Undominated · Shared-lastmod audit

---
name: undominated-shared-lastmod
description: Refuse a crawl list where every page is dated on the build day. A shared build clock is not a per-page fact date.
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: Undominated.ai
  version: "1.0.0"
---

# Shared-lastmod audit

Use when sitemap or crawl dates are about to claim that every page changed today.

1. A page date is the day that page's facts moved, or the day its record began. Stamping the build day onto every URL teaches a crawler that the field is noise.
2. Two or more pages that all carry `buildDay` are a review. The issue names the count and the day. One page dated on the build day can be a real change, so a single page does not fail this rule.
3. A shared older day can be the day the record began. That is not this failure. Report the distinct dates and do not invent an earlier day.
4. A `lastmod` after `buildDay` is a review. The checker does not fetch pages and does not decide which fact moved.
5. Dates are `YYYY-MM-DD`. A malformed or impossible date is invalid input, not a pass.

## Run the local check

Resolve these paths relative to this skill directory, regardless of the project working directory:

```sh
python3 scripts/check.py examples/synthetic.json
python3 scripts/check.py examples/build-clock.json
```

The bundled examples are **synthetic**, not a current sitemap. Read and adapt them; never cite their dates as a record of what changed. The script reads one explicit local JSON file and prints JSON. It makes no network requests and writes no files. Python 3.10+; no dependencies.

Exit codes: `0` the supplied dates are not a shared build clock and none are in the future; `1` review required; `2` invalid input. Passing checks these dates only. Do not turn a script pass into a deploy permission.

## Input contract

`buildDay` is `YYYY-MM-DD`. `pages` is a non-empty array of objects with a unique `path` ending in `/` and a `lastmod` of the same date form.

## Deliverable and limits

Return each path, its date, whether it is `dated`, `future`, or `build-clock`, the count of distinct dates, and the issues. Quote the dates you were given.

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