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AI SEO Agents for Cursor
Cursor's agent already edits your whole codebase. Add SEOmatic as an SEO MCP server and it can see what Google sees: your Search Console clicks and queries, live page audits and index status, so the SEO fixes it writes go where traffic is actually waiting.
- One mcp.json entry, OAuth sign-in
- Live audits and Search Console inside the editor
- Findings mapped to the code that causes them
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About SEOmatic for Cursor
SEOmatic is a hosted MCP server that Cursor connects to by URL. Cursor's agent calls SEOmatic's tools while it works, so SEO checks sit next to the code instead of in another tab.
Requirements
Cursor and a free SEOmatic account. Nothing extra. Use OAuth, not an API key: Cursor does not send a configured Authorization header.
Pricing
Free to connect, with 5 questions a month from your own data (plus 10 once you connect Search Console). Paid plans add agents that stage fixes for your approval. See pricing.
Full Docs
Endpoint, auth, every tool and what it costs: SEOmatic MCP server docs.
SEOmatic in Cursor
What SEOmatic Does in Cursor
Metadata Fixes Across Routes
Find duplicated or missing titles and descriptions on the live site and fix the metadata code that generates them.
Pages Losing the Click
Search Console CTR outliers tell the agent which pages to work on first, and which queries they should match.
Crawl and Index Problems
Noindex leaks, stray canonicals, redirects and broken internal links, found on the live site and traced to the code.
Content Gaps From Real Queries
Queries your site gets impressions for without a page that answers them, ready to become new routes or sections.
Before and After Checks
Analyze a publicly reachable preview URL and production side by side to confirm a change did what you meant.
Cursor is where front-end and full-stack developers live. SEOmatic makes it the place to settle SEO questions too, with data instead of a checklist, while the relevant files are already open.
SEO Prompts to Try in Cursor
Paste into Cursor's agent with SEOmatic enabled:
- “Audit https://example.com with SEOmatic and fix the issues that come from our code.”
- “Which of our pages get impressions but few clicks? Update their titles in the codebase.”
- “Find every page with a canonical pointing somewhere else and explain why.”
- “What queries do we get impressions for without a matching page?”
- “Compare the SEO of our preview deploy with production.”
How It Works, Step by Step
- You add SEOmatic to mcp.json and approve the browser sign-in once.
- You ask Cursor's agent an SEO question while working in your repo.
- The agent calls SEOmatic for audits, Search Console data or index status, and reads the results.
- It edits the files responsible, and you review the diff as usual.
- It re-checks the live page after you deploy.
How to Connect SEOmatic to Cursor
Add one entry to Cursor's mcp.json (~/.cursor/mcp.json for every project, or .cursor/mcp.json in one repo).
- Add SEOmatic to mcp.json. Add a seomatic server with only the URL https://app.seomatic.ai/api/mcp, as in the snippet below.
- Approve the browser prompt. Cursor starts the OAuth flow. Sign in or create a free SEOmatic account and pick your site.
- Ask the agent. Try “Audit our live site with SEOmatic and list the issues our code causes.”
Cursor setup
// mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"seomatic": { "url": "https://app.seomatic.ai/api/mcp" }
}
}Do not paste an API key into Cursor's config: Cursor starts the OAuth flow and does not send a configured Authorization header, so a key there silently does nothing. Approve the browser prompt instead.
What Is Free and What Is Paid
Connecting is free, and so is the SEOmatic account behind it: no card. A free account answers 5 questions a month from your own data, plus 10 bonus questions once you connect Google Search Console. Each tool call counts as one question, so a big request can use a few.
Free covers the diagnosis: Search Console reports and insights, site audits of up to 30 pages, live page analysis, and your AI visibility results. Live market data, like keyword volumes, backlink profiles and competitor domains, is part of paid plans, with one free keyword preview per workspace.
Paid plans remove the question limit and add the treatment: agents stage fixes on your site (titles, descriptions, content updates, technical fixes, internal links) and run campaigns and fresh AI visibility scans. Every paid plan starts with a 14-day free trial. See pricing.
If you fix things in code yourself, the free lane covers the diagnosis. Paid plans are for when you also want SEOmatic's agents to make changes in a connected CMS.
Nothing Changes on Your Site Without Your Approval
Code changes in Cursor go through your normal review. Changes to a live site through a CMS connected to SEOmatic are staged, never pushed. A staged change is a proposal: it says what will change and why, and nothing touches your site until you approve it. The assistant records your decision, and it is told never to approve anything on its own judgment. Approved fixes start within seconds, the page's previous state is stored, and any applied change can be rolled back. Changes that could take a page out of Google, like a noindex, need an extra explicit confirmation.
Keep Exploring
Other coding agents: Claude Code, GitHub Copilot and Cline. Explore the site audit, technical SEO fixes and the Google Search Console integration. All assistants: AI assistants. Full reference: MCP docs.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can Cursor do SEO?
Cursor can edit the code that controls your SEO, but on its own it cannot see your rankings or how Google reads your pages. With SEOmatic as an MCP server, it audits your live site, reads your Search Console data and fixes the code behind each issue.
How do I add the SEOmatic MCP server to Cursor?
Add a seomatic entry with the URL https://app.seomatic.ai/api/mcp under mcpServers in mcp.json, then approve the browser sign-in Cursor opens. No API key is needed.
Is it free?
Yes. The account is free with no card, with 5 questions a month from your own data plus 10 bonus questions once you connect Search Console. Paid plans remove the limit and add agents that stage changes in your CMS.
Can it change my site without asking?
No. By default every change SEOmatic proposes waits for your approval before it touches your site, and your assistant is told never to approve on its own. Approved changes are stored with the page's previous state, so any of them can be rolled back. If you later want low-risk fixes to go ahead on their own, you can turn that on in your autonomy settings; changes to your URLs still wait for you.
Why doesn't my API key work in Cursor?
Cursor uses OAuth for remote MCP servers and does not send a configured Authorization header, so a key in the config is ignored. Remove it and approve the browser prompt instead.
SEOmatic in other AI assistants
Same server, same tools, same approval rules. Pick the assistant that fits the job.
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Devin
Hand Devin SEO tasks backed by your real Search Console data and live audits.
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One settings block and an API key give Cline your real SEO data inside VS Code.
Zed
Add SEOmatic as a context server and Zed's agent works from your real SEO data.