AI agent for bloggers
Broken and Affiliate Link Check Agent
Keep every link on the blog working and earning
What it does
Bloggers often have hundreds of affiliate links across old posts, and broken ones quietly cost income. Each week this agent crawls the blog and tests every link. For affiliate links, it checks that they still reach a live product page and carry the right tracking code. It flags broken links, products out of stock for 30 days and programs that have closed. Where possible, it suggests a replacement product or program link, so the blogger is not left with a gap. The blogger approves every replacement before the post is updated. After the update, the agent tests the links again. If any still fail or lost the tracking code, it flags them and suggests another fix. The weekly link report shows what was fixed and what is left. Edge case: a product that moved to a new page gets the new link with the same tracking code.
How it works
Follow the arrows from top to bottom. The orange dashed arrow is the loop: when a check fails, the agent goes back and tries again.
Read the steps as a list
- Weekly link check
- Crawl posts and test links
- Flag broken, out-of-stock and closed program links
- Find replacements
- Blogger approves replacementsThe agent waits here for your OK.
- Do updated links work?If not: find another replacement. Back to step 2.
- Link report
How it decides
A link fails if it returns an error, lands on a dead product, or loses its tracking code.
- Tracking code must be present
- Out-of-stock for 30 days means replace
- Closed programs replaced with alternatives
Make it yours
Every agent is a starting point. You choose these settings for your own situation.
- Check frequency
- Out-of-stock window
- Programs used
What keeps you in control
It always asks you first
- Link replacements
Hard limits
- Never edits posts itself
- Never uses unapproved programs
It stops when
- Done: all links working
- Stop: site unreachable
Set it up
We guide you through the set-up, step by step
Members get the full set-up guide for this agent. No technical skills needed: you copy, paste and upload.
- One set of instructions to paste into your AI, with the clicks for ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Gemini and Grok
- The agent then walks you through connecting your own data, one source at a time
- A downloadable copy with the flow chart, the rules and the full guide