How do I install the Author Info skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add thedaviddias/author-info 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.

Is Author Info safe to use?

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Which AI agents work with Author Info?

This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.

Is Author Info free to use?

Yes. Installing skills from SkillMD is free, and the skill stays under its author's original license.

Who published Author Info?

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

Author Info by thedaviddias — Agent Skill

Name: Author Info
Author: thedaviddias

Author Info

Use when auditing metadata, crawlability, structured data, or indexability related to Implement comprehensive author markup. Verify the rendered HTML and HTTP response rather than relying only on source files.

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File contents

Implement comprehensive author markup

Structured author information helps search engines uniquely identify authors across the web, building an authority profile that can benefit your site's rankings.

Quick Reference

Use JSON-LD to provide detailed metadata about the author (Person or Organization)
Include properties like name, url, sameAs, and jobTitle
Connect author markup to the main Article or WebPage schema

Check

Verify that the page includes structured data identifying the author with relevant metadata.

Fix

Add a Person or Organization schema to your JSON-LD block and link it to the author property of your content.

Explain

Explain how 'sameAs' properties in schema help search engines connect an author to their other authoritative profiles.

Code Review

Review metadata generation, rendered HTML, structured data, and response headers related to Implement comprehensive author markup. Flag exact routes or templates where search-facing output violates the rule, and describe how to verify the final page output.

For full implementation details, code examples, and framework-specific guidance, see references/rule.md.

Rule page: https://frontendchecklist.io/en/rules/seo/author-info

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