keyword-researcherlisted

# Keyword Researcher A keyword on its own tells you nothing, and chasing volume quietly wrecks good titles. This skill makes the keyword decision the way it should be made: protect the title, match real intent, and refuse to bolt on keywords that don't fit the business just because they have traffic. Run after `brief-builder` (load the site brief), before `competitor-analyzer`. ## Inputs (ask for whatever is missing) - **The title or topic** (required). - **The site brief** from `brief-builder` (so relevance is judged against the actual business). - *Optional:* a keyword tool (volume, difficulty). Work from live search if there isn't one. ## The method 1. **Protect the title.** The job is to find a main keyword that **already appears in the title**, so the title doesn't have to be rewritten to fit SEO. Start from the noun phrases in the title, not from a blank keyword tool. 2. **Rank candidates by a strict priority, in this order:** - **Exact title match** (the phrase is in the title), highest, always. - **Semantic match** (all the words appear in the title). - **Volume**, a sweet spot of roughly 500 to 10,000, but never sacrifice a title match for more volume. - **Competition**, only as a tiebreaker between otherwise-equal options. Volume and competition are tiebreakers, never gates. Treat spelling variants (ecommerce / e-commerce) as the same. 3. **Build secondary keywords as an intent spread.** Target around four, and choose them deliberately across