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Step 1
Collect every URL reported missing with the HTTP status actually returned when it was checked, the referring page or traffic source that sent the visit, and for each handle whether it was hidden, renamed or deleted during the cleanup.
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Spark playbook scenarios · Spark: AI Store Assistant
Locate missing pages returning 404 errors
Shoppers land on empty pages after a catalog cleanup, and the merchant cannot tell whether a page was removed or a link points at the wrong address. In this case, the immediate task is to locate missing pages returning 404 errors. The workflow should produce an error inventory with repair and verification steps, one retest per case.
Topic
Website Errors and Broken Links
Target keyword
shopify 404 error checker
Copyable AI prompt
A prompt you can drop directly into Spark
First replace every [bracketed] placeholder with real store scope and constraints, then add any actual records or data you have, and paste it into your preferred AI assistant or Spark agent. Spark will follow this page's workflow to produce structured output and verification steps.
ai-prompt.txt
Act as a Shopify operations specialist.
Help me locate missing pages returning 404 errors.
My store context is [describe the business, products and target audience].
My scope is [specify the affected products, pages, customers or reporting period]. Use these inputs: [every missing URL with the HTTP status returned when it was checked, the referring page or traffic source that sent the visit, and each handle's hidden, renamed or deleted status after the cleanup]. Classify each case as a destination that no longer exists, a renamed handle whose replacement page is live, or a link written with the wrong address, and choose the repair from that class so only the renamed class gets pointed at a new page while mistyped links are corrected where they are written.
Return an error inventory with repair and verification steps, listing the retest that confirms each fix for the specified task.
Show the relevant evidence or before-and-after examples and explain how I can verify the result.
If essential data is missing, ask for it and mark unsupported conclusions as unknown.
Do not invent metrics, product claims or customer facts.
For any publication, message, account or store change, use only connected tools within my explicitly authorized scope and report success only after verification; otherwise provide the draft or proposed steps.How to solve
A recommended resolution workflow
Split the work into input, judgment, and deliverable phases. Verify each step's output before moving to the next.
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Step 2
Classify each case as a destination that no longer exists, a renamed handle whose replacement page is live, or a link written with the wrong address, and choose the repair from that class so only the renamed class gets pointed at a new page while mistyped links are corrected where they are written.
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Step 3
Deliver an error inventory with repair and verification steps giving each URL its class, the replacement page or the source edit proposed and the check that closes it, requiring the original URL and its referring page to be requested again with the returned status recorded, and leaving open anything that still errors or reaches a page nobody intended.
FAQ
Common questions when running this scenario
Cover decision rules, frequent misunderstandings, and required inputs so the team aligns on prerequisites before execution.
When should a missing page be redirected instead of left returning an error?
Only when a genuinely equivalent page exists, such as the product under its new handle or its closest live replacement; pointing everything at the homepage hides real removals, misleads whoever followed the link and leaves future audits unable to tell what was actually withdrawn.
How do you tell a renamed handle from a mistyped link?
Compare the failing address with the handle history and the anchor text used: a renamed handle matches a known page except for the old handle segment and has a live successor, while a mistyped link usually fails to match any handle ever used and points at a page that still exists under its correct spelling.
Does the fix count as done once the new link works?
Not until both sides are retested, meaning the original address and the page that linked to it, with the returned status written down; a link repaired only in the inventory often still survives in navigation or in a block an app generates, so re-read those sources in place too.
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