Nightwatch SEO MCP

The SEO MCP server that lets AI read your rank data.

Plug Nightwatch directly into Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT and any MCP-compatible client. Query live rankings, run audits, and generate SEO reports — without leaving the AI tools you already use.

The Nightwatch SEO MCP server speaks the open Model Context Protocol. Paste the config snippet into your AI client of choice — your assistant instantly gains live access to rank tracking, audits and AI visibility data.

{ "mcpServers": { "nightwatch": { "url": "https://mcp.nightwatch.io/sse", "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer •••••" } } } }

The MCP server exposes everything Nightwatch tracks as a typed, self-documenting toolset. Your AI client discovers it automatically.

Pull live SERP positions across Google, Bing and YouTube — by city, language or device.

Measure how often your brand surfaces in Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT and Perplexity answers.

Volume, CPC, intent and difficulty for any seed — directly inside the chat.

On-page issues, crawl errors and Core Web Vitals — fed back as structured findings.

Side-by-side share-of-voice and keyword overlap between any set of domains.

Trigger any saved Nightwatch report and stream the result straight into your AI thread.

→ get_rankings({ category: 'keyword-research', range: '7d', sort: 'biggest_drops' })

9 keywords dropped this week. Biggest: "long tail keyword tool" #4 → #11. Want a content gap report?

The MCP turns Nightwatch into a conversation. Ask diagnostic questions, request ad-hoc cuts, generate stakeholder summaries — all from the AI tools you already use.

We ship one open MCP server — every modern AI client that speaks the protocol can connect to your Nightwatch workspace in seconds.

Agent queries rankings, runs the latest audit, and posts a digest to Slack before standup — every week.

Ask why a page dropped 8 spots. Get a structured answer: SERP features, competitor movement, page signals.

Feed a keyword cluster. Get a prioritised brief with gaps, opportunities, and missing topics.

Compare share-of-voice against competitors, surface stolen keywords, get a counter-strategy in one chat.

Query intent, volume, and ranking history for any phrase without leaving Cursor or Claude Code.

Stakeholders ask 'how are we doing this month?' and get a live data answer directly in chat.

Everything you need to know about plugging Nightwatch into your AI clients.

It's an official Model Context Protocol server that exposes your Nightwatch rank tracking, AI visibility, and site audit data to any MCP-compatible AI client — Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, ChatGPT, Continue, and more. Once connected, your AI assistant can answer questions and run analyses against your live SEO data without leaving the chat.

MCP is an open standard that lets AI assistants connect to external data sources and tools through a single, typed interface. Instead of each tool building a custom integration, MCP servers describe their capabilities once and every compliant client can use them. The Nightwatch SEO MCP is one such server.

Anything that speaks MCP. We test against Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, ChatGPT (via desktop connectors), Continue, Cline, and Zed. As new clients adopt the protocol, they work with the Nightwatch server automatically.

Generate a scoped API key from your Nightwatch settings, drop the JSON config from this page into your client's MCP configuration file, and restart the client. The server is available as both an npx package and a hosted SSE endpoint — pick whichever your client supports.

By default, yes. API keys are scoped to read access on rankings, audits, and reports. You can opt into write-capable scopes (creating projects, scheduling reports) on a per-key basis.

The MCP server is available on the Professional plan and above, where API access is enabled. It is not included on the Starter plan or during the free trial. Rate limits match your plan's existing API quotas.

No — it complements it. The dashboard is still where you configure projects, set up tracking, and review long-running reports. The MCP is the conversational layer on top, so you can interrogate the same data through any AI agent.

See why outcome-shaped tools beat a raw API wrapper in ourNightwatch vs DataForSEO comparison, including the Agent Pro endpoints built for autonomous SEO agents.

Running an agency?See agency features and partner program →

Look up how any brand surfaces in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews. Brands, prompts, sources, niches. Read-only.