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Featured Snippet Optimizer

An SEO skill that diagnoses why you're not holding a featured snippet and rewrites the answer section in the exact format Google pulls.

Marketing & SEOIntermediate★ 275⑂ 36AI score 9/10Last updated: May 12, 2026

What it does

  • Inspects the live SERP for your keyword: is there a snippet, who owns it, and what format (paragraph / ordered list / unordered list / table)?
  • Classifies the query type ("what is", "how to", "X vs Y", "best X", numeric) and maps it to the format Google expects.
  • Audits your page for the common failures: wrong format, answer too long or buried, no self-contained answer, missing H2→answer structure.
  • Produces a rewrite: an H2 restating the query, a 40–60 word answer block (or 3–8 step list), plus a deeper follow-up paragraph and placement instructions.
  • Sets realistic expectations (1–4 week pickup) and lists anti-patterns to skip (schema tricks, keyword stuffing, chasing snippets from position 6+).

Who it's for

  • Content and SEO practitioners with pages ranking 1–5 that keep losing the snippet to a competitor.
  • In-house marketers running blogs, guides, and FAQ hubs.
  • Site owners and freelancers who want a repeatable heading-plus-answer structure.

Example uses

  1. "I rank #3 for 'what is affiliate marketing' but a competitor holds the snippet" → returns a ~45 word paragraph definition with the keyword in the first 20 words.
  2. "Optimize my sourdough how-to for the snippet" → restructures into 3–8 self-contained numbered steps.
  3. "My 'React vs Vue' comparison never gets pulled" → builds a 3–6 row table with short cells placed directly under a matching H2.

· · · Install guide · · ·

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Install in the Claude app (no terminal)
  1. Download the ZIP with the button below.
  2. In Claude, open Settings → Capabilities and turn on 'Code execution and file creation'. (one time)
  3. Go to Customize → Skills → + → 'Upload a skill' and upload the ZIP.
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Install the skill I found on Claude Skill Mart.
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
  3. Create the skills folder: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
  4. Copy this skill: cp -r superseo-skills/skills/featured-snippet-optimizer ~/.claude/skills/
  5. Verify the bundled references/ files came along: ls ~/.claude/skills/featured-snippet-optimizer
  6. Restart Claude Code and ask: "optimize the featured snippet for [keyword] on [URL]".
  7. Because it needs the real SERP, enable web search/browsing tools or paste the current snippet text you looked up yourself.
View source on GitHub ↗License: Apache-2.0