@rankcli/mcp-server
Free, local SEO + GEO (AI-search-citation) analysis as an MCP tool. No signup, no API key, nothing sent to RankCLI's servers — it runs entirely inside your MCP host (Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, etc.) against HTML you already have or that your host fetches for you.
Install
Claude Desktop — download the latest .mcpb from
Releases and double-click it.
No config file, no terminal.
Claude Code — one line, no config file:
claude mcp add rankcli -- npx -y @rankcli/mcp-server
Anything else (Claude Desktop, Codex, Windsurf) — the standard config block:
{
"mcpServers": {
"rankcli": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@rankcli/mcp-server"]
}
}
}
Claude Desktop config path (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json):
{
"mcpServers": {
"rankcli": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["@rankcli/mcp-server"]
}
}
}
| Tool | Description |
|---|
seo_analyze | Full SEO analysis: GEO, Core Web Vitals, structured data, security headers, mobile, images, internal linking |
seo_geo_check | AI search visibility (GEO) — crawler access, LLM content signals, citation readiness |
seo_robots_ai | Which AI crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, etc.) your robots.txt allows or blocks |
seo_generate_robots | Generate an AI-crawler-friendly robots.txt |
seo_core_web_vitals | Estimate LCP, CLS, INP, TTFB from HTML |
seo_structured_data | Validate JSON-LD / Schema.org markup |
seo_generate_schema | Generate a JSON-LD template for a page type |
seo_security_headers | Grade HTTPS, HSTS, CSP, and related headers |
seo_generate_security_headers | Generate recommended security header config |
seo_images | Alt text, dimensions, formats, lazy loading |
seo_internal_links | Anchor text quality, orphan-page risk |
seo_mobile | Viewport, touch targets, PWA readiness |
seo_ai_crawlers | Reference list of known AI crawler user agents |
Example
Just ask Claude:
"Run an SEO audit on https://example.com"
Your MCP host fetches the page and Claude calls these tools directly — nothing round-trips through RankCLI.
Want more?
This local server works from HTML/robots.txt you or your MCP host supply. For URL-only tools that fetch and crawl for you (seo_audit, seo_geo_check, seo_robots_check, seo_compare), plus the newer Cloudflare AI-crawler-gating compliance check, CI/CD scheduling, and auto-fix PRs, see the hosted endpoint and paid tiers:
{
"mcpServers": {
"rankcli-hosted": {
"url": "https://rankcli-audit-worker.fly.dev/mcp",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
}
}
}
}
Get a free API key at rankcli.dev/dashboard.
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