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How to Find Broken Internal Links with Claude

Find broken internal links using Claude and ToolRouter. Fix 404 errors that hurt SEO and user experience.

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Claude finds broken internal links and helps you understand the impact on your site's link equity flow. After identifying 404s, ask Claude to suggest redirect mappings, prioritize fixes by page importance, or check whether the broken links point to content that should be restored rather than redirected.

Connect ToolRouter to Claude

1Go to Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
2Enter the details below and click Add
Name
ToolRouter
URL
https://api.toolrouter.com/mcp
3Done — works on Claude chat, desktop, and mobile
No API key needed — account created automatically.All platforms →

Steps

Once connected (see setup above), use the SEO Analysis tool:

  1. Ask Claude: "Crawl mysite.com and find all broken internal links using the SEO tool"
  2. Claude runs crawl_site followed by analyze_links to identify 404s
  3. Review the list of broken links with their source pages
  4. Ask Claude to suggest redirects or fixes for each broken link

Example Prompt

Try this with Claude using the SEO Analysis tool
Crawl mysite.com and find all broken internal links. For each one, tell me which page links to it and suggest a fix.

Tips

  • Claude can prioritize broken links by traffic impact
  • Ask for a redirect map you can implement in your server config
  • Run after any major content deletion or URL change

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