Short answer
Add the RankMySEO MCP server to your assistant, then ask it to register. It gets a walk-up key for one site and two keywords for 48 hours, adds your site, and answers from the checks. When you want to keep the site, it sends you a link to add it to your account.
Steps
- 1Add the server to your appIn Cursor, Claude, ChatGPT, or Grok, add https://api.rankmyseo.com/mcp as a remote MCP server.
- 2Ask it to registerThe assistant calls register with no key and gets one site and two keywords for 48 hours.
- 3Give it your site and keywordsIt calls add_project and adds the keywords you name.
- 4Ask your questionsWhere do I rank, what moved, which pages have issues. It answers from stored checks.
- 5Keep the siteAsk for a link. It calls request_link and you approve it while signed in.
What MCP is
MCP (Model Context Protocol) is a standard way for an AI assistant to call tools on a server. Cursor, Claude, ChatGPT, and Grok all support it. When you add a server, the assistant can read what it offers and call those tools while it answers you.
RankMySEO runs an MCP server at https://api.rankmyseo.com/mcp. It has the same data as the dashboard: tracked keywords, rank history, on-page issues, competitors, and on paid plans, keyword gap, backlink review, and next actions.
Adding the server
Each app has a slightly different settings screen. The shape is always the same: a name, and the server URL.
{
"mcpServers": {
"rankmyseo": { "url": "https://api.rankmyseo.com/mcp" }
}
}That block goes in Cursor's MCP settings. Claude Code takes one command, and Claude, ChatGPT, and Grok have a connector screen. MCP setup has the exact steps for each app, with copy buttons.
Trying it with no account
You do not need to sign up first. Ask the assistant something like "register with RankMySEO and check where example.com ranks for these two keywords". It calls register, which gives it a walk-up key for one site and two keywords for 48 hours. One walk-up key per network. If nobody keeps the site, the research is deleted after a day.
Questions worth asking
Once a site has a check or two, ask in plain words:
- Where does my site rank this week, and what moved since last week?
- Which of my pages has the most on-page issues, and what should I fix first?
- Which keywords does my competitor rank for that I do not? (Starter and above)
- Who links to my site, and what did I lose in the last 90 days? (Starter and above)
The assistant answers from stored checks. It does not run a new Google search every time you ask, so answers are quick and cost nothing extra.
Keeping the site
When you want to keep what the assistant found, ask it for a link. It calls request_link and gives you a URL. Open it while signed in to RankMySEO, approve, and the site with its history moves onto your account. From then on the key follows your plan: Free is one site and three keywords, and paid plans open the research tools.
If you already have an account, create a key on the Account screen and put it in the server's Authorization header instead. The AI assistants page explains what each plan can ask, and this post on walk-up and Account keys goes through both in more detail.
