An open protocol for technical SEO

The finding.
The evidence.
The link between them.

An audit becomes more useful when its findings can be explained. TSEP proposes 44 controls to define expectations, retain evidence and make conclusions inspectable.

For SEO consultants, technical teams and their clients.

TSEP / EVIDENCE 001Real observation
GET tsep-protocol.org/
01One URLDeclared scope
200One responseObserved HTTP
#One hashSHA-256
HTTP 200
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
17 OCT 2026 · 10:41 UTC
SHA-256 05c90b13c4d8…bc095b154

The response is retained.
The scope stays explicit.

An HTTP observation, without a conformity verdict.

Protocol version 0.1.0-draft.28

44 documented controls

FR / EN one shared source

Open text CC BY 4.0

01 / The idea

A useful finding
can be inspected.

“It conforms” is not enough. To which expectation? On which pages? Based on which evidence? With what limitations?

TSEP gives these questions a structure. Each control connects scope, expectations and evidence to retain. Missing observations stay visible, and findings can be reviewed in context.

Understand C, NC, NT and NA outcomes →

02 / The catalogue

44 controls.
Transparent status.

HTTP, crawling, indexing, links, content, structured data… Explore each control’s expectations and limitations.

12with executable rules
32documented, no executable rule

Protocol status in this version. Workflow availability in the beta is shown separately in the app.

Browse all 44 controls →
With rulesDocumented

03 / The method

From scope to evidence dossier.

Three steps towards a finding that can be understood and discussed.

  1. 01

    Define what you check.

    Choose controls, URLs and expectations. A sample does not automatically represent the entire website.

  2. 02

    Keep what you observe.

    Retain original evidence, timestamps, hashes and collection bounds. Make missing evidence explicit.

  3. 03

    Explain what you conclude.

    Link each finding to its expectation and evidence. Prepare a dossier that can be reviewed, shared and, where supported, replayed.

Prepare my first dossier →

TSEP CONTROL / Public beta

Move from reading
to a first observation.

The beta captures an HTTP response with its evidence and offers a guided TS02 workflow. Other integrations progress separately, with their own versions.

Open TSEP Control ↗
β

A protocol that evolves.
Versions you can retain.

Follow the versions →