Dataforseo for AI agents

DataForSEO provides SEO data like search rankings, backlinks, and keywords, letting a team research and track search performance programmatically at scale. 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.

Developer toolsUsername and passwordMCP + RESTdataforseo.com
AUDIT LOG · DATAFORSEOPOLICY: acme-support
09:41:07 · claude · u_8f2read
dataforseo.list_serp_errors
List SERP Errors✓ allowed · 212ms
09:41:08 · claude · u_8f2read
dataforseo.get_on_page_links
Get On Page Links✓ allowed · 164ms
09:41:09 · claude · u_8f2write
dataforseo.create_on_page_task_post
Create On Page Task✓ approved · approved by user
EVERY DATAFORSEO CALL, ON THE RECORD
01 · USE CASES

What agents do in Dataforseo.

01

Check search rankings for a keyword

Create a task pulling organic search results for a keyword to check current rankings.

02

Check a page's on-page SEO

Run an on-page task against a URL to check its SEO health before publishing.

03

Check keyword trend data

Pull Google Trends data for a keyword to see whether interest is rising or falling.

02 · ACTIONS

312 Dataforseo actions, graded by risk.

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

read

285

Look things up. Allowed by default.

  • dataforseo.list_serp_errors
    List SERP Errors
  • dataforseo.get_on_page_links
    Get On Page Links
  • dataforseo.get_on_page_pages
    Get On Page Pages
  • dataforseo.list_serp_id_list
    List SERP Task IDs
  • dataforseo.get_appendix_errors
    Get Appendix Errors
  • dataforseo.get_appendix_status
    Get Appendix Status
  • dataforseo.list_on_page_errors
    List OnPage Errors
  • dataforseo.list_serp_endpoints
    List SERP Endpoints
  • dataforseo.list_app_data_errors
    List App Data Errors
  • dataforseo.list_merchant_errors
    List Merchant Errors
  • dataforseo.list_app_data_id_list
    List App Data Task IDs
  • dataforseo.list_backlinks_errors
    List Backlinks Errors
  • dataforseo.list_serp_tasks_ready
    List SERP Ready Tasks
  • dataforseo.get_appendix_user_data
    Get Appendix User Data
  • dataforseo.list_gemini_llm_models
    List Gemini LLM Models
  • dataforseo.list_on_page_resources
    List On Page Resources
+ 269 MORE

write

27

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

  • dataforseo.post_on_page_summary
    Post On Page Summary
  • dataforseo.create_on_page_task_post
    Create On Page Task
  • dataforseo.create_serp_google_maps_task
    Create SERP Google Maps Task
  • dataforseo.create_serp_google_events_task
    Create SERP Google Events Task
  • dataforseo.create_kw_google_kw_for_kw_task
    Create Keywords Data Google Keywords For Keywords Task
  • dataforseo.create_serp_seznam_organic_task
    Create SERP Seznam Organic Task
  • dataforseo.create_kw_bing_audience_est_task
    Create Keywords Data Bing Audience Estimation Task
  • dataforseo.create_merchant_amazon_sellers_task
    Create Merchant Amazon Sellers Task
  • dataforseo.create_on_page_lighthouse_task_post
    Create On Page Lighthouse Task
  • dataforseo.post_kw_google_kw_for_category_task
    Create Google Keywords For Category Task
  • dataforseo.create_app_data_google_app_list_task
    Create App Data Google App List Task
  • dataforseo.create_serp_google_autocomplete_task
    Create SERP Google Autocomplete Task
  • dataforseo.create_serp_google_local_finder_task
    Create SERP Google Local Finder Task
  • dataforseo.create_serp_google_organic_task_post
    Create SERP Google Organic Task
  • dataforseo.create_app_data_apple_app_reviews_task
    Create App Data Apple App Reviews Task
  • dataforseo.create_app_data_apple_app_searches_task
    Create Apple App Searches Task
+ 11 MORE

destructive

0

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

  • No destructive actions.
03 · HOW IT WORKS

Dataforseo in three steps.

  1. 01Your users connect DataforseoThey add their Dataforseo username and password on Arc0 Connect, under your brand. It goes straight into the vault.
  2. 02You set the rulesReads run, and writes like “create On Page Task” can wait for the user to approve.
  3. 03Any agent can actYour agent calls Dataforseo 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('dataforseo', {
  read: 'allow',
  write: 'ask',        // create_on_page_task_post
  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 Dataforseo connects.

Users add their Dataforseo username and password on Arc0 Connect. It is encrypted in the vault, never shown to the model, and each user can rotate or revoke it at any time.

The same Dataforseo 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
Username and password
CREDENTIALS
Per-tenant encrypted vault
MODEL SEES
Results only, never credentials
AUDIT LOG
Every call, on every plan
05 · WORKS WITH

Use Dataforseo from any agent.

Claude
ChatGPT
Cursor
Codex
VS Code
OpenAI Agents SDK
Claude Agent SDK
Vercel AI SDK
Mastra
LangGraph
07 · FAQ

Dataforseo and Arc0, answered.

Q01

Can I use Dataforseo with Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor?

Yes. Connect Dataforseo 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 Dataforseo actions you allow.

Q02

How do users connect Dataforseo?

Users add their Dataforseo username and password on Arc0 Connect. It is encrypted in the vault, never shown to the model, and each user can rotate or revoke it at any time.

Q03

Which Dataforseo actions can my agent take?

312 in total: 285 read, 27 write and 0 destructive, such as “create On Page Task”. Your policies decide which of them each agent may call.

Q04

Can I make my agent read-only in Dataforseo?

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

Q05

Can my own backend call Dataforseo too?

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

Get started

Plug Dataforseo into your agent.

Your users connect Dataforseo once, under your brand. Your agent gets 312 actions behind your policies, with every call on the record.

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