Seo Ahrefs Anchor Analysis

Ahrefs Anchor Text Analysis

Fetches the anchor text distribution for a domain's backlink profile from Ahrefs, sorted by referring domains count, and assesses the health of the anchor profile.

References

@skills/seo/references/mcp-degradation.md @skills/seo/references/ahrefs-api-reference.md

Inputs

• domain: The bare domain to analyze (e.g., example.com). Strip https://,

http://, and trailing slashes before passing to Ahrefs tools.

MCP Check

Before proceeding, verify Ahrefs MCP is available:

1. Use ToolSearch with query +ahrefs
2. If tools are returned → Ahrefs MCP is available, proceed to Execution
3. If no tools returned → display the Ahrefs MCP error template from

references/mcp-degradation.md and stop

Execution

Step 1 — Call Anchors

Call mcp__claude_ai_ahrefs__site-explorer-anchors with:

• target: the bare domain (e.g., example.com)

Returns per anchor: anchor (text), referring_domains count, backlinks count

Step 2 — Calculate Percentages

• Sum all referring_domains across all anchors to get the total
• Calculate each anchor's % of Total = (referring_domains / total) * 100
• Sort by referring_domains descending

Step 3 — Health Assessment

Classify the anchor text distribution using these thresholds:

• Branded anchors (domain name, brand name, company name):
• >40% of referring domains = healthy
• 10% = over-optimized risk (potential Google penalty signal)
• 3–10% = acceptable range
• Generic anchors ("click here", "here", "this link", "read more", naked URLs):
• >30% = may indicate low-quality link profile
• 10–30% = normal range
• Diverse distribution (no single non-branded anchor >5%) = natural profile signal

Output Format

## Ahrefs Anchor Text Analysis: example.com

### Anchor Text Distribution

| Anchor Text | Referring Domains | Backlinks | % of Total |
|-------------|------------------|-----------|------------|
| example.com | 1,420 | 3,100 | 44.2% |
| brand name | 580 | 890 | 18.1% |
| seo tools | 210 | 340 | 6.5% |
| click here | 180 | 210 | 5.6% |
| best seo software | 95 | 112 | 3.0% |

**Total referring domains across all anchors:** 3,210

### Profile Health Assessment

| Signal | Value | Status |
|--------|-------|--------|
| Branded anchors (example.com + brand name) | 62.3% | HEALTHY (>40%) |
| Exact-match keyword anchors (seo tools, best seo software) | 9.5% | ACCEPTABLE (` for a full static SEO analysis without live Ahrefs data
- Use `/seo technical ` for technical SEO issues without backlink/keyword data

**To connect Ahrefs MCP:**
- Ensure the Ahrefs MCP is registered at user scope in ~/.claude/mcp.json
- Verify with: cat ~/.claude/mcp.json | grep -i ahrefs
- Ahrefs MCP must be registered at user scope (not project scope) to work in subagents

Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: lionkiii
• Source: lionkiii/claude-seo-skills
• License: MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.