Manifold's SEO MCP server

Keyword research, rankings, search results, backlinks and technical audits from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor. Hosted, with no API keys of your own and no SEO tool seat, paid per call. Comparing options first? See the best SEO MCP servers, compared. Already pay for an SEO suite? Our Semrush MCP, Ahrefs MCP and Similarweb MCP guides cover their own servers.

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What your agent can do for SEO

What each tool returns, and what a call costs.

SEO tools in the docs

Get keyword ideas
Candidate keywords around a seed, with volume, difficulty, intent, CPC and trend for each.
seo_search_keywordsFrom 5 credits
Check keyword metrics
Volume, difficulty, intent, CPC and 12-month trend for keywords you already have, with AI-engine prompt volume on request.
seo_get_keyword_metricsFrom 5 credits
Get search results for a query
The top organic results and SERP features Google shows for one query.
seo_get_serpFrom 1 credit
Get a domain's ranked keywords
Keywords a domain or one page ranks for in the top 100, with position, URL and metrics.
seo_get_ranked_keywordsFrom 5 credits
Find keyword gaps
Keywords one competitor ranks for in the top 100 that the target does not rank for at all.
seo_get_keyword_gapFrom 5 credits
Get a site's position for a keyword
Where one target ranks for one keyword, scanning the top 100 server-side.
seo_get_positionFrom 6 credits
Get a domain overview
Traffic estimate, ranked keyword count, position spread, top pages and domain rank for one domain.
seo_get_domain_overviewFrom 15 credits
Get backlinks
Individual backlinks pointing at a domain or page, strongest referring domain first.
seo_get_backlinksFrom 10 credits
Run a technical audit
Crawl a site for technical SEO issues.
seo_run_technical_crawlFrom 5 credits

Things to ask

Plain questions in any connected client. The agent picks the tools.

Which keywords do we rank 5 to 15 for that could reach page one?
Find the keywords our competitor ranks for that we don’t. [competitor.com]
Who links to our competitor but not to us?
Audit our blog for technical SEO issues and list the worst first.
What does Google show for “best CRM for startups”, and who ranks?
Rate these 200 domains by authority.

SEO data without a seat

The big SEO suites now reach agents through MCP servers of their own, each tied to that suite’s plan. Manifold charges per call, and its answers come from DataForSEO.

	An SEO suite’s own MCP	Open-source servers	Manifold
Monthly plan	The suite’s plan	Your data provider’s	No, pay per call
Keywords, rankings and SERPs	Yes	Yes	Yes
Backlinks	Yes	Some	Yes
What AI answers say and cite	Some	Rarely	Yes
Social and Reddit beside it	No	No	Yes
Setup	Paste a URL	Install and keys	Paste one URL

A keyword research MCP for your agent

Keyword research is the job people connect an SEO MCP server for most. Give your agent a seed topic or a competitor, and it pulls the ideas, the numbers and the pages that rank, then turns them into a plan in the same chat.

Keyword ideas
Ideas around a seed keyword, with search volume, difficulty, CPC and intent, for the country and language you pick.
Keyword gaps
The keywords a competitor ranks for that you don’t, ready to sort by volume or difficulty.
Who ranks today
The live Google results for any keyword, so your agent can see what a page needs to compete before you write it.
Rankings to improve
Every keyword a domain ranks for, with its position and URL, so your agent can find the page-two terms worth a rewrite.
Backlinks and authority
Who links to a site, a summary of its link profile, and an authority score for up to 1,000 domains in one call.
Technical audits
A background crawl of a whole site, page by page. If you already run Screaming Frog on your desktop, its own server is covered in our Screaming Frog MCP guide.

Pay per call. Start free.

One balance pays for every tool, with nothing else to subscribe to. Every account gets 250 free credits a month, and an answer already in the cache costs 25% of the price or less.

Get keyword ideas: From 5 credits
Check keyword metrics: From 5 credits
Get search results for a query: From 1 credit
The same answer again, from the cache: 25% or less

Get 250 free credits Plans and pricing How credits work

The same server URL and credit balance reach every source. Switch off what you don’t need.

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Questions about the SEO MCP

What is an SEO MCP server?

A connector that lets an AI agent such as Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor look up live SEO data mid-conversation: keyword volume and difficulty, who ranks for a query, backlinks and site audits. The agent calls the server instead of you exporting reports from an SEO tool, then works with the numbers in the same chat. The best SEO MCP servers, compared

Can I use it as a keyword research MCP?

Yes. Your agent can pull keyword ideas around a seed, search volume, difficulty, CPC and intent, the keywords a competitor ranks for that you don’t, and the live results for each keyword, then group them into a content plan. Keyword tools in the docs

Where does the SEO data come from?

DataForSEO, one of the largest SEO data providers. Its domain rank runs from 0 to 1,000: the same kind of score as Ahrefs’ DR or Moz’s DA, on a different scale.

Can it see our Google Search Console data?

Yes, for your own sites: connect Search Console or Bing Webmaster Tools in the app, and the console tools read your clicks, rankings, sitemaps and indexing. The SEO tools read Google’s public results, so they work for any site, including your competitors’.

Can it audit a whole site?

Yes. The technical crawl checks a site page by page and runs in the background, and the on-page snapshot of a single URL is free. SEO tools in the docs

Which clients does it work with?

Claude, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Grok, OpenCode and any other client that connects to a remote MCP server. Sign in with OAuth, or use an API key from the dashboard for scripts. Setup guides for every client

What does it cost?

Most SEO calls cost a few credits, and a repeat of a recent call costs a fraction of that. Every account gets 250 free credits a month. Plans and pricing

See it in use

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Find SEO quick wins in your own Search Console data
Ask your agent for the queries where you almost rank. A real run on our own Search Console: the prompt, the calls, the output and what it changed.
27 October 20264 min read
Do keyword research with your AI agent
Ask your agent for keywords with volume, difficulty and intent, then who ranks for the best one. A real run on our own market, with what it found.
27 October 20264 min read
Check your backlink profile with your AI agent
Ask your agent how many sites link to you, which links pass authority and which look like spam. A real run on our own domain, with what it found.
27 October 20264 min read
Find the keywords a competitor ranks for and you don't
Ask your agent to size a competitor's search traffic and list the keywords it ranks for that you don't. A real run against an SEO MCP rival.
27 October 20264 min read
Run a technical SEO audit from Claude or ChatGPT
Ask your agent to crawl your site for broken links, indexing problems and duplicate titles. A real crawl of our own site, with the fixes it found.
7 October 20263 min read
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