How do I install HarborRank?

Copy the http config for Cursor, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or VS Code on this page. It uses the publisher's install, not a PlugMCP proxy.

Does HarborRank need an API key?

No required environment variable is listed on this record.

What transport does HarborRank use?

HarborRank is reached over HTTP.

When was HarborRank last checked?

Last checked 2026-11-08. SEO for AI agents: keywords, SERPs, backlinks, rank tracking, audits, Search Console, Analytics

HarborRank MCP server

HarborRank Agent Skills

SEO workflows for Claude, Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Codex, and other agents that support SKILL.md files. Each skill is one slash command. The skills pull live data through the HarborRank MCP server: keyword metrics, SERPs, ranked keywords, backlinks, rank tracking, Google Search Console, and Google Analytics.

Install in Claude (web, desktop, Cowork)

Install HarborRank SEO from the plugin directory, or add the HarborRank connector (Customize, then Connectors).
Choose Connect and sign in to HarborRank with Google or email to start your 7-day free trial.
Back in Claude, ask for something real, for example "Find 20 low-difficulty keywords for mysite.com and save the best ones to my project" or "Which of my pages sit at positions 8 to 20 in Search Console?"

If you ask before connecting, Claude says HarborRank isn't connected, gives these steps, and picks the task back up once you say "connected".

Install as a Claude Code plugin

One install adds the HarborRank MCP server and all nine skills. Inside Claude Code:

/plugin marketplace add winsley-jeune/harborrank-skills
/plugin install harborrank@harborrank

Then run /mcp, pick harborrank, and sign in (setup guide). The first MCP call opens the HarborRank login in your browser. Installed this way the skills run as /harborrank:<name>, for example /harborrank:keyword-research.

Install in Cursor

Install HarborRank SEO from the Cursor Marketplace, or add the MCP server by hand in ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

{ "mcpServers": { "harborrank": { "url": "https://app.harborrank.com/mcp" } } }

Cursor opens the HarborRank login the first time it connects. The plugin also adds the nine skills.

Install as a Gemini CLI extension

gemini extensions install https://github.com/winsley-jeune/harborrank-skills

Then run /mcp auth harborrank in Gemini CLI to sign in. The extension adds the MCP server and the nine skills.

Requirements

A HarborRank account. Start free: new accounts get a 7-day free trial with 1,000 research credits, one project, Search Console, and Google Analytics. You add a card at signup; Basic ($29/month, 15,000 credits a month) starts when the trial ends unless you cancel from Billing first. Backlinks, lead research, and Lighthouse checks need a paid plan, and you can email [email protected] within 7 days of the first charge for a full refund.
Claude Code, Cursor or Gemini CLI (or another agent that reads SKILL.md files and can connect to a remote HTTP MCP server).

Example prompts

"Research keywords for a Plymouth, MA marine electrician: shortlist ten with volume, difficulty and intent, and save the good ones to my project."
"Who ranks for my saved keywords, and where are the openings a small site could take?"
"Which of my pages bring in leads from Google, and how much of my traffic now comes from ChatGPT and other AI assistants?"
"Is /pricing indexed? If not, why not, and which of my pages are sitting at positions 8 to 20?"

What the plugin runs, sends and fetches

The skills are plain-text instructions. They run nothing on your machine and install no code.
.mcp.json (Claude Code), mcp.json (Cursor) and gemini-extension.json (Gemini CLI) all point at one remote MCP server, https://app.harborrank.com/mcp, over HTTPS with OAuth 2.0. No credentials are stored in this repository.
Tool calls send the arguments you or the agent supply (keywords, domains, URLs, a project id) to HarborRank, which fetches SEO data from DataForSEO and, when you connect a property, read-only data from your Google Search Console and Google Analytics. Nothing is sent anywhere else.
Research and Google Analytics tools use plan credits; Search Console and saved-keyword reads use none.
Privacy policy: https://harborrank.com/privacy. Terms: https://harborrank.com/terms-and-conditions. Support: [email protected].

Install the skill files only

For Codex or any agent that reads SKILL.md files, or if you already added the MCP server by hand:

npx skills add winsley-jeune/harborrank-skills

Install everything for Claude Code only:

npx skills add winsley-jeune/harborrank-skills --skill '*' --agent claude-code

Or copy the folders under skills/ into ~/.claude/skills/ (Claude Code) or ~/.codex/skills/ (Codex).

If you install the files only, connect HarborRank MCP first. The skill files are instructions, not data: without the MCP connection your agent only has what it can see on its own.

Skills

Command	What it does
`/seo-project-setup`	Create a local workspace with goals, competitors, exports, and preferences that later sessions reuse.
`/seo-coach`	Pick the next workflow when you are new to SEO or unsure what to run first.
`/keyword-research`	Turn seed topics into a prioritized keyword shortlist with volume, difficulty, intent, and SERP caveats.
`/keyword-clustering`	Group a keyword list by intent, map clusters to pages, and flag cannibalization.
`/competitive-landscape`	Map who wins a market, why, and where the openings are.
`/competitor-analysis`	Study one competitor's keywords, pages, and backlinks and turn it into takeaways.
`/seo-audit`	Crawl the site for technical issues, check indexing, and find why traffic dropped, with fixes ranked by impact (the crawl and Search Console checks use no credits).
`/link-prospecting`	Find qualified link prospects and the angle that makes each one relevant.
`/lead-teardown`	Prospect local businesses in a trade and city, research each one, and get a one-page teardown to send as the pitch (research needs a paid plan).

Docs for every skill: harborrank.com/docs/skills. What the skills are for and how they compare: Claude SEO skills built on live search data.

License

MIT. These skills started from the open-source OpenSEO project's skills and keep its license.

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