Ahrefs

Ahrefs MCP Connector for Claude

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Professional SEO intelligence — audit backlinks, keywords, and domain health via AI.

10 tools Official Updated Jun 28, 2026 Official Vinkius Partner

Connect your Ahrefs account to your AI agent to unlock the world's most powerful SEO data platform. From auditing domain ratings and backlink profiles to researching keyword difficulty and monitoring SERP rankings, your agent handles your organic growth strategy through natural conversation.

What you can do

  • Site Explorer — List and audit backlinks, broken links, and referring domains for any website
  • Keyword Research — Retrieve keyword metrics (volume, difficulty, CPC) and generate related keyword ideas
  • Organic Traffic Auditing — List top-performing pages and the organic keywords a domain ranks for
  • SERP Analysis — Retrieve real-time search results for any keyword across different countries
  • SEO Health Monitoring — Quickly retrieve Domain Rating (DR) and Ahrefs Rank to monitor authority trends

How it works

  1. Subscribe to this server
  2. Enter your Ahrefs API v3 Token
  3. Start optimizing your SEO and researching competitors through Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client

Who is this for?

  • SEO Specialists — automate backlink audits and keyword research workflows effortlessly
  • Content Marketers — identify top-performing content and relevant topics for your niche
  • Digital Strategists — monitor competitor authority and organic traffic trends via chat
  • Marketing Agencies — retrieve granular SEO data for client reports and performance tracking
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10 tools expose this connector's capabilities to your AI agent.

get_domain_overview

Get domain SEO metrics

list_backlinks

List website backlinks

list_organic_keywords

List ranking keywords

get_backlinks_stats

Get backlink summary

list_broken_backlinks

Identify 404 broken links

list_top_pages

List top performing pages

get_keyword_overview

Get keyword metrics

list_keyword_ideas

Generate keyword ideas

get_keyword_volume_history

Get historical search volume

get_serp_overview

Analyze search results

See how to talk to your AI agent using Ahrefs.

Show me the domain overview for 'ahrefs.com'.

I've retrieved the domain overview for ahrefs.com. The Domain Rating (DR) is 90, and it currently ranks for over 1.5 million organic keywords. Total backlinks are approximately 25 million.

List 10 backlinks for 'example.com' with the highest Domain Rating.

I've retrieved the top 10 backlinks for example.com. The strongest links come from high-authority domains like wikipedia.org (DR 91) and nytimes.com (DR 94). Would you like to see the anchor texts for these links?

Check keyword metrics for 'best SEO tools' in the US.

I've analyzed 'best SEO tools' for the US market. The monthly search volume is 12,000, with a difficulty score of 65 (Hard). The estimated CPC is $5.50. Would you like some related keyword ideas?

Log in to Ahrefs as a workspace owner or admin, navigate to **Account settings** > **API keys**, and create a new key. Note that API v3 is the current standard; v2 is deprecated.

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