SEO as Code, Not SEO as Spreadsheets: A Publish-Grade Governance Workflow

Most teams do not fail at SEO because they do not care. They fail because the process is disconnected: standards are in docs, but not executable, audits happen after release, remediation is ad hoc and hard to track. SAR (SEO-Audit-Remediation) is built to close that gap with a rulemap-driven, CI-friendly workflow. What SAR Actually Includes SAR is a repository-first governance stack with 5 connected layers: standards/ : human-readable policy and boundaries. rulemaps/ : machine-readable rule contracts. core/ : execution engine ( discover / generate / audit ). skills/seo-audit/SKILL.md : agent workflow contract (with staged guardrails). skills/seo-audit/scripts/*.cjs : bundled runtime artifacts. The key is that standards, execution, and remediation guidance live in one versioned system. Why Rulemap-Driven Runtime Matters Rules are not hardcoded in application flow. They are executed from rulemap config fields such as: category severity blocking runtime.scope runtime.evaluator runtime.par