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Connect Cursor to CitationBench's hosted MCP server and get ~35 production-ready SEO tools instantly. No self-hosting, no integration debt.

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# Add CitationBench to Cursor via MCP settings> mcp add citationbench --url https://mcp.citationbench.com/mcp✓ Connected · 35 tools available# Run a SERP gap analysis from your Cursor agentresearch.serp_gap.analyze> { "keyword": "cursor mcp for seo", "workspace_id": "ws_abc123" }{ "cliff_position": 6, "winnable": true, "top_domain_dr": 41 }# Kick off a full brand bootstrap agentagent.invoke> { "agent": "brand-bootstrap", "input": { "url": "https://acme.com" } }job_id: job_9zt4w · status: running · awaiting_approval

Building SEO Agents in Cursor Is Slow

Stitching raw APIs together to power SEO workflows inside Cursor costs weeks of integration work before you ship anything.

Months of Integration Debt

Wiring Ahrefs, Surfer, and Apollo individually into a Cursor agent means building and maintaining every connector yourself.

No MCP Layer for SEO

Generic MCP servers offer no SEO-specific tools, so your Cursor agent lacks keyword research, SERP analysis, and indexing primitives.

Fire-and-Forget Agents Break

LLM agents using raw API calls have no durability. A restart wipes job state and forces a full rerun with no approval gates.

The fix

One MCP URL. Every SEO Tool You Need.

CitationBench's hosted MCP server at mcp.citationbench.com/mcp gives Cursor ~35 SEO and GEO tools instantly — keyword research, SERP analysis, content generation, indexing, link building, and durable agent orchestration with human approval gates.

Every SEO Tool Your Cursor Agent Needs

Five production-grade capabilities available the moment you connect Cursor to the CitationBench MCP server at mcp.citationbench.com/mcp.

Hosted MCP Server Built for Cursor

MCP Layer

Hosted MCP Server Built for Cursor

Connect Cursor to mcp.citationbench.com/mcp and get ~35 namespaced SEO tools instantly. No self-hosting, no devops. Tools span research.*, produce.*, indexing.*, link_building.*, and agent.* namespaces.

  • 35 tools, zero self-hosting
  • Works with Cursor out of the box
  • Namespaced tool discovery
Keyword Research From Your Cursor Agent

Research

Keyword Research From Your Cursor Agent

Call research.keyword.research from Cursor to discover, cluster, and label keyword sets from a seed URL or list. Results persist for downstream content and outreach workflows via the same MCP session.

  • Seed URL or keyword list input
  • Persisted results for agents
  • Bulk create via MCP tool
Invoke Full SEO Agents via Cursor

Orchestration

Invoke Full SEO Agents via Cursor

agent.invoke runs named agents like brand-bootstrap directly from your Cursor session. Supports real-time SSE streaming, multi-turn continuation, and approval-gated pauses — not fire-and-forget LLM calls.

  • brand-bootstrap agent included
  • SSE streaming from Cursor
  • Approval gates, not fire-and-forget
Durable Jobs That Survive Restarts

Reliability

Durable Jobs That Survive Restarts

All agent jobs run on Cyclonic workers — durable, resumable, and cancellable. Cancel via agent.invocations.cancel, resume via agent.invocations.continue. No lost progress when Cursor or the network interrupts.

  • Survives mid-session restarts
  • Cancel and resume any job
  • Full invocation audit log
SERP Gap Analysis Inside Cursor

SERP Analysis

SERP Gap Analysis Inside Cursor

Call research.serp_gap.analyze from Cursor to detect the SERP cliff — where result quality drops and ranking becomes winnable. Returns domain authority signals and exact cliff position per keyword.

  • Detects winnable SERP positions
  • Domain authority cliff signals
  • Callable via MCP from Cursor

How it works

From sign-up to first call in five minutes.

01

Sign up and get your key

An `sk_test_*` key lands in your dashboard instantly. No demo gate — start calling real endpoints with shape-complete responses.

02

Add the MCP server or hit REST

`claude mcp add citationbench https://mcp.citationbench.com/mcp` from Claude Code, Cursor, or any MCP client. Or `curl` against `api.citationbench.com/v1/*` directly.

03

Run a tool or invoke an agent

Every tool returns shape-complete demo data without auth, so your agent works before the user signs up. Tools across research, production, indexing, link-building, and agents.

04

Scope to a workspace and ship

Add `X-Workspace-Id: ws_***` to scope per client. Switch to a live `sk_live_*` key when you're ready. Same API surface, same SDK.

Why CitationBench

Built for production, agency-scale, and AI-agent-first.

~35 tools, one MCP server

Hosted at mcp.citationbench.com/mcp. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, Claude Desktop, Windsurf, and ChatGPT Apps. No self-hosting required.

Durable jobs, not fire-and-forget

Every long-running call runs on Cyclonic workers — survives restarts, cancellable, resumable, streams via SSE. Production-safe by default.

Multi-workspace from day one

One master API key, N client workspaces. Switch with a single `X-Workspace-Id` header. Per-client data isolation, bulk ops across all of them.

Demo mode out of the box

Every endpoint responds in shape-complete demo mode without auth, so you can build the agent before the user signs up.

FAQ

Common questions

Connect Cursor to Your SEO Tool Layer

Add the CitationBench hosted MCP server to Cursor and get ~35 production-ready SEO tools without months of integration work.

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