Moonlings — Local Business Intelligence

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AI visibility + fact-checks (ChatGPT/Perplexity), review gaps & competitor scans, local SEO.

Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server: ai.moonlings/moonlings

The MCP server ai.moonlings/moonlings provides capabilities focused on AI visibility + fact-checks using ChatGPT/Perplexity. It supports workflows for review gaps & competitor scans and includes support for local SEO, based on the server description available in the provided data.

🛠️ Key Features

AI visibility
Fact-checks via ChatGPT/Perplexity
Review gap identification
Competitor scanning
Local SEO support
Tool availability: 8 tools

🚀 Use Cases

Verify factual claims using ChatGPT/Perplexity
Identify gaps in reviews
Perform competitor scans
Improve local SEO-related research

⚡ Developer Benefits

Exposes 8 tools for integrating AI visibility, fact-checking, competitor scanning, and local SEO workflows

⚠️ Limitations

No additional tool details, documentation excerpts, or specific tool capabilities were provided beyond the description and tool count.

Captured live from the server via tools/list.

ping

Returns server status, the price list, and (when authenticated) your credit balance. Free — call it to check connectivity and see what this server offers.

Parameters

No parameters.

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {},
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

check_visibility

Ask ChatGPT and Perplexity live (with web search) who they'd recommend in a business's category and city, and report whether THIS business appears. Returns honest appearance counts (never an invented metric), a per-engine split, who gets recommended instead, and which local sites the AI answers cite. AI answers vary substantially between runs — one check is a snapshot, not a stable measurement; re-check over time for the real picture. Call this when a user wants to know if AI assistants recommend a local business. Takes ~10-30 seconds. Price: $0.79 per delivered check.

Parameters4

businessName	string	required	The local business to check
location	string	required	City and state/region, e.g. "Cincinnati, OH"
businessType	string	required	Category anchor, e.g. "gym" — the AI assistants are asked category questions, so this is required
website	string	optional	Optional: the business website — a cited domain counts as an appearance

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "businessName": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 120,
      "description": "The local business to check"
    },
    "location": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 120,
      "description": "City and state/region, e.g. \"Cincinnati, OH\""
    },
    "businessType": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 80,
      "description": "Category anchor, e.g. \"gym\" — the AI assistants are asked category questions, so this is required"
    },
    "website": {
      "description": "Optional: the business website — a cited domain counts as an appearance",
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 300
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "businessName",
    "location",
    "businessType"
  ],
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

review_gap

Compare a local business's Google rating and review count against the top same-category rivals nearby, with the gap math done: who leads, the rating delta, the review-volume ratio, and a verdict (leading / rated_equal_or_better_but_outreviewed / trailing). Live Google Maps lookup at call time. Call this when a user wants to know how a business's reviews stack up against local competitors. Takes a few seconds. Price: $0.39 per delivered comparison.

Parameters4

businessName	string	required	The local business to check
location	string	required	City and state/region, e.g. "Cincinnati, OH"
businessType	string	required	Category anchor, e.g. "dentist" — rivals are the top Google Maps results for this category nearby
address	string	optional	Optional: street address of the SPECIFIC location to compare, e.g. "332 Ludlow Ave" — use for chains/multi-location businesses so the right branch anchors the comparison

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "businessName": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 120,
      "description": "The local business to check"
    },
    "location": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 120,
      "description": "City and state/region, e.g. \"Cincinnati, OH\""
    },
    "businessType": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 80,
      "description": "Category anchor, e.g. \"dentist\" — rivals are the top Google Maps results for this category nearby"
    },
    "address": {
      "description": "Optional: street address of the SPECIFIC location to compare, e.g. \"332 Ludlow Ave\" — use for chains/multi-location businesses so the right branch anchors the comparison",
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 200
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "businessName",
    "location",
    "businessType"
  ],
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

check_facts

Find what AI assistants get WRONG about a local business. Asks ChatGPT and Perplexity live (with web search) about the business's hours, address, phone, and category, then verifies each stated fact against Google Business ground truth. Returns a severity-ranked list of conflicts (with the AI's value vs. the trusted value and source) plus discrepancies to check. Conservative by design: a claim with no trusted source is 'unverifiable' (never an error), and a conflict is only counted when it reproduces across engines — so it won't cry wolf. Call this when a user asks whether AI has the right info about a business, or 'why does ChatGPT say we're closed'. Takes ~15-30 seconds. Price: $1.49 per delivered check.

Parameters4

businessName	string	required	The local business to fact-check
location	string	required	City and state/region, e.g. "Cincinnati, OH"
businessType	string	optional	Optional category anchor, e.g. "restaurant" — helps resolve the business; not required
website	string	optional	Optional: the business website — if an AI answer cites this domain, a mismatch is treated as a possibly-stale discrepancy rather than an error

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "businessName": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 120,
      "description": "The local business to fact-check"
    },
    "location": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 120,
      "description": "City and state/region, e.g. \"Cincinnati, OH\""
    },
    "businessType": {
      "description": "Optional category anchor, e.g. \"restaurant\" — helps resolve the business; not required",
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 80
    },
    "website": {
      "description": "Optional: the business website — if an AI answer cites this domain, a mismatch is treated as a possibly-stale discrepancy rather than an error",
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 300
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "businessName",
    "location"
  ],
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

run_scan

A live competitor scan: a research agent finds the business's strongest same-category rival nearby and scouts it (offer, pricing signals, review positioning, what they do that this business doesn't), while two ground-truth lookups run in parallel: ChatGPT/Perplexity sampling for AI-assistant visibility, and a direct Google Places review comparison (reviewSnapshot — the authoritative numbers; finding source URLs are verified against what the agent actually retrieved). The AI-visibility portion is a single-run snapshot — AI answers vary substantially between runs. BLOCKING and slow: typically 2-4 minutes — only call it from contexts that tolerate a long tool call. Price: $1.99 per delivered scan; a failed scan is never charged.

Parameters4

businessName	string	required	The local business to scan
location	string	required	City and state/region, e.g. "Cincinnati, OH"
businessType	string	required	Category anchor, e.g. "ice cream shop" — rival discovery and AI sampling are both category-anchored
address	string	optional	Optional: street address of the SPECIFIC location to scan, e.g. "332 Ludlow Ave" — use for chains/multi-location businesses so the right branch anchors the review comparison

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "businessName": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 120,
      "description": "The local business to scan"
    },
    "location": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 120,
      "description": "City and state/region, e.g. \"Cincinnati, OH\""
    },
    "businessType": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 80,
      "description": "Category anchor, e.g. \"ice cream shop\" — rival discovery and AI sampling are both category-anchored"
    },
    "address": {
      "description": "Optional: street address of the SPECIFIC location to scan, e.g. \"332 Ludlow Ave\" — use for chains/multi-location businesses so the right branch anchors the review comparison",
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 200
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "businessName",
    "location",
    "businessType"
  ],
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

start_deep_report

Launch a full overnight-grade research report on a local business: an autonomous research crew maps the competitive landscape, reads the business's and rivals' web presence, and delivers a long-form graded report with structured findings and an action list. ASYNC: this tool returns a slug immediately; the report takes roughly 10-20 minutes. Poll check_report_status, then fetch with get_report_result. Price: $9.99, charged when the report launches; if the report fails, the charge is refunded automatically. Each call starts a NEW report — do not retry a call that already returned a slug.

Parameters5

businessName	string	required	The local business to research
location	string	required	City and state/region, e.g. "Cincinnati, OH"
businessType	string	required	Category anchor, e.g. "dentist" — competitor discovery is category-anchored
website	string	optional	Optional: the business website, read to ground services and positioning
brief	string	optional	Optional research focus, e.g. "we're losing weekend foot traffic — figure out why"

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "businessName": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 120,
      "description": "The local business to research"
    },
    "location": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 120,
      "description": "City and state/region, e.g. \"Cincinnati, OH\""
    },
    "businessType": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 80,
      "description": "Category anchor, e.g. \"dentist\" — competitor discovery is category-anchored"
    },
    "website": {
      "description": "Optional: the business website, read to ground services and positioning",
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 300
    },
    "brief": {
      "description": "Optional research focus, e.g. \"we're losing weekend foot traffic — figure out why\"",
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 2000
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "businessName",
    "location",
    "businessType"
  ],
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

check_report_status

Poll a deep research report by slug. Free. Returns status (generating / ready / failed); a failed report triggers the automatic refund of its launch charge. Deep reports typically take 10-20 minutes — poll every few minutes, not every few seconds.

Parameters1

slug

string

required

The slug returned by start_deep_report

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "slug": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 200,
      "description": "The slug returned by start_deep_report"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "slug"
  ],
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

get_report_result

Fetch a completed deep research report by slug. Free. Returns the long-form report (markdown), a structured-findings JSON block, the action list, and the report card. If the report is still generating you get its status instead; if it failed, the launch charge is refunded automatically.

Parameters1

slug

string

required

The slug returned by start_deep_report

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "slug": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 200,
      "description": "The slug returned by start_deep_report"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "slug"
  ],
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

Install

Tools (8)

pingcheck_visibilityreview_gapcheck_factsrun_scanstart_deep_reportcheck_report_statusget_report_result

Remote endpoint

Streamable HTTP

Hosted server - connect over the network, no local install.

url

https://moonlings.ai/api/mcp

Add to VS Code Add to Cursor

claude_desktop_config.json

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "moonlings": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://moonlings.ai/api/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Desktop config is stdio-only; this bridges via mcp-remote. Native remote: Settings > Connectors.

Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server: ai.moonlings/moonlings

🛠️ Key Features

🚀 Use Cases

⚡ Developer Benefits

⚠️ Limitations

ping

check_visibility

review_gap

check_facts

run_scan

start_deep_report

check_report_status

get_report_result

Install

Remote endpoint

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