Add share buttons to content pages
SkillDev toolsshare-buttons is a skill that guides an AI agent through adding social sharing buttons to long-form content such as blog posts, news articles, and tutorials. It covers building share links with platform share URLs, avoiding third-party scripts, and including Open Graph metadata so shared links render rich previews. It is less relevant for product pages, service pages, or home pages.
Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.
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Have an AI agent that can load agent skills.
Then ask your AI: use the Add share buttons to content pages skill
What your AI can do with it
- Add share buttons to article and blog post pages to lower friction for social distribution
- Construct privacy-friendly share URLs manually for X, LinkedIn, Facebook, and WhatsApp
- Pre-populate share URLs with the article title and canonical URL or window.location.href
- Include og:title and og:image so shared links render a rich preview
- Check that no heavy third-party share scripts are loaded
- Explain how sharing drives traffic and backlinks that indirectly affect search rankings
Getting started
- Have an AI agent that can load agent skills.
- Add the share-buttons skill to the agent's available skills.
- Open a conversation on an article or blog post page where sharing buttons are wanted.
- Ask the agent to check the page for share buttons and correct share URL formats.
- Have the agent apply the fix, using platform share URLs and Open Graph tags, then verify the rendered output.
What this skill tells your AI
The instructions your AI receives, as published by thedaviddias/front-end-checklist in skills/share-buttons/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.
Social sharing extends content reach organically — shared articles gain traffic, which can attract backlinks that do contribute to search rankings over time.
Quick Reference
- Add sharing buttons to article and blog post pages to lower the friction for social distribution
- Use privacy-friendly share buttons (no third-party scripts): construct share URLs manually
- X (Twitter), LinkedIn, and Facebook share the vast majority of B2B and B2C content
- Share buttons do not directly affect Google ranking but drive traffic that can result in backlinks
Check
On article and blog post pages, check for social sharing buttons or links. Verify they use the correct share URL format for each platform (X, LinkedIn, Facebook, WhatsApp). Check that share URLs pre-populate the article title and URL. Verify no heavy third-party share scripts are loaded.
Fix
Add share links constructed with platform share URLs (no third-party SDKs required). Use window.location.href or the page's canonical URL as the shared link. Include og:title and og:image so the shared link renders a rich preview.
Explain
Explain how social sharing contributes to content distribution and indirect SEO through traffic and backlinks, why privacy-friendly share links (no tracking scripts) are preferred, and which platforms matter most for a given content type.
Code Review
Review metadata generation, rendered HTML, structured data, and response headers related to Add share buttons to content pages. Flag exact routes or templates where search-facing output violates the rule, and describe how to verify the final page output.
For full implementation details, code examples, and framework-specific guidance,
see references/rule.md.
Rule page: https://frontendchecklist.io/en/rules/seo/share-buttons
Signals
- GitHub stars
- 74k
- Forks
- 7k
- Last commit
- Aug 2026
Questions
- Do share buttons affect Google ranking?
- Not directly. Share buttons do not directly affect Google ranking, but they drive traffic that can result in backlinks, which do contribute to search rankings over time.
- Which platforms should share buttons target?
- X (Twitter), LinkedIn, and Facebook share the vast majority of B2B and B2C content. WhatsApp is also covered in the share URL checks.
Advanced
- Item type
- skill
- Key
share-buttons- Source
- github.com/thedaviddias/front-end-checklist