# Inspect one URL's index status properly

> Tier: recipe. Operating recipe: real tool sequence, core rules, known traps.

The single-URL inspection read in full: verdict, canonical choice, crawl date, referring sitemap.

**Intent.** Google's own verdict on one page: indexed, canonical, last crawl.

## When to use

- A page that should rank does not.
- After fixing a page's issues.

## When not to use

- No specific contraindication beyond the preconditions below.

## Sources

Required: Search Console

## Preconditions

- The account is ticked in the dashboard, confirmed via list_accounts.

## Inputs

- `window`: Analysis window. Default: last 30 days.

## Procedure

1. Inspect the URL. — tools: `gsc_inspect_url`
2. Read the canonical choice against the declared one.

## Decision rules

- **When** Google chose a different canonical → **conclude** The page competes with itself: highest-priority fix on that URL.

## Evidence requirements

- Every figure carries its account, metric and window.
- Anything below a readable sample size is reported as unjudged, not as zero.

## Human approval boundary

- The readout changes nothing. Any change it motivates goes through Safe Writes: preview, human confirmation, then apply.

## Failure modes

- Inspection reflects the last crawl, not this minute: date every claim.

## Output

- **Readout**: The figures, with windows and accounts named.
- **Flags**: What deserves a deeper skill or a human decision.