# Seo Dataforseo

> Pulls live SERP, keyword, backlink, and AI-visibility data from the DataForSEO MCP when connected — search volume, keyword difficulty, multi-engine and image SERP, referring domains, and LLM-mention tracking; otherwise reads the current SERP and competitor set from built-in web search, clearly labeled as lower-fidelity with the metrics that need the MCP named. Trigger when the user says "datafors…

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

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-zacharticulatev-designer-pro-and-seo-seo-dataforseo
```

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

## About

# seo-dataforseo

**Family:** seo
**Status:** Stable

## Purpose

The premium data hub for the SEO family. **Tool-aware:** with the DataForSEO MCP
connected it returns hard metrics (search volume, keyword difficulty, multi-engine
and image SERP, referring domains, LLM-mention tracking); without it, it gives a
qualitative SERP/keyword read from built-in web search so you still get a current
ranking snapshot and competitor URLs — clearly labeled as lower-fidelity, with the
exact metrics that require the MCP named.

## Triggers

- "dataforseo"
- "live SERP" / "real search data"
- "keyword volume" / "keyword difficulty" / "keyword research"
- "backlink data" / "competitor data"
- "AI visibility check" / "LLM mentions" / "ChatGPT mentions"
- "image SERP" / "google images rankings"

## Inputs

- Query type (SERP | keyword | backlinks | AI-visibility)
- Keyword(s) / domain / parameters per call

## Steps

1. **Detect tooling.** Check whether the DataForSEO MCP is exposed this session
   (`scripts/workflow/capability_probe.py` reports `DATAFORSEO_*`).
2. **Premium path (Tier 1, if connected).** Call the DataForSEO MCP for the request;
   normalize into a compact table (volume/difficulty/positions/referring domains as
   applicable).
3. **Built-in path (Tier 2, always available).** Use WebSearch to read the current
   SERP for the keyword(s): capture ranking URLs, titles, and apparent intent, and a
   competitor URL list. **Do not fabricate** volume, difficulty, or CPC — state that
   those require Tier 1.
4. **Report which tier ran** and which specific metrics DataForSEO would add.

## Capability routing

This skill follows the plugin's capability-tier cascade
(`references/CAPABILITY-TIERS.md`):

1. **Tier 1 — DataForSEO MCP.** If connected, use it for volume, difficulty,
   multi-engine + image SERP, backlinks, and AI-visibility data.
2. **Tier 2 — built-in (default).** Otherwise a WebSearch SERP read: ranking URLs,
   titles, intent, competitor set. Qualitative — no volume/difficulty/CPC.
3. **Tier 4 — guided.** If the user needs hard metrics and the MCP isn't connected,
   deliver the qualitative read and name the setup (add the DataForSEO extension).

Always state which tier ran and which metrics need DataForSEO.

## Outputs

- The requested data as a compact table (hard metrics on Tier 1; a qualitative SERP
  snapshot + competitor URLs on Tier 2)
- An explicit "needs DataForSEO" list for any metric the free path can't measure

## Dependencies

- Optional (Tier 1): DataForSEO MCP (`extensions/dataforseo/`, paid) — adds the hard
  metrics; free path works without it
- Built-in (Tier 2): WebSearch
- `scripts/workflow/capability_probe.py`

## Notes

"AI visibility" here means **measuring/tracking** LLM mentions with hard data
(Tier-1); to **optimize** a page for AI citation, use `seo-geo` (free, on-page).

When connected, this is the data plumbing other skills draw on (`seo-backlinks`,
`seo-cluster`, `seo-ecommerce`, `seo-local-unified`, `seo-content-brief`,
`seo-sxo`). Each of those also has its own free path; none hard-fails without this.

## Source & license

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

- **Author:** [ZachArticulateV](https://github.com/ZachArticulateV)
- **Source:** [ZachArticulateV/designer-pro-and-seo](https://github.com/ZachArticulateV/designer-pro-and-seo)
- **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-zacharticulatev-designer-pro-and-seo-seo-dataforseo
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/zacharticulatev
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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