# Starter Fix Sprint prompt IndexNow submission report

Date: 2026-06-29

## Prompt library discovery files

- Prompt hub: https://starterfixsprint.com/shopify-trust-copy-prompt-library.html
- Prompt sitemap: https://starterfixsprint.com/sitemap-prompts.xml
- Prompt JSON: https://starterfixsprint.com/starterfixsprint-prompt-library.json
- Prompt CSV: https://starterfixsprint.com/starterfixsprint-prompt-library.csv
- Prompt Markdown: https://starterfixsprint.com/starterfixsprint-prompt-library.md

## IndexNow verification files

- Existing key file: https://starterfixsprint.com/indexnow-key.txt
- Added default key-name file: https://starterfixsprint.com/196b9138ca6d4fe0b026242c8c05ad87.txt

Both files contain the active IndexNow key:

```text
196b9138ca6d4fe0b026242c8c05ad87
```

## Submitted payloads

- indexnow_payload_20260629_prompts.json
- indexnow_payload_20260629_prompts_default_key.json

The prompt payload contains 96 URLs: the prompt hub, downloadable prompt files, sitemap-prompts.xml, sitemap-index.xml, and 90 individual prompt pages.

## External response

IndexNow still returned HTTP 403 with this message after the key file was live:

```json
{"errorCode":"UserForbiddedToAccessSite","message":"User is unauthorized to access the site. Please verify the site using the key and try again","details":null}
```

Tested paths:

- api.indexnow.org POST with keyLocation
- api.indexnow.org GET with keyLocation
- api.indexnow.org POST using default key-name file
- api.indexnow.org GET using default key-name file
- bing.com/indexnow GET
- bing.com/indexnow POST

## Fallback discovery already in place

- robots.txt links sitemap-prompts.xml.
- sitemap-index.xml links sitemap-prompts.xml.
- The prompt library is linked from homepage, resource index, and distribution kit.

Google sitemap ping is deprecated and returned 404. Bing sitemap ping returned 410. Current practical fallback is sitemap discovery through robots.txt plus webmaster-tool submission when account access is available.