url-slug-generator

# Components: URL Slug Guides creation of SEO-friendly URL slugs for blog posts, articles, and content pages. Research on 11.8M Google results shows shorter URLs tend to rank higher; position #1 URLs average 50–60 characters. **When invoking**: On **first use**, if helpful, open with 1–2 sentences on what this skill covers, then provide the main output. On **subsequent use** or when the user asks to skip, go directly to the main output. ## Scope - **URL slug**: The path segment after the base (e.g., `ai-people-search` in `/blog/ai-people-search`) - **Applies to**: Blog posts, articles, guides, category pages, product pages ## Best Practices ### Length | Guideline | Target | |-----------|--------| | **Slug length** | Under 60 characters total (including path prefix) | | **Word count** | 3–5 words | | **Principle** | Shorter = easier to read, share, remember; less truncation in SERPs; see **serp-features** | **Example**: "The Complete Guide to AI Search Engine for Finding People" → `ai-people-search` (3 words) or `ai-search-finding-people` (4 words), not `ai-search-engine-finding-people-speed-discovery-outreach` (9 words, 51 chars). ### Format | Rule | Do | Avoid | |------|-----|-------| | **Separators** | Hyphens (`-`) | Underscores (`_`), spaces, periods | | **Case** | Lowercase only | Mixed case (causes duplicate content) | | **Characters** | Letters (a-z), numbers (0-9), hyphens | Special chars | | **Stop words** | Remove when possible: the, a, and, or, to | Keep ...