Prebuilt SEO Prompts for SE Ranking MCP Server – Knowledge Base

Note: SE Ranking’s API is available as a standalone plan and can also be added to an existing subscription. You can get your API key from the SE Ranking API Dashboard. For access issues or API inquiries, contact api@seranking.com.

Keyword Research Prompts
Domain Analysis Prompts
AI Overview Prompts
Backlink Analysis Prompts
Useful Resources

The SE Ranking MCP (Model Context Protocol) Server connects SE Ranking’s API with AI assistants, allowing you to access real-time SEO data right inside tools like Claude Desktop, Gemini CLI, ChatGPT via Replit, and others.

Once connected, you can use plain-language prompts to handle SEO tasks—no coding required:

View domain and competitor insights directly in your AI assistant
Discover related and similar keywords to grow your topic clusters
Monitor ranking drops and automatically track lost keywords
Check detailed backlink metrics for any URL

You can now interact with your SE Ranking data using natural language prompts to quickly uncover keyword opportunities and gain other SEO insights.

Keyword Research Prompts

Related Keywords: Discover keywords related to a seed query.

“Show me keywords related to [seed keyword] in [country], including search volume, CPC, competition, and difficulty.”

Similar Keywords: Find keywords that are semantically similar to a seed keyword.

“Give me semantically similar keywords for [seed keyword] in [country], with volume, CPC, and difficulty.”

Long-tail Keywords: Generate long-tail variations of a seed keyword.

“List long-tail variations of [seed keyword] in [country], with search volume and difficulty.”

Question Keywords: Retrieve question-style keywords related to a topic.

“Find question-based keywords for [topic] in [country], with search volume, CPC, and difficulty.”

Bulk Keyword Metrics: Get search metrics for a list of keywords.

“Provide search volume, CPC, competition, and difficulty for these keywords: [list of keywords] in [country].”

Domain Analysis Prompts

Domain Overview: See total organic and paid visibility across regions.

“Show me the organic and paid search stats for [domain] across all countries.”

Domain Overview (by region): Get keyword and traffic stats in a specific region.

“Show me the organic and paid search stats for [domain] in [country].”

Keyword Movements: Identify new, improved, declined, or lost keywords.

“List the keywords [domain] has recently [gained/lost/moved up/moved down] in [country], with positions and traffic impact.”

Paid Ads by Domain: Gain insights into keywords and traffic from paid search campaigns.

“Show me the paid keywords, traffic, and estimated cost for [domain] in [country].”

AI Overview Prompts

AIO Discover Brand: Identify the main brand associated with a domain.

“What brand name is associated with [domain] in [country]?”

AIO Keywords by Target: See AI Overviews appearances for a domain, subdomain, or URL.

“List the keywords where [domain] appears in AI Overviews in [country], with snippet text and linked pages.”

AIO Keywords by Brand: Discover AI Overviews keywords associated with a brand.

“Show the keywords where [brand] appears in AI Overviews in [country], with snippet text and linked pages.”

Backlink Analysis Prompts

Backlink Overview: Get a comprehensive view of your site’s link profile.

“Show me how many backlinks and referring domains point to [domain], and highlight which links pass authority.”

Top Referring Domains: See which websites are driving the most backlinks.

“List the top websites linking to [domain], with backlink count and domain authority.”

Top Linked Pages: Discover which pages are attracting the most backlinks.

“Show the pages on [domain] with the highest number of backlinks, including the number of referring domains for each.”

Top Anchors: Analyze which anchor texts are most commonly used in backlinks.

“List the most common anchor texts linking to [domain], with backlink and referring domain counts for each.”

Backlink Gaps: Identify link opportunities that your competitors are already utilizing.

“Compare backlinks between [my domain] and [competitor], and list the domains linking to them but not to me.”

Useful Resources

MCP Setup Guide: https://seranking.com/api/integrations/mcp/
GitHub repo: https://github.com/seranking/seo-data-api-mcp-server