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Website Pre-Launch Checklist for AI Assistants

A 20-item checklist to delegate to AI before launching a website.

From the Xiry library · Updated 3 October 2026

A 20-step pre-launch checklist covering security, legal compliance, SEO, accessibility, and performance. It serves as a prompt guide to instruct Claude or other AI coding assistants to audit and finish a site before production.

How it works

20 tasks to prompt Claude to perform before launching your website:

  1. Generate a privacy policy page
  2. Generate a terms & conditions page
  3. Move API keys and secrets off the frontend
  4. Force HTTPS redirection
  5. Implement a cookie consent banner
  6. Add SEO meta titles and descriptions
  7. Set up a social preview image (Open Graph / Twitter card)
  8. Add a favicon
  9. Generate sitemap.xml and robots.txt
  10. Add alt text to all images
  11. Compress images for performance
  12. Check and optimize page load speed
  13. Fix color contrast for accessibility
  14. Verify and tune mobile responsiveness
  15. Create a custom 404 error page
  16. Check and fix broken links
  17. Add robust client- and server-side form validation
  18. Implement spam protection (honeypots or captcha)
  19. Set up web analytics tracking
  20. Ensure one clear, prominent call to action (CTA)

What it's for

  • Instruct Claude or ChatGPT to audit code for sensitive credentials and security flaws before deployment
  • Generate essential legal documents like privacy policies and terms of service
  • Prompt an AI assistant to verify SEO metadata, sitemaps, and social preview cards
  • Audit accessibility, image compression, and mobile responsiveness with AI assistance

Key points

  • Legal and compliance tasks (privacy policy, terms & conditions, cookie consent banner)
  • Security checks (moving API keys/secrets off frontend, forcing HTTPS)
  • SEO setup (meta tags, social preview cards, favicon, sitemap.xml, robots.txt, image alt text)
  • Performance optimizations (image compression, load speed improvements)
  • UX and accessibility audits (color contrast, mobile responsiveness, custom 404 page, broken links)
  • Conversion and data safeguards (form validation, spam protection, analytics tracking, clear CTA)

Pricing

Free

Details

Type
Tip
Category
Development
Topic
Checklists & Best Practices
Open source
No
Platforms
Web
For
Web developers, solo founders, and creators building sites with AI assistants.
Tags
checklist, claude, web development, seo, prompts, security

Why it was saved

  • @millee.md, 6 September 2026: Prevents critical launch oversights across security, legal compliance, search engine optimization, performance, and user conversion.

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