How do I install RankCLI?

Copy the stdio config for Cursor, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or VS Code on this page. It uses the publisher's install, not a PlugMCP proxy.

Does RankCLI need an API key?

No required environment variable is listed on this record.

What transport does RankCLI use?

RankCLI runs locally over stdio.

When was RankCLI last checked?

Last checked 2026-11-09. Free, local SEO + GEO audits for AI assistants - no signup, nothing leaves your machine.

RankCLI MCP server

Power your agent

Add this server

The publisher's own command. Not a PlugMCP endpoint.

Add to Cursor Add to VS Code Run on PlugMCP

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

Local command

npx -y @rankcli/[email protected]

Claude Code has no install link for a local command. Copy the command below and run it in a terminal.

shClaude Code

1claude mcp add io.github.integrallis-rankcli-mcp-server -- npx -y @rankcli/mcp-server@0.0.31

Run in a terminal.

jsonClaude Desktop

1{2  "mcpServers": {3    "io.github.integrallis-rankcli-mcp-server": {4      "command": "npx",5      "args": [6        "-y",7        "@rankcli/[email protected]"8      ]9    }10  }11}

claude_desktop_config.json

Local · npmPublisher installStep-by-step: add this in Claude

Remote URL or a command on your machine? How the two installs differ

Run on PlugMCP

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

A new server you create. It is not this listing's official endpoint. Use the publisher install when you want their URL and their credentials.

Launch

Server facts

Local

Transport: stdio
Version: 0.0.31
Last checked

Tools

No tool list yet. Remote servers get one after the first health check.

FAQ

Questions

@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"]
    }
  }
}

Agent skills and Claude Code plugin

The same checks as skills your coding agent loads on demand. Two skills ship in this repo: seo-audit (run the audit, read the JSON, fix the highest-impact issues in the codebase) and seo-ci-gate (fail the build on SEO regressions in GitHub Actions or any CI).

Any agent (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Copilot, Windsurf and others), via the skills CLI:

npx skills add integrallis/rankcli-mcp-server

Claude Code plugin (the two skills plus the MCP server, one install):

/plugin install rankcli --marketplace integrallis/rankcli-mcp-server

or from a shell: claude plugin marketplace add integrallis/rankcli-mcp-server then claude plugin install rankcli@rankcli. The skills are then /rankcli:seo-audit and /rankcli:seo-ci-gate.

Available Tools

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.

RankCLI

Add this server

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

Server facts

Tools

Questions

How do I install RankCLI?

Does RankCLI need an API key?

What transport does RankCLI use?

When was RankCLI last checked?

Documentation

@rankcli/mcp-server

Install

Agent skills and Claude Code plugin

Available Tools

Example

Want more?

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