# Semrush (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-semrush)

Semrush MCP Pack — SEO analytics via the Semrush Analytics API.

- Trust score: 82/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `gateway.pipeworx.io`: 84/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-semrush/semrush-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-semrush/semrush-mcp)
- npm · `@pipeworx/mcp-semrush`: 82/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-semrush/pipeworx-mcp-semrush.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-semrush/pipeworx-mcp-semrush)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-semrush`
- Version: `0.2.1`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-11-05.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 100/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - No production dependencies, so there is no dependency health to assess.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 97/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to pipeworx-io/mcp-semrush).
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 0 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 65/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1258 tokens (~209/item across 6 items; 6 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 23/100
  - Stability observed for 7 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 6 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 7 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the Semrush MCP server?

Semrush runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-semrush. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add pipeworx-io-semrush -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-semrush
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-semrush": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-semrush"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "pipeworx-io-semrush": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-semrush"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add pipeworx-io-semrush -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-semrush
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "pipeworx-io-semrush": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-semrush"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add pipeworx-io-semrush --command npx --arg -y --arg @pipeworx/mcp-semrush
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  pipeworx-io-semrush:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "@pipeworx/mcp-semrush"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-semrush": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-semrush"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add pipeworx-io-semrush -t stdio -c npx -a -y @pipeworx/mcp-semrush
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-semrush": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-semrush"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-11-05 (score 82, 0)

- [security regression] Stability: 0.20 → unverified
- [security regression] Tool safety: pass → unverified
- [functional regression] Capabilities: pass → unverified
- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: unverified
- [functional] Package version: 0.2.0 → 0.2.1

### 2026-11-04 (score 82, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 17 to 20. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 5 days of observed history at the previous scan, 6 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-01 (score 81, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 7 to 10. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 2 days of observed history at the previous scan, 3 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-30 (score 80, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 0 to 3. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 0 days of observed history at the previous scan, 1 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-29 (score 79)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (6)

### `domain_overview` (~202 tokens)

Domain overview (Semrush type=domain_ranks): high-level SEO/PPC summary for a domain. Returns parsed rows with columns: Db (database), Dn (domain), Rk (Semrush rank), Or (organic keywords count), Ot (organic traffic), Oc (organic traffic cost), Ad (adwords/paid keywords count), At (paid traffic), Ac (paid traffic cost). Consumes your Semrush API units.

Input parameters:

- `_apiKey` (string, required): Your own Semrush API key (BYO). Passed to Semrush as the `key` query param. Consumes your Semrush API units.
- `database` (string): 2-letter Semrush regional database (e.g. us, uk, de, fr, es, ca, au). Default us.
- `display_limit` (number): Max rows to return.
- `domain` (string, required): Domain to analyze, e.g. "apple.com" (no scheme).

### `domain_organic_keywords` (~242 tokens)

Top organic search keywords a domain ranks for (Semrush type=domain_organic). Returns parsed rows with columns: Ph (keyword phrase), Po (current position), Pp (previous position), Nq (search volume), Cp (CPC), Ur (ranking URL), Tr (traffic %), Co (competition), Nr (number of results). Consumes your Semrush API units.

Input parameters:

- `_apiKey` (string, required): Your own Semrush API key (BYO). Passed to Semrush as the `key` query param. Consumes your Semrush API units.
- `database` (string): 2-letter Semrush regional database (e.g. us, uk, de, fr, es, ca, au). Default us.
- `display_limit` (number): Max keywords to return (default Semrush 10000; pass a small value like 50).
- `display_sort` (string): Sort order, e.g. "tr_desc" (traffic), "nq_desc" (volume), "po_asc" (position). Optional.
- `domain` (string, required): Domain to analyze, e.g. "apple.com".

### `domain_paid_keywords` (~199 tokens)

Paid (AdWords/PPC) keywords a domain bids on (Semrush type=domain_adwords). Returns parsed rows with columns: Ph (keyword phrase), Po (ad position), Nq (search volume), Cp (CPC), Ur (landing page URL), Tg (traffic), Tc (traffic cost), Co (competition), Nr (number of results). Consumes your Semrush API units.

Input parameters:

- `_apiKey` (string, required): Your own Semrush API key (BYO). Passed to Semrush as the `key` query param. Consumes your Semrush API units.
- `database` (string): 2-letter Semrush regional database (e.g. us, uk, de, fr, es, ca, au). Default us.
- `display_limit` (number): Max keywords to return (pass a small value like 50).
- `domain` (string, required): Domain to analyze, e.g. "apple.com".

### `keyword_overview` (~176 tokens)

Keyword overview (Semrush type=phrase_this): search metrics for a single keyword phrase. Returns parsed rows with columns: Ph (phrase), Nq (search volume), Cp (CPC), Co (competition 0-1), Nr (number of organic results), Td (trend, last 12 months as |-separated values). Consumes your Semrush API units.

Input parameters:

- `_apiKey` (string, required): Your own Semrush API key (BYO). Passed to Semrush as the `key` query param. Consumes your Semrush API units.
- `database` (string): 2-letter Semrush regional database (e.g. us, uk, de, fr, es, ca, au). Default us.
- `phrase` (string, required): Keyword phrase to look up, e.g. "running shoes".

### `backlinks_overview` (~197 tokens)

Backlinks summary for a domain or URL (Semrush type=backlinks_overview). Returns parsed rows with columns: target, target_type, total (total backlinks), domains_num (referring domains), urls_num (referring URLs), ips_num (referring IPs), follows_num (dofollow), nofollows_num, texts_num, images_num, score (authority score). Note: backlinks reports are not regional — there is no `database` param. Consumes your Semrush API units.

Input parameters:

- `_apiKey` (string, required): Your own Semrush API key (BYO). Passed to Semrush as the `key` query param. Consumes your Semrush API units.
- `target` (string, required): Domain or URL to analyze, e.g. "apple.com".
- `target_type` (string): One of "root_domain", "domain" (subdomain), or "url". Default root_domain.

### `organic_competitors` (~189 tokens)

Organic search competitors for a domain (Semrush type=domain_organic_organic). Returns parsed rows with columns: Dn (competitor domain), Cr (competition level), Np (common keywords), Or (competitor organic keywords), Ot (competitor organic traffic), Oc (organic cost). Consumes your Semrush API units.

Input parameters:

- `_apiKey` (string, required): Your own Semrush API key (BYO). Passed to Semrush as the `key` query param. Consumes your Semrush API units.
- `database` (string): 2-letter Semrush regional database (e.g. us, uk, de, fr, es, ca, au). Default us.
- `display_limit` (number): Max competitors to return (pass a small value like 25).
- `domain` (string, required): Domain to find competitors for, e.g. "apple.com".

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-semrush/pipeworx-mcp-semrush#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 82
- 2026-11-04: 82
- 2026-11-03: 81
- 2026-11-02: 81
- 2026-11-01: 81
- 2026-10-31: 80
- 2026-10-30: 80
- 2026-10-29: 79

## Common questions

### What is the Semrush MCP server?

Semrush is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/semrush. Semrush MCP Pack, SEO analytics via the Semrush Analytics API. This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-semrush).

### Is the Semrush MCP server safe to use?

Semrush scores 82 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 5 November 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. Its build provenance is signed and verified. 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 Semrush MCP server expose?

Semrush exposes 6 tools: domain_overview, domain_organic_keywords, domain_paid_keywords, keyword_overview, backlinks_overview, organic_competitors. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,205 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Semrush MCP server still maintained?

Semrush is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What licence is the Semrush MCP server under?

Semrush declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@pipeworx/mcp-semrush
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/@pipeworx/mcp-semrush
- Repository: https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-semrush
- Website: https://pipeworx.io/packs/semrush
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-semrush/pipeworx-mcp-semrush.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-semrush/pipeworx-mcp-semrush.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-semrush/pipeworx-mcp-semrush