--- name: al-376-check-the-local-directory-listings-you-paid-for-before-yo description: "Local businesses often pay vendors to list them on business directories, then receive reports they can't easily check. On Oct 28, 2026 an SEO operator posted on X that vendor audits are the killer use case for AI agents in local link building: vendor reports can look complete while many 'links' are screenshots of forms never submitted, listings with the wrong name, address or phone, or dead pages. In the setup he described, Grok Bot opens every URL, checks it's live, matches name, address, phone, hours, categories and website exactly, and logs each gap in a tracker; run on a vet clinic without a URL list, it searched the phone number and address, found 25 existing listings and caught an old business name, a Saturday hours conflict and a chamber listing with the wrong phone. The prompt below runs the same audit with any AI agent that can browse. Use when the user wants help with local seo citations (marketing) for a small business." --- # Check the local directory listings you paid for before you pay: have an AI agent open every link in your citation vendor's report, confirm each listing is live with your exact name, address, phone and hours, and log every gap Local businesses often pay vendors to list them on business directories, then receive reports they can't easily check. On Oct 28, 2026 an SEO operator posted on X that vendor audits are the killer use case for AI agents in local link building: vendor reports can look complete while many 'links' are screenshots of forms never submitted, listings with the wrong name, address or phone, or dead pages. In the setup he described, Grok Bot opens every URL, checks it's live, matches name, address, phone, hours, categories and website exactly, and logs each gap in a tracker; run on a vet clinic without a URL list, it searched the phone number and address, found 25 existing listings and caught an old business name, a Saturday hours conflict and a chamber listing with the wrong phone. The prompt below runs the same audit with any AI agent that can browse. ## Inputs to collect first Ask the user for anything below that they haven't already given you. Don't guess missing facts. - Exact business name, address, phone, website, opening hours… - Previous names, addresses or phone numbers - The list of URLs they say they built, or 'none' ## Instructions Do the task below with the user's inputs in place of each [bracket]. Audit my business's directory listings (citations) and the report my vendor sent me. My correct details: [exact business name, address, phone, website, opening hours including weekends, main categories, short description]. Old details that may still be out there: [previous names, addresses or phone numbers]. Vendor report: [paste the list of URLs they say they built, or 'none']. 1) Open every URL in the report and record: live or dead, listing actually published (not just a submitted form or a screenshot), and whether name, address, phone, hours, categories and website match my details exactly. 2) Search my phone number, address and old business names to find other listings that already exist, including niche and city directories, and check them the same way. 3) Put everything in one table: directory, URL, status, each mismatch, and the fix needed, with the most visible directories first. 4) Draft a polite, factual email to my vendor listing only the items that don't meet what was agreed, for me to review and send myself. Don't create accounts, edit listings, pay for anything or contact anyone; just check and report. ## Safety checks (share these with the user) - Remove names, contact details, account numbers and other personal data the task doesn't need before you paste, and check your AI tool's data and training settings. - Read and edit the draft before it reaches a customer or goes public. If you later automate this prompt, start with "draft and notify me", not "send automatically". - Check names, dates, numbers and any claim against your own source material before you use the answer. AI can misread or invent details. - Say clearly which parts need a person to review or approve before anything is sent, paid, posted or filed. ## About this skill - Works with: Grok Bot, ChatGPT, Claude, Google Sheets - Based on this real-world example: https://x.com/indexsy/status/2115248306557477229 - Free prompt from AgentPlaybook Real Estate: https://agentic-library.netlify.app/prompt/al-376-check-the-local-directory-listings-you-paid-for-before-you-p/ - To install in an agent that supports Agent Skills, save this file as SKILL.md in a folder with the same name as `name` above (for example in your skills directory). Install steps for Claude.ai, Claude Code, Cursor and Codex: https://agentic-library.netlify.app/skills/