A powerful indexing automation tool to instantly notify major search engines about new or updated web content.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install indexnow-mcp
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install indexnow-mcp using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
Prefer to download?
Get the raw skill files in a ZIP archive.
What is index-now?
The index-now skill is a specialized tool designed to accelerate search engine discovery by leveraging the IndexNow protocol and the Google Indexing API. This Openclaw Skills integration allows developers and SEO professionals to bypass traditional crawling delays, ensuring that content updates, new blog posts, or site migrations are reflected in search results almost immediately across engines like Bing, Yandex, Naver, Seznam, and Google.
By automating the submission process, this skill removes the manual friction of using multiple search consoles. It handles everything from API key generation and verification file setup to bulk sitemap processing, making it an essential component for any modern SEO automation workflow within the Openclaw Skills ecosystem.
index-now Use Cases
- Rapidly index new blog posts or landing pages immediately after publication.
- Force a re-crawl of existing pages after significant content updates or SEO optimizations.
- Streamline site migrations by submitting all new URL structures in bulk.
- Automate the indexing of entire XML sitemaps for newly launched websites.
- Verify indexing status and ensure search engines have received the latest notifications.
How index-now Works
- The user provides a URL, a list of URLs, or a sitemap XML link to the index-now skill.
- For IndexNow-compatible engines, the skill verifies the presence of an API key and the corresponding domain verification file.
- The skill generates a request to the IndexNow API, notifying Bing, Yandex, and others simultaneously.
- For Google, the skill utilizes a configured Google Cloud service account to send a request to the Google Indexing API.
- The skill parses the response codes from each engine and provides a comprehensive status report to the user.
index-now Setup
To get started with index-now in Openclaw Skills, you need to prepare your API credentials:
IndexNow Setup
Generate a UUID to serve as your API key and host the verification file:
# Generate a unique API key
uuidgen
# Create the verification file (replace {key} with your UUID)
echo "your-uuid-here" > public/your-uuid-here.txt
Google Indexing API Setup
- Enable the Indexing API in the Google Cloud Console.
- Create a Service Account and download the JSON credentials.
- Add the Service Account email as an 'Owner' in your Google Search Console property.
index-now Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill manages indexing data and engine responses using the following structure:
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Supported Protocols | IndexNow (REST API) and Google Indexing API (OAuth2) |
| Verification Method | Domain-root TXT file for IndexNow; Search Console ownership for Google |
| Input Formats | Single URL strings, Array of URLs, or XML Sitemap URLs |
| Status Tracking | Mapping of HTTP response codes (200, 202, 403, 429) to engine-specific success states |
index-now Advanced Features
- Multi-engine submission: Notify all IndexNow-supported engines with a single command.
- Sitemap Parsing: Automatically extracts all URLs from a provided XML sitemap for bulk submission.
- Key Management: Built-in capability to generate and help deploy IndexNow verification keys.
- Google Indexing Integration: Support for high-priority Google crawling via service account authentication.
- Error Diagnostics: Detailed reporting on rate limits (429) and forbidden access (403) to troubleshoot domain ownership issues.
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