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Spook SEO

REMOTE · WWW.TRYSPOOK.COM · SCANNED SEP 20

Free SEO tools + the Spook SEO autopilot: analyze domains, generate and publish SEO articles.

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0 this week 79 Trust /100
Trust breakdown (7 categories)

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →

Endpoint Security63
Transport & Reachability100
Schema Quality & AI Usability78
  • AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).Pass
  • Tool/resource definitions use about 3320 tokens (~56/item across 59 items; 59 tools + 0 resources), lean.Pass
  • Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management100
  • No destabilizing schema changes in the last 30 days.Pass
Tool Coverage75
  • 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
  • 26% of tool parameters carry a description.Partial
Tool Safety100
  • No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
  • All 1 tool(s) whose name or description implies an irreversible operation declare an MCP destructiveHint annotation.Pass
  • An AI judge read all 60 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
  • Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass
Install

How do I install the Spook SEO MCP server?

Spook SEO is a hosted endpoint at https://www.tryspook.com/api/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

remote · www.tryspook.com

# add to Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http com-tryspook-spook 'https://www.tryspook.com/api/mcp'
// .cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-tryspook-spook": {
      "url": "https://www.tryspook.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
// .vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-tryspook-spook": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.tryspook.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
# ~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.com-tryspook-spook]
url = "https://www.tryspook.com/api/mcp"
// opencode.json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-tryspook-spook": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://www.tryspook.com/api/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
# add to OpenClaw
openclaw mcp add com-tryspook-spook --url 'https://www.tryspook.com/api/mcp' --transport streamable-http
# ~/.hermes/config.yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-tryspook-spook:
    url: "https://www.tryspook.com/api/mcp"
// ~/.netclaw/config/netclaw.json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-tryspook-spook": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://www.tryspook.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
# add to Vellum
assistant mcp add com-tryspook-spook -t streamable-http -u 'https://www.tryspook.com/api/mcp'
// mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-tryspook-spook": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.tryspook.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

Changelog

Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.

  • 1 Sept 26 0
    • Stability: 0.97 → pass security
  • 31 Aug 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 93 to 97. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 28 days of observed history at the previous scan, 29 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 29 Aug 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 87 to 90. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 26 days of observed history at the previous scan, 27 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 27 Aug 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 80 to 83. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 24 days of observed history at the previous scan, 25 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 26 Aug 26 +1
    • We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
  • 25 Aug 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 73 to 77. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 22 days of observed history at the previous scan, 23 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 23 Aug 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 67 to 70. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 20 days of observed history at the previous scan, 21 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 11 Aug 26 0
    • We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
Diagnostics

Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.

Captured 20 Sept 2026 · Probed https://www.tryspook.com/api/mcp

TLS valid

Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .

Subject Issuer Valid from Valid until Key Signature Serial
CN=*.tryspook.com CN=YR2,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US 6 Sept 2026 5 Dec 2026 RSA 2048 SHA256-RSA 54b1a1e8a48f2ab6f1c48022e38028f76c7
SANs: *.tryspook.com, tryspook.com
CN=YR2,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US (CA) CN=Root YR,O=ISRG,C=US 3 Sept 2025 2 Sept 2028 RSA 2048 SHA256-RSA 4ebd24947e24d394802d84a52fd5b319
CN=Root YR,O=ISRG,C=US (CA) CN=ISRG Root X1,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US 13 May 2026 2 Sept 2032 RSA 4096 SHA256-RSA f24b6d17f9d9ad7cb1c9fea78782699f

Background: What to check on a remote MCP endpoint →

DNSSEC insecure

Validation of www.tryspook.com. Not signed

Zone DS Keys Algorithms Outcome
. trust_anchor 20326, 38696 8, 8 Verified
com. present 19718 13 Verified
tryspook.com. absent Unsigned (proven) parent-signed NSEC/NSEC3 proves an unsigned delegation
Authentication No authorisation required

The endpoint answered without asking for a token. Anyone who knows the URL can reach it.

Result No authorisation required
HTTP status 200
Header Value
strict-transport-security max-age=63072000
content-security-policy frame-ancestors 'self'; object-src 'none'; base-uri 'self'
x-content-type-options nosniff
referrer-policy strict-origin-when-cross-origin

Background: How OAuth 2.1 works in the 2026 MCP spec →

Transports 2 probes
Transport URL Outcome Status Location
streamable-http https://www.tryspook.com/api/mcp Verified 200
http (plaintext) http://www.tryspook.com/api/mcp HTTPS enforced 308 https://www.tryspook.com/api/mcp
MCP tools · 59 exposed · ~3,265 tokens

The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →

Tool Tokens
ad-copy-generator ~60

Ad Copy Generator: Generate ad headlines and descriptions. (free, AI-generated, rate-limited).

NameTypeReqDescription
platformstringOptional ad platform, e.g. Google, Meta.
productstringyes
topicstring

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

aeo-checker ~50

Score content (0-100) for how easily AI answer engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, AI Overviews) can quote it, with specific fixes.

NameTypeReqDescription
textstringyes

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

ai-crawler-checker ~59

Check a robots.txt to see which AI crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended, ...) it currently allows or blocks.

NameTypeReqDescription
robotsTxtstringyesThe contents of a robots.txt file.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

ai-prompt-generator ~81

Generate prompts to test whether ChatGPT/Perplexity/Gemini/Claude recommend a brand, and where it's invisible.

NameTypeReqDescription
audiencestring
brandstringyes
categorystringyesWhat the brand does / its category.
competitorsarrayCompetitor names (array, or a comma-separated string).

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

analyze_domain ~66

Free, no-signup SEO snapshot for any domain: the queries it already ranks on page 1-2 for (its quick-win opportunities), with search volume and estimated traffic. Great first look before signing up.

NameTypeReqDescription
domainstringyesA domain, e.g. example.com

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

article-rewriter ~53

AI Article Rewriter: Rephrase text to be clearer, unique, and engaging. (free, AI-generated, rate-limited).

NameTypeReqDescription
textstringyes
tonestringOptional target tone.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

article-summarizer ~49

AI Article Summarizer: Condense an article into a TL;DR, key points, and summary. (free, AI-generated, rate-limited).

NameTypeReqDescription
textstringyes

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

blog-keyword-generator ~45

Blog Keyword Generator: Generate SEO keyword ideas for a topic, with search intent and difficulty. (free, AI-generated, rate-limited).

NameTypeReqDescription
topicstringyes

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

blog-outline-generator ~40

Blog Outline Generator: Produce a structured, SEO-friendly blog post outline. (free, AI-generated, rate-limited).

NameTypeReqDescription
topicstringyes

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

business-name-generator ~64

Business Name Generator: Generate brandable business name ideas. (free, AI-generated, rate-limited).

NameTypeReqDescription
keywordsstringOptional words to work in.
stylestringOptional naming style.
topicstringyesWhat the business is about.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

canonical-tag-generator ~27

Generate a rel=canonical link tag for a URL.

NameTypeReqDescription
urlstringyes

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

character-counter ~32

Count characters (with and without spaces), words, sentences, and paragraphs in text.

NameTypeReqDescription
textstringyes

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

content-brief-generator ~52

Content Brief Generator: Create a detailed SEO content brief for a target keyword. (free, AI-generated, rate-limited).

NameTypeReqDescription
audiencestringOptional target audience.
keywordstringyes

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

content-coverage-checker ~54

Content Coverage Checker: List the terms and entities an article targeting a keyword is expected to cover. (free, AI-generated, rate-limited).

NameTypeReqDescription
keywordstring
languagestring

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

content-idea-generator ~42

Content Idea Generator: Generate content ideas with formats and angles for a niche. (free, AI-generated, rate-limited).

NameTypeReqDescription
topicstringyes

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

conversion-rate-calculator ~31

Calculate Conversion rate.

NameTypeReqDescription
conversionsnumberyesConversions
visitorsnumberyesVisitors

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

cpc-calculator ~36

Calculate Cost per click (CPC).

NameTypeReqDescription
clicksnumberyesClicks
costnumberyesTotal cost

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

cpm-calculator ~40

Calculate Cost per 1,000 impressions (CPM).

NameTypeReqDescription
costnumberyesTotal cost
impressionsnumberyesImpressions

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

create_checkout ~52

Get a Stripe Checkout URL to add the first paid site to the account. Return the URL to the user to approve payment. Needed before create_site if the account has no available slot. (requires an agent API key)

Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

create_site ~115

Add a new site to the account. Language/market is auto-detected from the homepage. Requires an available paid site slot (use create_checkout first if none). Returns the new siteId. (requires an agent API key)

NameTypeReqDescription
brandVoicestring
descriptionstring
domainstringyesBare domain, e.g. example.com
namestringyes
nichestring
publishIntegrationstring
publishWebhookUrlstring

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

cta-generator ~61

CTA Generator: Write effective call-to-action phrases. (free, AI-generated, rate-limited).

NameTypeReqDescription
goalstringOptional CTA goal, e.g. sign up, buy.
productstringyes
topicstring

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

ctr-calculator ~32

Calculate Click-through rate.

NameTypeReqDescription
clicksnumberyesClicks
impressionsnumberyesImpressions

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

faq-generator ~41

FAQ Generator: Generate a set of frequently asked questions and answers for a topic. (free, AI-generated, rate-limited).

NameTypeReqDescription
topicstringyes

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

generate_article ~120

Generate a new SEO article draft for a site targeting a search query. Returns an articleId immediately; generation runs in the background - poll get_article/list_articles, or pass callbackUrl to be notified. Idempotent per query (a repeat returns the existing article). Requires an active subscription. (requires an agent API key)

NameTypeReqDescription
callbackUrlstringOptional https URL to POST { articleId, status, ... } to when generation finishes.
querystringyesThe search query the article should target.
siteIdstringyes

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

get_article ~54

Fetch one article by id: full markdown body, meta, FAQs, SEO score, status, and published URL. Use to review a draft before publishing. (requires an agent API key)

NameTypeReqDescription
articleIdstringyes

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

get_site ~33

Get one site's details and status by its id. (requires an agent API key)

NameTypeReqDescription
siteIdstringyes

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

get_site_metrics ~70

Read a site's performance: daily Search Console clicks/impressions trend plus cached SEO metrics (domain rating, organic traffic estimate, top keywords). No cost. Use to check whether Spook is working. (requires an agent API key)

NameTypeReqDescription
daysinteger
siteIdstringyes

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

grammar-checker ~43

AI Grammar Checker: Fix grammar, spelling, and punctuation, and list the corrections. (free, AI-generated, rate-limited).

NameTypeReqDescription
textstringyes

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

hashtag-generator ~55

Hashtag Generator: Generate relevant hashtags for a topic and platform. (free, AI-generated, rate-limited).

NameTypeReqDescription
platformstringOptional network, e.g. Instagram, TikTok.
topicstringyes

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

headline-analyzer ~40

Score a headline (0-100) on length, word balance, power/emotional words, numbers, and brackets.

NameTypeReqDescription
headlinestringyes

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

headline-generator ~36

Headline Generator: Generate catchy, click-worthy headlines. (free, AI-generated, rate-limited).

NameTypeReqDescription
topicstringyes

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

hreflang-generator ~44

Generate hreflang link tags for international/multilingual pages, plus an optional x-default.

NameTypeReqDescription
rowsarrayyes
xDefaultstring

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

keyword-density-checker ~67

Analyze text for the most frequent words and phrases with their density, to spot keyword stuffing or thin coverage.

NameTypeReqDescription
limitinteger
nintegerPhrase length (n-gram).
removeStopwordsboolean
textstringyes

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

list_articles ~49

Recent articles for a site with their status (draft/review/published) and generation status. (requires an agent API key)

NameTypeReqDescription
limitinteger
siteIdstringyes

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

list_opportunities ~71

The winnable search queries Spook has found for a site (scored, ranked). No cost. Pass questionsOnly to get only question-shaped queries. (requires an agent API key)

NameTypeReqDescription
limitinteger
questionsOnlyboolean
siteIdstringyes

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

list_sites ~44

List the Spook sites on the account this API key belongs to, with each site's id, domain, autopilot state, and publishing setup. (requires an agent API key)

Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

llms-txt-generator ~63

Generate an llms.txt file from a site name, one-line summary, optional details, and sections of links.

NameTypeReqDescription
detailsstring
sectionsarray
siteNamestringyes
summarystring

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

meta-description-generator ~63

Meta Description Generator: Write SEO meta descriptions that maximize click-through rate. (free, AI-generated, rate-limited).

NameTypeReqDescription
keywordstringyes
tonestringOptional tone, e.g. professional, playful.
topicstring

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

meta-robots-generator ~99

Build a meta robots tag (and X-Robots-Tag header) from index/follow and snippet directives.

NameTypeReqDescription
followboolean
indexboolean
maxImagePreviewstring
maxSnippetstring
maxVideoPreviewstring
noarchiveboolean
noimageindexboolean
nosnippetboolean

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

meta-tag-generator ~91

Generate a complete set of HTML meta tags: title, description, canonical, Open Graph, and Twitter Cards.

NameTypeReqDescription
descriptionstring
imagestringSocial share image URL.
ogTypestring
siteNamestring
titlestring
twitterstringTwitter handle.
urlstringCanonical URL.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

paragraph-generator ~48

Paragraph Generator: Expand a topic or sentence into a well-written paragraph. (free, AI-generated, rate-limited).

NameTypeReqDescription
tonestringOptional tone.
topicstringyes

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

product-description-generator ~45

Product Description Generator: Write persuasive product descriptions. (free, AI-generated, rate-limited).

NameTypeReqDescription
featuresstringOptional key features.
productstringyes

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

publish_article ~56

Publish a generated article to the site's connected CMS. Enforces Spook's SEO-score floor - a draft below it is refused (returns published:false with a reason). (requires an agent API key)

NameTypeReqDescription
articleIdstringyes

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

readability-checker ~39

Score text readability with Flesch Reading Ease and Flesch-Kincaid Grade, plus a reading level.

NameTypeReqDescription
textstringyes

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

roas-calculator ~39

Calculate ROAS, ROAS (percentage).

NameTypeReqDescription
adSpendnumberyesAd spend
revenuenumberyesRevenue from ads

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

robots-txt-generator ~73

Build a valid robots.txt: allow or block crawlers, disallow paths, block specific bots, and link a sitemap.

NameTypeReqDescription
blockedBotsarray
crawlDelaynumber
disallowarray
modestring
sitemapstring

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

robots-txt-tester ~52

Test whether a robots.txt allows or blocks a given URL path for a given user-agent.

NameTypeReqDescription
robotsTxtstringyes
urlstringyes
userAgentstring

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

schema-generator ~65

Build valid JSON-LD structured data (FAQ, Article, Organization, or Product) for rich results.

NameTypeReqDescription
articleobject
faqsarray
organizationobject
productobject
typestringyes

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

seo-title-generator ~48

SEO Title Generator: Write catchy, SEO-friendly title tags for a topic. (free, AI-generated, rate-limited).

NameTypeReqDescription
keywordstringyes
topicstring

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

serp-preview ~70

Preview how a page's title and meta description render in Google search, with pixel-width truncation for desktop and mobile.

NameTypeReqDescription
descriptionstringThe meta description.
devicestring
titlestringyesThe page title tag.
urlstringThe page URL.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

Common questions

What is the Spook SEO MCP server?

Spook SEO is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.tryspook/spook. Free SEO tools + the Spook SEO autopilot: analyze domains, generate and publish SEO articles. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://www.tryspook.com/api/mcp).

Is the Spook SEO MCP server safe to use?

Spook SEO scores 79 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

What tools does the Spook SEO MCP server expose?

Spook SEO exposes 59 tools: serp-preview, meta-tag-generator, schema-generator, robots-txt-generator, word-counter, and 54 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 3,265 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

Does the Spook SEO MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to Spook SEO without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

Is the Spook SEO MCP server still maintained?

Spook SEO is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 20 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.