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SEO skill · v0.1.0

Local SEO skill

Win local search: Google Business Profile, NAP consistency, reviews, local pages, citations and map rankings.

Free · MIT licence · Copy needs a free sign-in

Category
SEO
Works with
Claude, Codex, Cursor, any agent
Format
SKILL.md · 1,605 words
Version
v0.1.0
Price
Free · MIT

The Local SEO skill file

cmo-local-seo/SKILL.md1,605 words · MIT
---
name: cmo-local-seo
description: Win local search: Google Business Profile, NAP consistency, reviews, local pages, citations and map rankings.
---

When someone searches for a service near them, Google shows a map pack of three businesses before the normal results, and AI assistants increasingly answer "who is a good X near me" from the same listings, reviews and directories. Local ranking rests on three things: relevance (does the profile and website match the search), distance (fixed, out of the business's control), and prominence (reviews, links, mentions, how well-known the business is). This skill audits what the business controls and turns it into a short, ordered fix list.

When to use

  • A business with a storefront, an office customers visit, or a service area (trades, clinics, restaurants, law firms, agencies with local clients).
  • The business is missing or low in the map pack for its main service.
  • Inconsistent business details across the web, few or old reviews, or thin town pages.
  • Opening new locations.
  • Not for: national or online-only businesses (use cmo-seo-audit or cmo-keyword-research), building hundreds of location pages from data (plan that with cmo-programmatic-seo first), or several languages or countries (use cmo-international-seo).
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Adapts open work by AgriciDaniel/claude-seo (MIT), AgriciDaniel/claude-seo (MIT), every-app/open-seo (MIT).

Everyday usage

How people use Local SEO day to day

Ask in plain words. The agent picks this skill, asks for anything it needs and hands back the result. Words in a highlight are yours to change.

Most common · also on the SEO page

Local SEO

Local audit: profile, reviews, website, NAP and citations, with a single most important fix

Ask your agentWhy don't we show up on Google Maps?
  • Local audit: profile, reviews, website, NAP and citations, with a single most important fix
  • Head-to-head table against the top map-pack competitors
  • Prioritised action list, review request and reply templates, LocalBusiness markup
  • Plan for location or service-area pages that are not doorway pages

More things to ask

  • Audit my Google Business Profile
  • How do I get into the local map pack?
  • We need more Google reviews
  • Build pages for the towns we serve
  • Our address is different on different sites
  • Local SEO for my business
How it works

From input to output

  1. 1You give it
    • Business name, address or service area, phone, website, opening hours
    • Main services and the towns or districts served
    • One to three searches customers actually use (e.g. \"emergency plumber\")
    • Optional: Google Business Profile screenshots or export, review counts, competitor names
  2. 2It works through the method
    • Asks what's missing, one question at a time
    • Follows the workflow step by step
    • Checks the result against its quality bar and guardrails
  3. 3You get
    • Local audit: profile, reviews, website, NAP and citations, with a single most important fix
    • Head-to-head table against the top map-pack competitors
    • Prioritised action list, review request and reply templates, LocalBusiness markup
    • Plan for location or service-area pages that are not doorway pages
Why a skill

The skill against the alternatives

Do it yourselfHire helpLocal SEO skill
CostYour own timeAgency or freelancer feesFree, MIT licence
Time to a first resultHours, every timeDays to weeks, plus revisionsMinutes, in your agent
ConsistencyDepends on remembering every stepAs long as the retainer lastsSame steps and checks every run
The methodIn your headTheir process, often hiddenWritten down: read it, change it
Who does the workYou, from scratchSomeone learning your businessYour agent, following the skill
FAQ

Questions about the Local SEO skill

What it does, what it needs and how to use it with your agent.

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What is the Local SEO skill?

Win local search: Google Business Profile, NAP consistency, reviews, local pages, citations and map rankings.

It's one of cmo.so's open SEO skills: a SKILL.md file that tells an AI agent when to use it, what to ask you first, the steps to follow, the checks to pass and what to hand back, so the job is done the same careful way every time.

When should I use it?

Reach for it when you'd otherwise say something like “Why don't we show up on Google Maps?”, “Audit my Google Business Profile”, “How do I get into the local map pack?”. Your agent reads the skill's description and picks it for requests like these, so you don't need to name it.

If a request is close but not quite right, the skill says so and points to the related skill that fits better, instead of forcing a poor answer.

What do I need to give it?

It works best with business name, address or service area, phone, website, opening hours; main services and the towns or districts served; one to three searches customers actually use (e.g. \"emergency plumber\"); and optional: Google Business Profile screenshots or export, review counts, competitor names.

You don't have to prepare everything up front. The skill asks for missing pieces one at a time and says plainly when it's working from an assumption instead of your data.

What do I get back?

You get local audit: profile, reviews, website, NAP and citations, with a single most important fix; head-to-head table against the top map-pack competitors; prioritised action list, review request and reply templates, LocalBusiness markup; and plan for location or service-area pages that are not doorway pages.

Every result comes from a written method with a quality bar, so numbers name their source, claims are checked and the output is ready to use or share rather than a rough draft.

Is it free?

Yes. The skill is open source under the MIT licence, so you can use it, change it and share it, including for client work.

Seeing, copying and downloading the whole file on cmo.so needs a free sign-in. Copying also upvotes and saves it, so you can find it again under Saved on the skills page.

Which AI agents can use it?

Claude Code installs it from the cmo.so marketplace. Any agent that reads SKILL.md folders, such as Codex or Cursor, can use it once the folder is in its skills directory.

You can also paste the copied skill into ChatGPT, Claude or any assistant at the start of a conversation and ask it to follow the skill.

How do I install it?

In Claude Code, run /plugin marketplace add AI-Marketing-OS-LTD/cmo-so-skills, then /plugin install cmo-so-seo@cmo-so. That installs this skill together with the rest of the SEO group.

For other agents, sign in, press Copy or Download above and put the file in your agent's skills folder as SKILL.md inside a folder named after the skill.

Do I need a cmo.so account to use it?

No. The skill works on its own with whatever your agent can already see and do: your files, the pages you share and the data you paste in.

A free cmo.so account only matters if you also want Maggie to plan, write and publish your marketing every day.

Which skills work well with it?

It pairs well with Schema markup; and Google Business Profile queue. The agent can hand over from one to the next in the same conversation, for example research first, then the plan, then the writing.

Each of them has its own page with what it needs and what it returns, linked below.

Can I change it to fit my business?

Yes. It's a plain Markdown file, so you can edit the steps, add your own checks and examples, and keep your version in your own repo. The MIT licence allows it.

If your change would help others too, suggest it on the skills page or open a pull request on GitHub, and it may be folded into the library for everyone.

Where does the method come from?

It's written by cmo.so and adapts open work by others, credited on this page: AgriciDaniel/claude-seo (MIT); AgriciDaniel/claude-seo (MIT); and every-app/open-seo (MIT).

Only permissively licensed work is adapted; copyleft repos are used for ideas only and repos without a licence aren't used at all.

Is my data sent to cmo.so when the agent uses it?

No. The skill only guides your own agent; your files, documents and data stay wherever your agent and its tools keep them.

cmo.so only sees what you connect to cmo.so. Your votes and saves on this page are stored against your cmo.so sign-in.

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