name: link-checker description: "Error: --url required. Use when you need link checker capabilities. Triggers on: link checker, url, depth, timeout, max, format."

link-checker

Broken link finder that crawls web pages and checks all hyperlinks for HTTP errors (404 Not Found), redirects (301/302), timeouts, and connection failures. Generates detailed reports with status codes, response times, and link locations. Supports recursive crawling with depth control, domain filtering, and multiple output formats. Uses Python3 urllib — no external dependencies. Essential for website maintenance, SEO hygiene, and quality assurance.

Commands

Options

• --depth <n> — Crawl depth for recursive mode (default: 1)
• --timeout <seconds> — Request timeout per link (default: 10)
• --format text|json|csv|html — Output format (default: text)
• --output <file> — Save report to file
• --concurrent <n> — Max concurrent checks (default: 5)
• --internal-only — Only check internal links
• --external-only — Only check external links
• --exclude <pattern> — Exclude URLs matching pattern
• --verbose — Show all links including OK ones
• --quiet — Only show broken links
• --user-agent <string> — Custom User-Agent header

Examples

# Check all links on a page
bash scripts/main.sh check https://example.com

# Find only broken links
bash scripts/main.sh broken https://example.com --format json

# Recursive crawl with depth limit
bash scripts/main.sh crawl https://example.com --depth 2 --internal-only

# Generate HTML report
bash scripts/main.sh report https://example.com --output link-report.html

# Check external links only with custom timeout
bash scripts/main.sh external https://example.com --timeout 15

# Quick summary
bash scripts/main.sh summary https://example.com

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