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Backlink Check

Builds a real-data backlink profile for any domain and a side-by-side link gap against a named competitor.

Marketing & SEOIntermediate★ 189⑂ 2AI score 8/10Last updated: Aug 31, 2026

What it does

  • Pulls total backlinks, referring domains, dofollow share, and authority distribution via DataForSEO Backlinks (falling back to a connected Ahrefs or Semrush provider).
  • Fetches the top ~100 referring domains by rank and analyzes anchor text distribution.
  • With a competitor named, computes the link gap — strong domains linking to them but not to you — as a ready outreach list.
  • Flags quality risks: exact-match commercial anchors at scale, link velocity spikes, low-authority-heavy profiles.
  • For your own site, cross-checks Google Analytics referral sessions to see which links actually send visitors.
  • If no data provider is connected, it stops and names the missing connection instead of inventing link counts.

Who it's for

  • SEO specialists picking link-building targets from data rather than gut feel
  • Agencies delivering recurring backlink reports to clients
  • Growth teams that need to quantify the link gap versus competitors

Examples

  1. "Check my backlinks" → profile summary table, top referring domains, anchor distribution
  2. "Link gap vs competitor.com" → outreach list of high-authority domains linking only to the competitor
  3. "Which backlinks actually drive traffic?" → linking domains cross-referenced with GA referral sessions

· · · Install guide · · ·

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Install with a command instead

git clone https://github.com/Ryze-AI-Adgent/open-seo-mcp-skills.git && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r open-seo-mcp-skills/skills/backlink-check ~/.claude/skills/

⚠ This is a third-party skill. Check the source repository before installing.

  1. Open your terminal.
  2. Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/Ryze-AI-Adgent/open-seo-mcp-skills.git
  3. Create the skills folder: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
  4. Copy the skill in: cp -r open-seo-mcp-skills/skills/backlink-check ~/.claude/skills/
  5. Required: connect a DataForSEO (or Ahrefs / Semrush) MCP server to Claude Code with valid API credentials — without it the skill will halt by design.
  6. Optional: connect the Google Analytics MCP to enable the referral-traffic cross-check on your own site.
  7. Restart Claude Code and try: "Check the backlink profile of my domain."
View source on GitHub ↗License: MIT