--- title: Ahrefs | Keycard description: SEO and marketing intelligence platform --- Connect your AI tools to Ahrefs and access real SEO data including backlink analysis, keyword research, organic traffic insights, site audits, and competitive intelligence. Requires a Lite plan or higher. Adding Ahrefs provisions three things in your zone: an upstream resource pointing at `https://api.ahrefs.com/mcp/mcp` (kept inside Keycard), a Keycard MCP Gateway URL - the downstream resource - that you install in Cursor, Claude Code, or any MCP client, and a provider for token exchange with Ahrefs’s OAuth issuer. When your AI client makes a tool call, it sends a Keycard-issued access token to the gateway URL. Keycard’s STS exchanges that token for an upstream Ahrefs token, the gateway calls the upstream MCP, and the response is proxied back. Your zone’s [identity provider](/admin/identity-providers/index.md), [access policies](/admin/access-policies/index.md), and audit log apply to every call - the upstream credential never leaves Keycard. Each call is recorded in the audit log with the user identity, the resource accessed, and the policy decision. ## Tools TOOLS Tools the upstream server exposes through the Keycard MCP Gateway. Ahrefs exposes 108 tools through the gateway: - site-explorer-domain-rating-history Get historical domain rating over a date range - site-explorer-organic-competitors List organic search competitors with SEO metrics - rank-tracker-overview Get tracked keyword rankings overview by date - brand-radar-mentions-history Get historical brand mention counts in an LLM - brand-radar-impressions-overview Get brand impression counts in an LLM with filters - web-analytics-source-channels-chart Chart visitor time-series by source channel - serp-overview Get top SERP results for a keyword and country - web-analytics-entry-pages List entry page stats with visitor and bounce data - site-explorer-refdomains-history Get historical referring domain counts over time - gsc-metrics-by-country Get GSC click metrics grouped by country - doc View Ahrefs API v3 and MCP tools documentation - keywords-explorer-volume-history Get historical search volume for a keyword - subscription-info-limits-and-usage Get API subscription limits and usage stats - brand-radar-sov-history Get historical share of voice for brands in an LLM - web-analytics-languages List visitors grouped by browser language - rank-tracker-competitors-pages List competitor pages and keyword metrics by date - brand-radar-cited-pages List pages cited in AI responses mentioning brands - gsc-performance-by-device Get GSC metrics broken down by device type - public-crawler-ips List Ahrefs crawler IP addresses - web-analytics-countries List visitors grouped by country - web-analytics-exit-pages List exit page stats with visitor data - site-explorer-pages-by-internal-links Analyze internal link structure for a site or page - gsc-performance-by-position Get GSC metrics grouped by position ranges - gsc-page-history Get GSC performance history for specific pages - site-explorer-outlinks-stats Get outbound link stats for a URL or domain - web-analytics-cities List visitors grouped by city - brand-radar-mentions-overview Get brand mention counts in an LLM with filters - web-analytics-source-channels List traffic grouped by source channel - site-audit-issues List all issues from a Site Audit crawl - site-explorer-broken-backlinks List broken backlinks for a URL or domain - rank-tracker-competitors-stats Get competitor metrics overview for a project - web-analytics-utm-params-chart Chart visitor time-series by UTM parameter - web-analytics-referrers-chart Chart visitor time-series by referrer - web-analytics-continents-chart Chart visitor time-series by continent - web-analytics-entry-pages-chart Chart entry page visitor time-series - web-analytics-stats Get aggregate stats: visitors, bounce rate, sessions - site-explorer-backlinks-stats Get backlink stats for a URL or domain by date - web-analytics-operating-systems List visitors grouped by operating system - web-analytics-top-pages List most visited pages with pageview metrics - brand-radar-ai-responses Get AI-generated responses mentioning your brand - web-analytics-operating-systems-versions-chart Chart visitor time-series by OS version - web-analytics-devices-chart Chart visitor time-series by device type - web-analytics-chart Chart aggregate analytics time-series data - keywords-explorer-overview Get keyword metrics: volume, CPC, difficulty, traffic - site-explorer-url-rating-history Get historical URL rating over a date range - management-keyword-list-keywords Get keywords from a keyword list - web-analytics-sources-chart Chart visitor time-series by traffic source - public-crawler-ip-ranges List Ahrefs crawler IP ranges for allowlisting - site-explorer-metrics Get SEO performance metrics for a domain or URL - site-explorer-referring-domains List referring domains linking to a target - gsc-keyword-history Get GSC performance history for specific keywords - site-explorer-metrics-by-country Get search metrics by country for a website - site-explorer-all-backlinks List all backlinks for a URL or domain - web-analytics-exit-pages-chart Chart exit page visitor time-series - gsc-keywords List GSC keywords with clicks, impressions, CTR - web-analytics-sources List traffic sources with visitor metrics - site-explorer-total-search-volume-history Get historical total search volume for ranked keywords - site-explorer-linked-anchors-external Get external anchor text data for a domain or URL - management-brand-radar-prompts Get custom prompts for a brand radar report - site-explorer-linked-anchors-internal Get internal anchor text data for a site - keywords-explorer-related-terms Returns keyword metrics and related terms - such as "also rank for" keywords and "also talk about" keywords - for a given... - site-explorer-organic-keywords List organic keywords with rankings and SERP data - web-analytics-languages-chart Chart visitor time-series by browser language - web-analytics-browsers List visitors grouped by browser - keywords-explorer-matching-terms Find keyword ideas matching input terms - management-project-keywords List tracked keywords for a Rank Tracker project - brand-radar-sov-overview Get share of voice for brands in an LLM - management-locations List locations filtered by country and state - gsc-ctr-by-position Get GSC CTR data by keyword position - gsc-anonymous-queries List anonymized GSC queries not reported by Google - gsc-performance-history Get GSC performance chart data over time - site-audit-page-content Get HTML and text content from a crawled page - brand-radar-impressions-history Get historical brand impression counts in an LLM - site-explorer-top-pages List top-performing pages with SEO metrics - keywords-explorer-search-suggestions Get keyword search suggestions with metrics - gsc-positions-history Get GSC keyword counts by position range over time - gsc-pages-history Get GSC indexed page counts over time - web-analytics-countries-chart Chart visitor time-series by country - web-analytics-top-pages-chart Chart top pages visitor time-series - site-explorer-keywords-history Get historical organic keyword count data - site-explorer-anchors List anchor text with backlink metrics - site-explorer-metrics-history Get historical search traffic and cost metrics - rank-tracker-competitors-overview Get competitor rankings overview for a project - site-explorer-pages-by-backlinks List pages ranked by referring link count - web-analytics-utm-params List traffic stats by UTM parameter value - web-analytics-cities-chart Chart visitor time-series by city - web-analytics-browsers-chart Chart visitor time-series by browser - site-explorer-domain-rating Get domain rating and metrics for a domain or URL - site-audit-page-explorer List crawled pages with metadata and audit details - web-analytics-browser-versions List visitors grouped by browser version - site-explorer-pages-history Get historical page data for a domain or section - keywords-explorer-volume-by-country Get keyword search volume broken down by country - management-projects List projects with ownership and access details - site-explorer-pages-by-traffic Get page distribution by organic traffic buckets - rank-tracker-serp-overview Get SERP overview for a tracked keyword - management-project-competitors List competitors for a Rank Tracker project - web-analytics-operating-systems-chart Chart visitor time-series by operating system - web-analytics-operating-systems-versions List visitors grouped by OS version - web-analytics-devices List visitors grouped by device type - site-explorer-paid-pages List pages ranking in paid search with metrics - web-analytics-browser-versions-chart Chart visitor time-series by browser version - site-audit-projects List Site Audit projects with health scores - batch-analysis Analyze multiple URLs for SEO and backlink metrics - brand-radar-cited-domains List domains cited in AI responses for brands - web-analytics-referrers List referrer stats with visitor metrics - gsc-pages List GSC pages with clicks, impressions, CTR - site-explorer-linked-domains List external domains linked from a target - web-analytics-continents List visitors grouped by continent Show all 108 tools Show fewer ## Install INSTALL Add Ahrefs to your zone and install the gateway URL into Cursor, Claude Code, or any MCP client. 1. **Open the catalog** In your zone’s [Keycard Console](https://console.keycard.ai), go to **Applications** → **Add Application** → **Explore MCP Servers**. 2. **Find and install Ahrefs** Search for `Ahrefs` in the catalog and click **Install**. 3. **Connect your development tool** Once installed, Ahrefs appears on the **Applications** page with a **Keycard MCP Gateway URL**. Use the **Install** dropdown to add it to Cursor, Claude Code, or any MCP-compatible client. ## Related RELATED - [Catalog overview](/admin/catalog/index.md) - browse other MCP and API servers - [Access policies](/admin/access-policies/index.md) - control who can use Ahrefs - [Identity providers](/admin/identity-providers/index.md) - control who can sign in [NextAmplitude](/admin/catalog/mcp-servers/amplitude/index.md)