screaming-frog

Business

Crawl and analyze websites with Screaming Frog SEO Spider.

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Screaming Frog Skill

Crawl and analyze websites with Screaming Frog SEO Spider.

Quick Install

curl -sSL https://canifi.com/skills/screaming-frog/install.sh | bash

Or manually:

cp -r skills/screaming-frog ~/.canifi/skills/

Setup

Configure via canifi-env:

# First, ensure canifi-env is installed:
# curl -sSL https://canifi.com/install.sh | bash

canifi-env set SCREAMING_FROG_LICENSE "your_license_key"

Privacy & Authentication

Your credentials, your choice. Canifi LifeOS respects your privacy.

Option 1: Manual Browser Login (Recommended)

If you prefer not to share credentials with Claude Code:

Complete the Browser Automation Setup using CDP mode
Login to the service manually in the Playwright-controlled Chrome window
Claude will use your authenticated session without ever seeing your password

Option 2: Environment Variables

If you're comfortable sharing credentials, you can store them locally:

canifi-env set SERVICE_EMAIL "your-email"
canifi-env set SERVICE_PASSWORD "your-password"

Note: Credentials stored in canifi-env are only accessible locally on your machine and are never transmitted.

Capabilities

Site Crawling: Crawl websites and analyze structure
Technical SEO Audit: Find broken links, errors, and issues
On-page Analysis: Analyze titles, meta descriptions, headings
Redirect Chains: Map and analyze redirects
XML Sitemap: Generate XML sitemaps

Usage Examples

Crawl Site

User: "Crawl example.com for SEO issues"
Assistant: Initiates crawl and returns findings

Find Broken Links

User: "Find all broken links on my website"
Assistant: Returns list of 404 errors and broken links

Analyze Titles

User: "Show me pages with duplicate titles"
Assistant: Returns pages with title issues

Generate Sitemap

User: "Create an XML sitemap from the crawl"
Assistant: Generates sitemap file

Authentication Flow

Purchase license from Screaming Frog
Install desktop application
Enter license key to unlock full features
CLI available for automation

Error Handling

Error	Cause	Solution
License Invalid	Wrong license	Verify license key
Crawl Blocked	Robots.txt	Check crawl permissions
Memory Error	Site too large	Increase memory allocation
Timeout	Slow response	Adjust timeout settings

Notes

Desktop application (Windows, Mac, Linux)
Free version crawls 500 URLs
Paid version unlimited URLs
CLI for automation
Integration with APIs
Custom extraction support