# Seo Backlinks (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-seo-backlinks)

SEO Backlinks MCP — backlink intelligence via DataForSEO Backlinks API (dataforseo.com). Completes…

- Trust score: 83/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `gateway.pipeworx.io`: 63/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-seo-backlinks/seo-backlinks-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-seo-backlinks/seo-backlinks-mcp)
- npm · `@pipeworx/mcp-seo-backlinks`: 83/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-seo-backlinks/pipeworx-mcp-seo-backlinks.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-seo-backlinks/pipeworx-mcp-seo-backlinks)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-seo-backlinks`
- 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-seo-backlinks).
  - 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**: 69/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 908 tokens (~181/item across 5 items; 5 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 5 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 6 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 Seo Backlinks MCP server?

Seo Backlinks runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-seo-backlinks. 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-seo-backlinks -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-seo-backlinks
```

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

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

## 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 83, +3)

- [security regression] Tool safety: pass → unverified
- [security] Stability: Stability not yet verified: we do not have a sandbox capture of the MCP schema this version of the package serves yet.
- [functional regression] Capabilities: pass → unverified
- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.23
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: unverified
- [functional] Package version: 0.2.0 → 0.2.1

### 2026-11-02 (score 80, 0)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: unverified → fail

### 2026-10-29 (score 80)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (5)

### `seo_backlinks_summary` (~167 tokens)

Backlink profile summary for `<domain>` — total backlinks, referring domains, domain rank, dofollow/nofollow split, and spam score, via DataForSEO. The "how strong is this domain's link profile" overview. Example: seo_backlinks_summary({ target: "nike.com", _apiKey: "your-base64-key" })

Input parameters:

- `_apiKey` (string, required): DataForSEO API key = base64("login:password")
- `backlinks_status_type` (string): "live" (default), "all", or "lost"
- `include_subdomains` (boolean): Include subdomains (default true)
- `target` (string, required): Domain, subdomain, or URL to analyze (no protocol for a domain), e.g. "nike.com"

### `seo_backlinks_list` (~189 tokens)

Backlinks pointing at `<domain>` — the actual list of linking pages with source domain, anchor text, dofollow flag, and first/last seen dates, via DataForSEO. "Who links to this site". Example: seo_backlinks_list({ target: "nike.com", limit: 50, _apiKey: "your-base64-key" })

Input parameters:

- `_apiKey` (string, required): DataForSEO API key = base64("login:password")
- `backlinks_status_type` (string): "live" (default), "all", or "lost"
- `limit` (integer): Max backlinks to return (default 50, max 200)
- `mode` (string): "as_is" (default), "one_per_domain", or "one_per_anchor"
- `target` (string, required): Domain, subdomain, or URL, e.g. "nike.com"

### `seo_referring_domains` (~163 tokens)

Referring domains for `<domain>` — the domains that link to a target, with each one's rank, backlink count, and spam score, via DataForSEO. "Which sites link to this domain". Example: seo_referring_domains({ target: "nike.com", limit: 50, _apiKey: "your-base64-key" })

Input parameters:

- `_apiKey` (string, required): DataForSEO API key = base64("login:password")
- `backlinks_status_type` (string): "live" (default), "all", or "lost"
- `limit` (integer): Max referring domains to return (default 50, max 200)
- `target` (string, required): Domain, subdomain, or URL, e.g. "nike.com"

### `seo_backlinks_anchors` (~165 tokens)

Anchor-text distribution for `<domain>` — the anchor texts used in backlinks to a target, each with backlink and referring-domain counts, via DataForSEO. "What anchor text do links to this site use". Example: seo_backlinks_anchors({ target: "nike.com", limit: 50, _apiKey: "your-base64-key" })

Input parameters:

- `_apiKey` (string, required): DataForSEO API key = base64("login:password")
- `backlinks_status_type` (string): "live" (default), "all", or "lost"
- `limit` (integer): Max anchors to return (default 50, max 200)
- `target` (string, required): Domain, subdomain, or URL, e.g. "nike.com"

### `seo_backlinks_history` (~169 tokens)

Backlink growth over time for `<domain>` — monthly history of backlinks, new/lost referring domains, and rank, via DataForSEO. "Is this domain gaining or losing links". Example: seo_backlinks_history({ target: "nike.com", date_from: "2024-01-01", _apiKey: "your-base64-key" })

Input parameters:

- `_apiKey` (string, required): DataForSEO API key = base64("login:password")
- `date_from` (string): Start date YYYY-MM-DD (min 2019-01-01; default 1 year ago)
- `date_to` (string): End date YYYY-MM-DD (default today)
- `target` (string, required): Domain, subdomain, or URL, e.g. "nike.com"

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 83
- 2026-11-04: 80
- 2026-11-03: 80
- 2026-11-02: 80
- 2026-11-01: 80
- 2026-10-31: 80
- 2026-10-30: 80
- 2026-10-29: 80

## Common questions

### What is the Seo Backlinks MCP server?

Seo Backlinks is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/seo-backlinks. SEO Backlinks MCP, backlink intelligence via DataForSEO Backlinks API (dataforseo.com). Completes… This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-seo-backlinks).

### Is the Seo Backlinks MCP server safe to use?

Seo Backlinks scores 83 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 Seo Backlinks MCP server expose?

Seo Backlinks exposes 5 tools: seo_backlinks_summary, seo_backlinks_list, seo_referring_domains, seo_backlinks_anchors, seo_backlinks_history. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 853 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Seo Backlinks MCP server still maintained?

Seo Backlinks 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 Seo Backlinks MCP server under?

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

### What did VerifyMCP test on the Seo Backlinks MCP server?

VerifyMCP ran 16 checks on Seo Backlinks, covering Malware scan, Known CVEs, Install scripts, Dependency health and 12 more. Endpoint Security and Transport & Reachability do not apply to an npm package, so they were not tested. The score does not measure everything, and the scoring documentation lists what it leaves out.

## Links

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