Free, local SEO + GEO audits for AI assistants - no signup, nothing leaves your machine.

How do I install RankCLI?

Install RankCLI via npm from https://registry.npmjs.org, then add the server config to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, or VS Code).

Is RankCLI open source?

Yes, RankCLI is open source under the MIT license. Source code is available at https://github.com/integrallis/rankcli-mcp-server.

What category does RankCLI belong to?

RankCLI is listed under AI & ML MCP servers on MCPFind.

RankCLI — MCP Server for AI & ML

@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"]
    }
  }
}

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.

Links

Main package: @rankcli/cli
Docs: rankcli.dev/docs
Dashboard: rankcli.dev/dashboard

Set up in your AI client

AI clientOperating system

Merge this template into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json. Keep existing servers. Add any arguments, credentials, and permissions required by the maintainer; this template has not been install-tested.

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-github-integrallis-rankcli-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@rankcli/mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop completely for changes to take effect. Confirm the server appears connected in the client’s tool list, then try a read-only example from its documentation.

Claude Desktop setup reference

Compatible MCP Clients

RankCLI works with any MCP-compatible client. Copy the config snippet from the Configuration section above and add it to the file shown for your client, then restart the application.

Claude Desktop~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.jsonRestart Claude Desktop completely for changes to take effect.

Cursor~/.cursor/mcp.jsonRestart Cursor for changes to take effect.

VS Code.vscode/mcp.jsonReload VS Code window for changes to take effect.

Windsurf~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.jsonRestart Windsurf for changes to take effect.

Claude Code.mcp.jsonSave at the project root, then start Claude Code in that project and review the MCP server approval prompt. Keep real credentials out of shared files.

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