seo-mcp

Free, open-source MCP server for scanning websites for SEO issues — runs locally and integrates directly with Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, and other MCP clients.

No API keys required for core functionality. The conversation LLM performs AI analysis directly.

• 28 SEO rules across meta, content, technical, and performance categories
• Multi-threaded scanning with worker_threads for parallel page analysis
• Site crawling with configurable depth, page limits, and robots.txt respect
• Deep page analysis — returns structured data for the conversation LLM to analyze (no API key needed)
• Real-time web monitoring via Firehose (Ahrefs) — track content changes with Lucene queries and SSE streaming
• Structured results with severity levels and actionable recommendations

• Node.js >= 20.0.0
• An MCP client: Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client

git clone https://github.com/Stackwise-digital/seo-mcp.git
cd seo-mcp
npm install
npm run build

Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "seo-mcp": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/seo-mcp/dist/index.js"]
    }
  }
}

Add to your Claude Code MCP settings (~/.claude/.mcp.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "seo-mcp": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/seo-mcp/dist/index.js"]
    }
  }
}

Add to your Cursor MCP settings:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "seo-mcp": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/seo-mcp/dist/index.js"]
    }
  }
}

That's it — the 4 core SEO tools are rea