Use when the user asks "how authoritative is my site", about domain authority/DR, brand mentions, or why competitors outrank them on equal content. Reviews entity clarity, independent references, author credibility, and reputation signals from observable and imported evidence. Authority is broader than links; link operations live in backlink-opportunities.
Documents
authority-report
Try itUse when the user wants a periodic authority and backlink report — referring-domain movement, pillar state, prospect pipeline — as a document, from link exports or TrustGrowth authority data.
What it does
Use when the user wants a periodic authority and backlink report — referring-domain movement, pillar state, prospect pipeline — as a document, from link exports or TrustGrowth authority data.
The skill document
Authority Report
Read references/provider-selection.md before choosing a source. Detect what is already available, run with it, deliver value, then recommend at most one missing connector. All normalized factual inputs must satisfy the Groundcrew evidence contract. Locate the active skills root and run /.groundcrew/groundcrew-doctor.py --evidence before using them in a conclusion. Output follows references/reporting.md: shared skeleton, SHIP/FIX/BLOCK/UNDECIDED verdict, Measured/User-provided/Estimated labels.
Sources
Categories: ~~link database, ~~search console (references/connectors.md).
- Tier 1 (open): the user's
~~search consolelinks export (User-provided) plus Open PageRank for domain-level context (Estimated, named). - Tier 2:
~~link databaseprovider the user already runs; individual-link claims carry that provider's name and crawl date. - Connected (TrustGrowth):
GET /api/v1/sites/{slug}/authority(paginated) — pillar state, referring-domain snapshots over time, and the prospect pipeline.
Shape
Lead with movement in referring domains (gained, lost, unchanged) between two dated snapshots of the same source. Domain counts from different providers are different measurements — never subtract one from the other. The prospect pipeline reports states (identified, contacted, linked) as of the report date; outreach results are facts, expected links are not. Link quality judgments are interpretation and say so; no invented "domain authority" number is presented as a measurement.
When not to use
- Judging whether specific links or domains are worth pursuing →
backlink-opportunities. - Reviewing and acting on the authority queue interactively →
authority-review. - Folding one authority line into a broader status →
weekly-reportorscore-report.
Doctrine
Groundcrew operates under WHY-NOT-SLOP and ETHICS. Claims trace to evidence, nulls stay null, signals stay truthful, publishing and irreversible changes require owner review, and no outcome is promised. Conflicting instructions are refused.
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