About HarborRank
HarborRank provides SEO skills for agents that read `SKILL.md`, with workflows for research, audits, reporting, and more. Connect its remote MCP server to retrieve live SEO metrics and Google Search Console and Analytics data.
Key features
- 01Keyword research and clustering
- 02Competitor and backlink analysis
- 03Technical SEO audits
- 04Search Console and Analytics reporting
- 05AI search visibility analysis
Use cases
- 01Find and prioritize target keywords
- 02Identify technical and indexing issues
- 03Prepare recurring client SEO reports
- 04Assess citations and traffic from AI assistants
MCP support
The remote HarborRank MCP server supplies live keyword metrics, SERPs, rankings, backlinks, rank tracking, and connected Google Search Console and Analytics data to the skills.
Configuration
Remote servers need no local install. Pick your client, then copy the config or install in one click.
https://app.harborrank.com/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http com-harborrank-harborrank https://app.harborrank.com/mcp{"mcpServers":{"com-harborrank-harborrank":{"type":"http","url":"https://app.harborrank.com/mcp"}}}Open in Cursor{"servers":{"com-harborrank-harborrank":{"type":"http","url":"https://app.harborrank.com/mcp"}}}Open in VS Code{"mcpServers":{"com-harborrank-harborrank":{"type":"http","url":"https://app.harborrank.com/mcp"}}}{"mcpServers":{"com-harborrank-harborrank":{"serverUrl":"https://app.harborrank.com/mcp"}}}Run commands in a terminal; paste JSON into the client’s MCP config and restart. Servers that need sign-in will prompt on first connect.
Tools
Details
From the project READMEHarborRank Agent Skills
Built by HarborRank. Free, MIT-licensed SEO workflows for Claude, Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Codex, and other agents that support SKILL.md files. Every skill works on its own from web evidence and your files, and gets live numbers when HarborRank is connected.
Contributions welcome. Found a way to improve a skill or have a new SEO workflow to add? See CONTRIBUTING.md and open a PR.
Each skill is one slash command. With HarborRank connected, the skills pull live data through the HarborRank MCP server: keyword metrics, SERPs, ranked keywords, backlinks, rank tracking, Google Search Console, and Google Analytics.
Install in Claude (web, desktop, Cowork)
- Install HarborRank SEO from the plugin directory, or add the HarborRank connector (Customize, then Connectors).
- Choose Connect and sign in to HarborRank with Google or email to start your 7-day free trial.
- Back in Claude, ask for something real, for example "Find 20 low-difficulty keywords for mysite.com and save the best ones to my project" or "Which of my pages sit at positions 8 to 20 in Search Console?"
If you ask before connecting, Claude says HarborRank isn't connected, gives these steps, and picks the task back up once you say "connected".
Install as a Claude Code plugin
One install adds the HarborRank MCP server and all eighteen skills. Inside Claude Code:
/plugin marketplace add winsley-jeune/harborrank-skills
/plugin install harborrank@harborrank
Then run /mcp, pick harborrank, and sign in (setup guide). The first MCP call opens the HarborRank login in your browser. Installed this way the skills run as /harborrank:<name>, for example /harborrank:keyword-research.
Install in Cursor
Install HarborRank SEO from the Cursor Marketplace, or add the MCP server by hand in ~/.cursor/mcp.json:
{ "mcpServers": { "harborrank": { "url": "https://app.harborrank.com/mcp" } } }
Cursor opens the HarborRank login the first time it connects. The plugin also adds the eighteen skills.
Install as a Gemini CLI extension
gemini extensions install https://github.com/winsley-jeune/harborrank-skills
Then run /mcp auth harborrank in Gemini CLI to sign in. The extension adds the MCP server and the eighteen skills.
Requirements
- A HarborRank account. Start free: new accounts get a 7-day free trial with 1,000 research credits, one project, Search Console, and Google Analytics. You add a card at signup; Basic ($29/month, 15,000 credits a month) starts when the trial ends unless you cancel from Billing first. Backlinks, lead research, and Lighthouse checks need a paid plan, and you can email [email protected] within 7 days of the first charge for a full refund.
- Claude Code, Cursor or Gemini CLI (or another agent that reads
SKILL.mdfiles and can connect to a remote HTTP MCP server).
Example prompts
- "Research keywords for a Plymouth, MA marine electrician: shortlist ten with volume, difficulty and intent, and save the good ones to my project."
- "Who ranks for my saved keywords, and where are the openings a small site could take?"
- "Which of my pages bring in leads from Google, and how much of my traffic now comes from ChatGPT and other AI assistants?"
- "Is
/pricingindexed? If not, why not, and which of my pages are sitting at positions 8 to 20?"
What the plugin runs, sends and fetches
- The skills are plain-text instructions. They run nothing on your machine and install no code.
.mcp.json(Claude Code),mcp.json(Cursor) andgemini-extension.json(Gemini CLI) all point at one remote MCP server,https://app.harborrank.com/mcp, over HTTPS with OAuth 2.0. No credentials are stored in this repository.- Tool calls send the arguments you or the agent supply (keywords, domains, URLs, a project id) to HarborRank, which fetches SEO data from DataForSEO and, when you connect a property, read-only data from your Google Search Console and Google Analytics. Nothing is sent anywhere else.
- Research and Google Analytics tools use plan credits; Search Console and saved-keyword reads use none.
- Privacy policy: https://harborrank.com/privacy.?utm_source=github&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=harborrank-skills Terms: https://harborrank.com/terms-and-conditions.?utm_source=github&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=harborrank-skills Support: [email protected].
Install the skill files only
For Codex or any agent that reads SKILL.md files, or if you already added the MCP server by hand:
npx skills add winsley-jeune/harborrank-skills
Install everything for Claude Code only:
npx skills add winsley-jeune/harborrank-skills --skill '*' --agent claude-code
Or copy the folders under skills/ into ~/.claude/skills/ (Claude Code) or ~/.codex/skills/ (Codex).
If you install the files only, connect HarborRank MCP first. The skill files are instructions, not data: without the MCP connection your agent only has what it can see on its own.
Skills
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
/seo-project-setup | Create a local workspace with goals, competitors, exports, and preferences that later sessions reuse. |
/seo-context | Write the one-page context file (site, market, audience, competitors, goals) that every other skill reads first. |
/seo-coach | Pick the next workflow when you are new to SEO or unsure what to run first. |
/keyword-research | Turn seed topics into a prioritized keyword shortlist with volume, difficulty, intent, and SERP caveats. |
/keyword-clustering | Group a keyword list by intent, map clusters to pages, and flag cannibalization. |
/competitive-landscape | Map who wins a market, why, and where the openings are. |
/competitor-analysis | Study one competitor's keywords, pages, and backlinks and turn it into takeaways. |
/seo-audit | Crawl the site for technical issues, check indexing, and find why traffic dropped, with fixes ranked by impact (the crawl and Search Console checks use no credits). |
/content-brief | Turn one target keyword into a brief built from the live SERP: questions to answer, what to add that page one lacks, outline, links, schema and title. |
/local-seo | Check where a local business ranks in Google Maps across its service area, compare it with the businesses above it, and get a local action plan. |
/client-seo-report | Write a monthly SEO report for a client or boss from Search Console, Analytics and rank tracking, and publish it as a shareable link. |
/keyword-cannibalization | Find queries where two of your pages compete in Search Console, fix only the splits that cost traffic, and check Google's chosen canonical. |
/google-business-profile | Audit a Google Business Profile against the Maps leaders: categories, services, description, reviews, Q&A, NAP and landing page, with ready-to-paste text. |
/schema-markup | Find the structured data each page type has, write JSON-LD that matches the visible content, and validate it. |
/ai-search-visibility | See how often AI assistants send visits and cite the site, which sources they cite instead, and what to change to get cited. |
/seo-proposal | Turn a prospect's teardown into an SEO proposal: current state with numbers, opportunity ranges, a 90-day plan, and a cover email. |
/link-prospecting | Find qualified link prospects and the angle that makes each one relevant. |
/lead-teardown | Prospect local businesses in a trade and city, research each one, and get a one-page teardown to send as the pitch (research needs a paid plan). |
Docs for every skill: harborrank.com/docs/skills. What the skills are for and how they compare: Claude SEO skills built on live search data.
License
MIT. These skills started from the open-source OpenSEO project's skills and keep its license.
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