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Featured Snippet Optimizer

Rewrites the answer section of a page you already rank with so it matches the exact snippet format Google pulls.

Marketing & SEOIntermediate★ 353⑂ 44AI score 9/10Last updated: Sep 3, 2026

What it does

  • Checks the live SERP for your target keyword: is there a snippet, who holds it, and what format is it (paragraph / ordered list / unordered list / table).
  • Classifies the query type against a mapping table ("what is", "how to", "types of", "X vs Y", "best X", numeric) to determine the required format.
  • Reads your page and diagnoses the gap: wrong format, answer too long or too short, answer buried mid-article, not self-contained, missing H2-then-answer structure.
  • Produces a rewrite: an H2 restating the query, a 40–60 word answer block (or a 3–8 step list), a deeper follow-up paragraph, plus placement notes and a realistic 1–4 week re-crawl timeline.

Who it's for

  • Content and SEO owners whose pages rank positions 1–5 but lose the snippet to a competitor.
  • In-house marketers trying to lift CTR on informational content.
  • Anyone deciding whether to chase the AI Overview or the featured snippet for a query.

Examples

  1. "what is affiliate marketing" ranks #3 → rewrite as a 40–60 word definition with the keyword in the first 20 words.
  2. "how to bake sourdough" → convert flowing prose into a 3–8 step ordered list directly under a matching H2.
  3. "react vs vue" comparison post → build a 3–6 row table with short cells as the first answer block.

· · · Install guide · · ·

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  2. In Claude, open Settings → Capabilities and turn on 'Code execution and file creation'. (one time)
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Copy the skills/featured-snippet-optimizer folder from the GitHub repo inhouseseo/superseo-skills into my ~/.claude/skills/featured-snippet-optimizer/.
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Install with a command instead

git clone https://github.com/inhouseseo/superseo-skills.git /tmp/superseo-skills && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r /tmp/superseo-skills/skills/featured-snippet-optimizer ~/.claude/skills/

⚠ This is a third-party skill. Check the source repository before installing.

  1. Open your terminal.
  2. Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/inhouseseo/superseo-skills.git /tmp/superseo-skills
  3. Create the skills folder: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
  4. Copy this skill: cp -r /tmp/superseo-skills/skills/featured-snippet-optimizer ~/.claude/skills/
  5. Confirm the references/ subfolder came along — it holds the format templates and query-mapping notes.
  6. Restart Claude Code and ask: "Optimize the featured snippet for keyword X on URL Y."
  7. Enable web search / page fetch tools so the agent can inspect the real SERP instead of guessing.
View source on GitHub ↗License: Apache-2.0