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title: "Outserp MCP Server"
description: "Remote Model Context Protocol server exposing an Outserp account to Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and any MCP-compatible AI client. 95 tools, OAuth or API-key auth, included on every active account — all paid plans and the free trial."
canonical: https://outserp.ai/docs/mcp
markdown: https://outserp.ai/api/machine-content?path=%2Fdocs%2Fmcp
site: Outserp
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# Outserp MCP Server

> Remote Model Context Protocol server exposing an Outserp account to Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and any MCP-compatible AI client. 95 tools, OAuth or API-key auth, included on every active account — all paid plans and the free trial.

## Connect

- **Endpoint:** `https://mcp.outserp.ai/mcp` (Streamable HTTP)
- **Auth:** OAuth (recommended) or a bearer API key from Dashboard → Settings → API Access
- **Clients:** Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, or any other MCP-compatible client
- **Plans:** The MCP server, REST API and CLI are included on every active Outserp account — Starter, Growth, Scale, Enterprise and the 7-day free trial. Reads are free; generating and publishing draw on the plan's monthly allowance, then credits.

## Tool categories (95 tools)

- **Discovery & account:** whoami, list_projects, get_usage
- **Read your data:** get_visibility_summary, get_insights, get_opportunities, get_topic_clusters, list_keywords, list_articles, get_article, get_competitors, get_citations, get_mentions, get_brand_profile, get_site_health, get_template_defects, get_page_visibility, get_query_fanouts, get_brand_perception, get_project_context, update_project_context
- **Earned-citation loop:** get_owned_earned_split (owned vs earned mix + source rank), get_topic_signal_shares (weakest topics vs competitors), get_competitor_sources (simulate a competitor's cited sources), get_earned_opportunities (weekly pathway-classified worklist), draft_social_recreation (LinkedIn Pulse / X thread / Reddit / YouTube drafts into the approval queue)
- **Research & analytics:** get_backlinks, get_serp, score_page, get_search_performance, get_tofu_topics (Search Console queries grouped into top-of-funnel topics with the ranking page + opportunity read), get_ai_mode_queries (AI Mode conversation turns leaked into Search Console, with weekly trend), get_ai_referrals (GA4 "AI Assistant" channel sessions per assistant/page), get_keyword_data, get_performance, get_audit_report, create_project, set_operating_mode (switch brands between growth and maintenance: quarterly scans, small prompt set, no auto-scheduled posts), plan_wiki (queue a glossary / wiki off a hub page)
- **Any-domain competitive intelligence:** get_domain_profile (organic + paid traffic, keywords, backlinks, AI visibility, traffic history and by-country for ANY domain), get_domain_keywords (every keyword a competitor ranks for), get_domain_pages (which of their pages earn the traffic; paid=true for their ads), get_domain_backlinks (who links to them, filterable by DR and follow type), get_keyword_gap (what they rank for and you do not, with the URL that ranks), get_domain_ai_visibility (their ChatGPT/Google AI/Gemini/Perplexity mentions), list_tracked_domains, track_domain, get_serp_competitors, get_historical_serp, get_content_gaps
- **Traffic & indexing:** get_traffic_overview (GSC + GA4 blended, with period-over-period delta and top landing pages), get_index_coverage (coverage issues + per-URL indexing state), get_page_audits (stored page scores vs the competitor average, with NLP gaps and position movement), get_brand_health, get_category_sov, get_shopping_visibility
- **GTM execution:** get_backlink_opportunities, get_outreach_threads, get_action_log (the agent's own audit trail)
- **Create content (allowance + credits):** generate_article, optimize_article, publish_article, update_article, generate_keywords
- **Content schedule:** list_content_schedule, schedule_content, update_scheduled_item, cancel_scheduled_item
- **Programmatic content plans:** create_content_plan_grid, run_grid, get_grid_results
- **Prospect audits (agencies):** run_audit
- **Credits & webhooks:** get_credit_balance, request_credits, register_webhook, list_webhooks
- **Jobs:** get_job_status

## Why it exists

Lets an AI agent generate, audit, and publish SEO/AEO content directly on a customer's behalf, and pull their own visibility/citation data into a conversation — without leaving Claude, Cursor, or Windsurf.

## Get started

Full setup guide with copyable config per client: https://outserp.ai/docs/mcp