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A Sitemap Audit Tool — Catching Stale lastmod, Dead URLs, and Sitemap-Index Loops

A sitemap is a contract you sign with Googlebot — every URL listed should resolve, every lastmod should be honest, and every image referenced should still exist. We built a free tool that checks all of that in one pass.

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What it does

Validates sitemap.xml, sitemap-image.xml, sitemap-news.xml + sitemap-index. Probes every URL for status, finds stale lastmod, dead URLs, missing image refs.

How to use it

  1. Open /tools/sitemap-audit/ in your browser.
  2. Enter the URL or domain you want to audit (or paste the inputs the tool requests for that specific check).
  3. Run the audit and review the per-check results inline.
  4. Copy the AI fix prompt from the bottom of the results and paste it into Claude / ChatGPT / Codex — the tool generates a domain-aware prompt that names every issue found.
  5. Apply the fixes to your source tree and re-run to confirm.

Why this exists

Most professional tools in this category cost $99 to $499 per month, lock results behind logins, or run on slow Chrome backends. The jwatte.com tool suite is built on three principles:

  • Free + ungated — no signup, no quota
  • Transparent — every check explains what it measures and how
  • AI-augmented — every output produces a prompt that turns the audit into a fix in one paste

Companion tools

This tool pairs with the rest of the jwatte.com tools hub. For audits at scale, queue it inside Mega Batch. For deep single-page review, run it alongside Mega Analyzer.

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Last updated: April 2026