Ahrefs for AI agents

Ahrefs is an SEO platform offering backlink data, keyword research and site audits. Marketers and SEOs use it to research rankings and diagnose technical search issues. Connect it once through Arc0, and your agent, or Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor, can use it through one MCP endpoint, limited to what each user approved.

Connect Ahrefs See the 40 actions ↓

MarketingOAuth 2.0MCP + RESTahrefs.com

AUDIT LOG · AHREFSPOLICY: acme-support

09:41:07 · claude · u_8f2read

ahrefs.list_best_by_external_links

List best by external links✓ allowed · 212ms

09:41:08 · claude · u_8f2read

ahrefs.get_serp_overview

Get serp overview✓ allowed · 164ms

09:41:09 · claude · u_8f2write

ahrefs.batch_url_analysis

Batch Url Analysis✓ approved · approved by user

EVERY AHREFS CALL, ON THE RECORD

01 · USE CASES

What agents do in Ahrefs.

Check a domain's backlinks

Pull the backlink profile for a domain to see who is linking to it and with what anchor text.

Review organic keyword rankings

List the keywords a site ranks for organically to spot opportunities or drops in visibility.

Run a site audit check

Pull the latest site audit results for a project to flag technical SEO issues.

02 · ACTIONS

40 Ahrefs actions, graded by risk.

Every Ahrefs action is tagged read, write or destructive, so one policy covers the whole app and new actions inherit the right default.

read

Look things up. Allowed by default.

ahrefs.get_serp_overview
Get serp overview
ahrefs.get_url_rating_history
Get url rating history
ahrefs.get_site_audit_projects
Get site audit projects
ahrefs.list_best_by_external_links
List best by external links
ahrefs.search_suggestions_explorer
Search suggestions explorer
ahrefs.get_site_explorer_country_metrics
Get site explorer country metrics
ahrefs.get_site_explorer_linked_anchors_external
Get site explorer linked anchors external
ahrefs.fetch_all_backlinks
Fetch all backlinks
ahrefs.retrieve_anchor_data
Retrieve anchor data
ahrefs.retrieve_related_terms
Retrieve related terms
ahrefs.retrieve_outlinks_stats
Retrieve outlinks stats
ahrefs.retrieve_volume_history
Retrieve volume history
ahrefs.retrieve_paid_pages_data
Retrieve paid pages data
ahrefs.retrieve_organic_keywords
Retrieve organic keywords
ahrefs.fetch_competitors_overview
Fetch competitors overview
ahrefs.retrieve_crawler_ip_ranges
Retrieve crawler ip ranges

+ 14 MORE

write

Create and change things. Allow, or ask the user first.

ahrefs.batch_url_analysis
Batch Url Analysis
ahrefs.domain_rating_history
Domain rating history
ahrefs.linked_anchors_explorer
Linked anchors explorer
ahrefs.backlinks_stats_retrieval
Backlinks stats retrieval
ahrefs.explore_keywords_overview
Explore keywords overview
ahrefs.pages_by_traffic_overview
Pages by traffic overview
ahrefs.domain_rating_for_site_explorer
Domain rating for site explorer
ahrefs.explore_linked_domains_of_a_site
Explore linked domains of a site
ahrefs.explore_keyword_volume_by_country
Explore keyword volume by country
ahrefs.explore_matching_terms_for_keywords
Explore matching terms for keywords

destructive

Delete, cancel or archive. Ask first, or deny outright.

No destructive actions.

03 · HOW IT WORKS

Ahrefs in three steps.

01Your users connect AhrefsThey sign in to Ahrefs on Arc0 Connect, under your brand, and approve the access you ask for.
02You set the rulesReads run, and writes like “batch Url Analysis” can wait for the user to approve.
03Any agent can actYour agent calls Ahrefs through the Arc0 SDK or MCP, and so can Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor. Every call lands on the audit log.

POLICY.TS

await arc0.policies.set('ahrefs', {
  read: 'allow',
  write: 'ask',        // batch_url_analysis
  destructive: 'deny',  
})

# Claude Code: the same connection, one URL
$ claude mcp add --transport http arc0 \
    https://mcp.arc0.ai/u/u_8f2

04 · AUTH AND DATA

How Ahrefs connects.

Users sign in to Ahrefs on Arc0 Connect and approve the scopes you request. Build with Arc0’s Ahrefs OAuth app, or bring your own so the Ahrefs consent screen names you. Tokens refresh automatically, and you can export them whenever you want.

The same Ahrefs connection serves your agent over MCP and your own backend over REST and the proxy, so a user connects once. How Arc0 handles credentials →

AUTH: API key · OAuth 2.0
CREDENTIALS: Per-tenant encrypted vault
MODEL SEES: Results only, never credentials
AUDIT LOG: Every call, on every plan

05 · WORKS WITH

Use Ahrefs from any agent.

Claude

ChatGPT

Cursor

Codex

VS Code

OpenAI Agents SDK

Claude Agent SDK

Vercel AI SDK

Mastra

LangGraph

06 · RELATED

More marketing apps.

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Adobe Marketing Agent12 actions

07 · FAQ

Ahrefs and Arc0, answered.

Q01

Can I use Ahrefs with Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor?

Yes. Connect Ahrefs to Arc0 once, then add your Arc0 MCP URL to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code or any other remote-MCP client. Each assistant only gets the Ahrefs actions you allow.

Q02

How do users connect Ahrefs?

Q03

Which Ahrefs actions can my agent take?

40 in total: 30 read, 10 write and 0 destructive, such as “batch Url Analysis”. Your policies decide which of them each agent may call.

Q04

Can I make my agent read-only in Ahrefs?

Yes. Allow read actions and deny writes in the Ahrefs policy. Your agent can still look things up, and any write it attempts is blocked and logged.

Q05

Can my own backend call Ahrefs too?

Yes. The same Ahrefs connection is available over REST and through the Arc0 proxy, so your product and your agent share one connection per user.

Get started

Plug Ahrefs into your agent.

Your users connect Ahrefs once, under your brand. Your agent gets 40 actions behind your policies, with every call on the record.

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Free to build · MCP + REST · Audit log on every plan