5. **Never link a tool you can't vouch for**, and never let a link override the honest pick — say what's actually best, then point to the payer you'd actually buy.6. **Ignore dead-ends/closed** (`status` in the catalog): frontier tools with no program, programs closed to new affiliates, deprecated tools.## The loopAudit → join top program → set the program link in the catalog → add link + disclosure to thenamed posts → re-audit (gap clears).## Compose- `agentic-income` — the operating brain that decides *what to do* with the gaps this audit surfaces.## How SIS consumes thisThe Affiliate stream queen runs this on the weekly monetization-loop cadence. The audit producesrecommendations only; placing links and joining programs runs through the queen's gate, and anyrevenue that flows downstream into settlement is handled by `payments-mandate`, never here.---Built on SIP — Starlight Intelligence ProtocolSubstrate: starlightintelligence.org/protocol v1.1.0Layers used: [file-contract, attestation, sovereignty]Vertical: starlight-agent-skills · portable capability layer

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