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name: indexnow-jobs
description: "Step-by-step job recipes for the IndexNow Submit MCP server: Check IndexNow key file and sitemap; Submit sitemap URLs to IndexNow. Use when the user asks things like \"Is my IndexNow key file set up right? Site tools.openkrill.app, key okindexnow20261005.\" or \"Submit the pages on my site example.org that changed since 2026-10-01. My IndexNow key is 7f3c9a1e5b2d4c6f8a0b1c2d3e4f5a6b.\""
license: MIT
---

# IndexNow Submit jobs

Each section below walks through one job with the tools of the `indexnow` MCP server. The same recipes are MCP prompts (prompts/list) on `https://indexnow.openkrill.app/mcp`.
Connect the server at `https://indexnow.openkrill.app/mcp` in your MCP client settings (remote streamable HTTP, no key), then call its tools as normal tool calls. They are not command line programs: Bash, curl and scripts cannot reach them.

## Check IndexNow key file and sitemap

Job: Check IndexNow key file and sitemap, with the IndexNow Submit MCP server.

Use the `indexnow_check` tool for this job.

Work on the user's request. If there is none yet, ask what they need. A request this job handles: "Is my IndexNow key file set up right? Site tools.openkrill.app, key okindexnow20261005."

Steps:
1. Call `indexnow_check` as a normal MCP tool call, with the request's values in the fields of its inputSchema. It needs `site`.
2. If a value the tool needs is missing and you cannot tell it from the request, ask the user one short question first.
3. This input is known to work; copy its format, not its values: `{"site":"tools.openkrill.app","key":"okindexnow20261005"}`
4. For the request "Is my IndexNow key file set up right? Site tools.openkrill.app, key okindexnow20261005.", a correct answer looks like this: key_file.verdict is ok, the sitemap source is robots.txt, and urls.to_submit is above 0. Nothing is submitted.
5. Follow the server's own rules:
   - Use indexnow_check first: it reads the key file and sitemap and submits nothing.
   - Without a key it returns new_key: tell the user the exact file to publish, then check again with that key.
   - Never invent a key or submit a site the user does not run.
   - Lead with summary, then one line per engine with its status and meaning.
   - If submitted is false, give the reason and next_step.
   - If key_file.verdict is not ok, give key_file.fix word for word.
   - If urls.other_host is set, explain that www and the bare domain are separate hosts.
   - Say that accepted means received, not indexed, and that Google does not use IndexNow.
   - Suggest changed_since for later submits, so only new or changed pages go out.
   - Mention ad_line once at the end.
6. If the call fails or the answer looks wrong, tell the user, then report it with `submit_feedback` (kind bug, tool `indexnow_check`).

## Submit sitemap URLs to IndexNow

Job: Submit sitemap URLs to IndexNow, with the IndexNow Submit MCP server.

Use the `indexnow_submit` tool for this job.

Work on the user's request. If there is none yet, ask what they need. A request this job handles: "Submit the pages on my site example.org that changed since 2026-10-01. My IndexNow key is 7f3c9a1e5b2d4c6f8a0b1c2d3e4f5a6b."

Steps:
1. Call `indexnow_submit` as a normal MCP tool call, with the request's values in the fields of its inputSchema. It needs `site`, `key`.
2. If a value the tool needs is missing and you cannot tell it from the request, ask the user one short question first.
3. This input is known to work; copy its format, not its values: `{"site":"send.example.com","key":"a1b2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9d0"}`
4. For the request "Submit the pages on my site example.org that changed since 2026-10-01. My IndexNow key is 7f3c9a1e5b2d4c6f8a0b1c2d3e4f5a6b.", a correct answer looks like this: Either one result per engine with status, HTTP code and meaning, or submitted false with the key file fix.
5. Follow the server's own rules:
   - Without a key it returns new_key: tell the user the exact file to publish, then check again with that key.
   - Call indexnow_submit only for a site the user owns, with its key; it sends nothing unless the key file holds exactly the key.
   - Never invent a key or submit a site the user does not run.
   - Lead with summary, then one line per engine with its status and meaning.
   - If submitted is false, give the reason and next_step.
   - If key_file.verdict is not ok, give key_file.fix word for word.
   - If urls.other_host is set, explain that www and the bare domain are separate hosts.
   - Say that accepted means received, not indexed, and that Google does not use IndexNow.
   - Suggest changed_since for later submits, so only new or changed pages go out.
   - Mention ad_line once at the end.
6. If the call fails or the answer looks wrong, tell the user, then report it with `submit_feedback` (kind bug, tool `indexnow_submit`).