Use case

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.

Jesse Sibley
By , FounderPublished · Last updated · 4 min read

At a glance

JobHow strong your links are, and which ones count
Toolsseo_get_backlink_summary, seo_get_referring_domains
Credits0 in this run, from the cache; 21 live
DataDataForSEO's backlink index, with a spam score per site
Run onmanifoldmcp.com, 27 October 2026

The prompt

We asked our own agent, Claude Code connected to Manifold, on 27 October 2026:

TEXT
How strong is manifoldmcp.com's backlink profile? Tell me how many sites link to us, which
links pass any authority, and which ones look like spam.

The calls

StepToolInputCredits
1seo_get_backlink_summarymanifoldmcp.com0 (cached)
2seo_get_referring_domainsmanifoldmcp.com, 50 rows0 (cached)

The summary returns the totals: backlinks, referring domains, the dofollow share, broken links, a spam score and the domain rank. The referring domains call returns one row per linking site, with the rank it passes and its own spam score. Both calls had been paid for earlier that week, so they came from the cache at no cost; live, they are 10 and 11 credits.

What came back

MeasureValue
Domain rank (0 to 1,000)208
Backlinks665
Referring domains75
Dofollow share82%
Broken backlinks0
Spam score of the links (0 to 100)2
First link seen25 September 2026

50 of the 67 live referring domains came back. The strongest, and the worst:

Linking siteRank passedBacklinksSpam score
aitoolly.com1623550
kun.net106235
mcp.so9670
producthunt.com7390
gptzone.net034 (all nofollow)0
rankvance.com0155
pmt-ae.com0150

What the agent concluded

  • One directory is more than half the profile. aitoolly.com gives 355 of the 665 backlinks. Without it, the site has 310 links from 74 domains.
  • Most linking sites pass nothing. 19 of the 50 domains pass any rank at all. The rest are AI tool directories and listing sites, and 29 of the 75 domains link only with nofollow.
  • A few links are worth watching. Six domains have a spam score of 25 or more, each with one or two links. The whole profile's spam score averages 2, but a spam score describes the linking sites, not what they do to rankings.
  • The profile is a month old and built on listings. The first link was seen on 25 September. Links from articles that chose to mention the product are the next thing to earn, and none of them passes measurable rank yet.

Run it on yours

TEXT
How strong is {your domain}'s backlink profile? Which links pass authority, which look like
spam, and which sites link to {a competitor} but not to us?

For the individual links and their anchor text, the next call is seo_get_backlinks. To see links you have lost, call seo_get_referring_domains with the status lost.

Where to go next

Questions people ask

Is domain rank the same as Ahrefs DR?

No. Domain rank is DataForSEO's score from 0 to 1,000, the same kind of number as Ahrefs DR or Moz DA but on its own scale. Compare it with other domains' rank, not with DR.

Why was the run free?

Both calls had been paid for that week, and a repeat of a call this account already paid for comes from the cache at no cost. Live, they cost 10 and 11 credits.

Should I disavow the spammy links?

Not on a spam score alone. A handful of low-quality links is normal, and Google ignores most of them. Disavow only links you know were bought or built to manipulate rankings.

Can I see a competitor's backlinks?

Yes. The same tools take any domain or page, so your agent can list the sites linking to a competitor and not to you.

Jesse Sibley

Jesse Sibley

Founder of Manifold. A growth engineer who has worked with London startups for eight years.

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