{
  "@type": "help_guide",
  "id": "internal-links",
  "title": "Internal links",
  "kind": "feature",
  "summary": "Nexus indexes every page on the client's site (its type, pillar and keywords) so each article links to real, relevant pages: the pillar page, a few sibling pages from the same pillar, and one or two service or product pages.",
  "aliases": [
    "internal links",
    "internal linking",
    "site pages",
    "index the sitemap",
    "link inventory",
    "reingest the sitemap"
  ],
  "engine": "content",
  "agents": [],
  "related": [
    {
      "id": "external-links",
      "page": "https://nexus.effiqs.com/help/external-links"
    },
    {
      "id": "content-production",
      "page": "https://nexus.effiqs.com/help/content-production"
    }
  ],
  "reviewed": "2026-10-15",
  "sections": [
    {
      "heading": "What it does",
      "key": "what-it-does",
      "markdown": "Nexus indexes every page on the client's site (its type, pillar and keywords) so each article links to real, relevant pages: the pillar page, a few sibling pages from the same pillar, and one or two service or product pages."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Set it up",
      "key": "set-it-up",
      "markdown": "The site is indexed at onboarding and re-checked daily. To force it now: **\"Reindex the sitemap.\"**"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Check and curate",
      "key": "check-and-curate",
      "markdown": "- **\"Is the sitemap up to date?\"**\n- **\"Open the link inventory.\"** Both inventories (site pages and outside sources), with the pieces that use each link.\n- A page with no pillar or the wrong page type links badly; fix the pillars in the content strategy, then reindex."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Use it",
      "key": "use-it",
      "markdown": "- Links are picked per section in every brief and placed in the draft.\n- Point more links at a page that needs support: **\"Which pages should link to /services/maintenance?\"**"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Troubleshooting",
      "key": "troubleshooting",
      "markdown": "- **Links look irrelevant.** The sitemap may be stale or missing: check it, then reindex.\n- **A link 404s.** Dead pages are dropped at the next index; reindex now to drop it at once."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Prompts",
      "key": "prompts",
      "markdown": "- \"Reindex the sitemap.\"\n- \"Is the sitemap up to date?\"\n- \"Open the link inventory.\"\n- \"Which pages should link to /services/maintenance?\""
    }
  ],
  "prompts": [
    {
      "text": "Reindex the sitemap.",
      "tool": "recluster_content_inventory"
    },
    {
      "text": "Is the sitemap up to date?",
      "tool": "check_content_link_inventory"
    },
    {
      "text": "Open the link inventory.",
      "tool": "read_link_inventory"
    },
    {
      "text": "Which pages should link to /services/maintenance?",
      "tool": "recommend_links_to_page"
    }
  ],
  "page": "https://nexus.effiqs.com/help/internal-links",
  "markdown": "https://nexus.effiqs.com/help/internal-links.md"
}