# Seo Ahrefs Backlinks

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- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-lionkiii-claude-seo-skills-seo-ahrefs-backlinks`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [lionkiii](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/lionkiii)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [AI & ML](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/ai-and-ml)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [lionkiii](https://github.com/lionkiii)
- **Source:** https://github.com/lionkiii/claude-seo-skills/tree/main/skills/seo-ahrefs-backlinks

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-lionkiii-claude-seo-skills-seo-ahrefs-backlinks
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# Ahrefs Backlink Profile

Fetches top backlinks for a domain from Ahrefs, sorted by source Domain Rating
(highest authority links first).

## 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 All Backlinks**

Call `mcp__claude_ai_ahrefs__site-explorer-all-backlinks` with:
- `target`: the bare domain (e.g., `example.com`)

Returns per backlink: `url_from`, `url_to`, `anchor`, `domain_rating_source`,
`first_seen`, `lost_date`

**Step 2 — Sort and Summarize**

- Sort results by `domain_rating_source` descending (highest DR first)
- Count total backlinks
- Count unique referring domains (deduplicate by root domain of `url_from`)
- Count dofollow vs nofollow links (use `lost_date` absence to identify active links)

## Output Format

```
## Ahrefs Backlinks: example.com

### Summary
| Metric | Value |
|--------|-------|
| Total Backlinks | 45,230 |
| Unique Referring Domains | 3,210 |
| Dofollow Links | 38,400 (85%) |
| Nofollow Links | 6,830 (15%) |

### Top Backlinks (by Source DR)

| Linking Page | Target Page | Anchor Text | Source DR | Type | First Seen |
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|------|------------|
| domain.com/page | example.com/blog | brand name | 82 | dofollow | 2024-01-15 |
| news.com/article | example.com/ | keyword phrase | 74 | dofollow | 2023-11-03 |
```

### Error — Ahrefs MCP Not Available

If MCP check fails, display the Ahrefs error template from
`references/mcp-degradation.md`:

```
## Ahrefs MCP Not Available

The `/seo ahrefs backlinks` command requires the Ahrefs MCP, which is not
currently connected.

**What you can do:**
- Use `/seo audit ` 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](https://github.com/lionkiii)
- **Source:** [lionkiii/claude-seo-skills](https://github.com/lionkiii/claude-seo-skills)
- **License:** MIT

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

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-lionkiii-claude-seo-skills-seo-ahrefs-backlinks
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/lionkiii
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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