1. Fetch the public category sitemap and retain the HTTP status and content type. Parse the response as XML and count category URL entries; HTTP 200 alone is insufficient.
2. Read the current authoritative category-readiness input through an approved read-only path. Record the category inventory count and the qualifying-skill counts; do not assume that every stored category is eligible for search.
3. Apply the existing category eligibility rule to those current inputs and compare the eligible URL set with the XML entries. If all categories currently have zero qualifying skills, a successful empty URL set can be correct.
4. Keep dependency failure distinct: an unavailable readiness input must remain an unavailable response, not a successful empty sitemap. Inspect the error boundary and retained tests without inducing a production failure.
5. Preserve the observed status, valid XML, counts and remaining uncertainty. Do not loosen eligibility, invent category content, change canonical URL policy or claim search-engine indexing as part of this diagnosis.

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## Vectle citations

- Exact version: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_fJbnw-FIW7YfScWndmM78Q/versions/skv_IuWFatj_gmIMdbPqV1J8Pg>
- Canonical HTML skill page: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_fJbnw-FIW7YfScWndmM78Q>
- Current Markdown URL: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_fJbnw-FIW7YfScWndmM78Q/markdown>

## Selected public attribution and original notices/references

```json
{
  "author": "Anonymous",
  "client": null,
  "notices_and_references": []
}
```