seo/get-system-page-seo returns the SEO Yoast produces for the search results page.
It is one of two system pages — the other is the 404 — that have no content of their own and take their title entirely from a template.
At a glance
| Ability | seo/get-system-page-seo |
| Toolset | Yoast SEO — toolset/yoast-seo |
| Group | Yoast SEO › Archives & System Pages |
| Requires | Yoast SEO, active on the site |
| Capability | manage_options |
| Safety | Read-only — changes nothing |
| Repeatable | Idempotent — running it twice leaves the same result |
| Ships in | AcrossAI Abilities Manager 0.0.34 and later |
How it works
Search results pages are not meant to be indexed. Google’s guidelines say so explicitly, and a site with thousands of indexed search URLs is a site with thousands of thin near-duplicate pages.
Yoast noindexes them by default, which is correct and which makes the title a question of user experience rather than search: it is what shows in the browser tab and in the history.
The 404 page is the same shape and matters for the same reason. A 404 titled “Page not found” is helpful; one titled “Nothing found – example.com” less so.
Neither page has anything editable per page, so the template is the only lever.
This is a read; the templates are written with seo/update-system-page-seo.
Input
This ability takes no input.
What comes back
| Name | Type | What it is |
|---|---|---|
seo | object | The computed SEO for the search results page. |
success | boolean | Whether the call completed. |
message | string | A one-line summary of what happened, suitable for showing a human. |
error_code | string | Present only on failure — a stable machine-readable reason, such as a missing field, a wrong field type or an unmet confirmation. |
Example
Ask your assistant:
What title does our search results page use?
It resolves to one call:
{
"ability": "seo/get-system-page-seo",
"parameters": {}
}Worth knowing
- Search results should not be indexed. Yoast noindexes them by default.
- The title matters for browser tabs and history, not for search.
- There is nothing editable per page — the template is the only lever.
- Read-only.
Related abilities
- Update System Page SEO — change the templates
- Get Robots Settings — what else is noindexed
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