seo-ahrefs-overview

Installation

$npx skills add lionkiii/claude-seo-skills --skill seo-ahrefs-overview

Summary

The agent can retrieve Ahrefs domain authority scores, backlink counts, referring domains, organic keyword volume, estimated monthly traffic, and traffic value for a given domain. Invoke when a user requests domain strength analysis, DR scores, backlink summaries, or competitive domain research via Ahrefs.

SKILL.MD

Ahrefs Domain Overview

Fetches domain authority, backlink summary, and organic traffic metrics from Ahrefs for a given domain.

References

@skills/seo/references/mcp-degradation.md @skills/seo/references/ahrefs-api-reference.md

Inputs

  • domain: The bare domain to analyze (e.g., example.com). Strip https://, http://, and trailing slashes before passing to Ahrefs tools.

MCP Check

Before proceeding, verify Ahrefs MCP is available:

  1. Use ToolSearch with query +ahrefs
  2. If tools are returned → Ahrefs MCP is available, proceed to Execution
  3. If no tools returned → display the Ahrefs MCP error template from references/mcp-degradation.md and stop

Execution

Step 1 — Call Site Explorer Metrics

Call mcp__claude_ai_ahrefs__site-explorer-metrics with:

  • target: the bare domain (e.g., example.com)

Returns: organic_traffic, traffic_cost (CENTS), organic_keywords, backlinks, referring_domains

Step 2 — Call Domain Rating

Call mcp__claude_ai_ahrefs__site-explorer-domain-rating with:

  • target: the bare domain

Returns: domain_rating (0–100), ahrefs_rank

Step 3 — CRITICAL: Monetary Conversion

traffic_cost is returned in CENTS. Divide by 100 before display. Format as USD with comma thousands separators: $X,XXX.

Example: API returns traffic_cost = 125000 → display as $1,250

Output Format

## Ahrefs Overview: example.com

| Metric | Value |
|--------|-------|
| Domain Rating | 67/100 |
| Ahrefs Rank | #12,345 |
| Total Backlinks | 45,230 |
| Referring Domains | 3,210 |
| Organic Keywords | 12,450 |
| Est. Monthly Traffic | 89,000 visits |
| Traffic Value | $4,200/mo |

### Interpretation

- **DR 67/100** — Strong domain with solid authority
- **3,210 referring domains** — Healthy and diverse link profile
- **$4,200/mo traffic value** — Equivalent Ahrefs estimate of organic traffic cost via paid ads

Error — Ahrefs MCP Not Available

If MCP check fails, display the Ahrefs error template from references/mcp-degradation.md:

## Ahrefs MCP Not Available

The `/seo ahrefs overview` command requires the Ahrefs MCP, which is not
currently connected.

**What you can do:**
- Use `/seo audit <url>` for a full static SEO analysis without live Ahrefs data
- Use `/seo technical <url>` for technical SEO issues without backlink/keyword data

**To connect Ahrefs MCP:**
- Ensure the Ahrefs MCP is registered at user scope in ~/.claude/mcp.json
- Verify with: cat ~/.claude/mcp.json | grep -i ahrefs
- Ahrefs MCP must be registered at user scope (not project scope) to work in subagents