In-depth architectural comparison of the Citedy Seo Agent and Crawlgraph MCP MCP servers. Compare execution transports, security boundaries, tool capabilities, quality scores, and ready-to-paste client installation snippets for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.
At a Glance & Executive Verdict
Citedy Seo Agent
Marketing · Local stdio
Quality: 56/100 (Good) | Auth: API Key required
Crawlgraph MCP
Marketing · Local stdio
Quality: 59/100 (Good) | Auth: API Key required
Verdict Summary: Choose Citedy Seo Agent if you need specialized Marketing tools running via a local process. Choose Crawlgraph MCP if your workspace requires Marketing integration with local subprocess execution. Both servers can be configured concurrently in your client's mcpServers manifest.
Which MCP Server Should You Choose?
Choose Citedy Seo Agent when:
You need dedicated capabilities in the Marketing domain.
You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
Your security boundary fits: API Key required (Freemium).
You have access to required keys: CITEDY_API_KEY.
Primary tools included: Auto-publish articles and adaptations to LinkedIn, X, Facebook, Reddit, Instagram, YouTube Shorts,…, Deep SEO scanning with AI-powered recommendations, Generate AI illustrations and voice-over narrations for articles.
Full-stack AI marketing toolkit with 41 MCP tools. Scout X/Reddit trends, analyze competitors, find content gaps, generate SEO articles in 55 languages with AI illustrations and voice-over, create social adaptations for 9 platforms, generate AI avatar videos with subtitles, ingest any URL (YouTube, PDF, audio), create lead magnets, and run content autopilot.
Backlink intelligence and competitor gap analysis on the public Common Crawl webgraph (4.4B edges, 120M domains) via CrawlGraph. 4 tools: backlink lookups, gap analysis, and a composite outreach-targets finder (domains linking to all your competitors but not you, de-noised and ranked by authority). Install: npx -y crawlgraph-mcp.
Tools & Capabilities Breakdown
Citedy Seo Agent Tools (6)
Auto-publish articles and adaptations to LinkedIn, X, Facebook, Reddit, Instagram, YouTube Shorts,…
Deep SEO scanning with AI-powered recommendations
Generate AI illustrations and voice-over narrations for articles
Create short-form AI UGC viral videos with subtitles
Manage article lifecycle via API (publish, unpublish, delete)
Webhook notifications for key events and billing
Crawlgraph MCP Tools (4)
Ready-to-Paste Client Configurations
Paste either (or both) of these JSON server blocks into your client config file (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json).
Citedy Seo Agent is categorized under Marketing and uses a local stdio subprocess. In contrast, Crawlgraph MCP belongs to Marketing using local stdio subprocess. Select Citedy Seo Agent when you need capabilities focused on marketing and Crawlgraph MCP when you require tools for marketing.
Look up referring domains (backlinks) for a single target domain from the Common Crawl webgraph. Returns each linking domain with host count and CrawlGraph authority score, plus the target's own authority/rank. Costs one backlinks call against the monthly quota (1,000/mo on lifetime).
gap_analysis
Run a competitor backlink gap analysis: find domains that link to one or more of your competitors but NOT to you. Submits an async job and polls until done (usually 5-30s). Returns every gap with `found_on` listing which competitors each domain links to. Costs one gap job against the monthly quota (50/mo on lifetime).
gap_outreach_targets
The warm-outreach play. Runs a gap analysis, then ranks results: PRIORITY = domains linking to ALL your competitors but not you (publishers who cover your whole space and have never heard of you), SECONDARY = domains linking to 2+ competitors. Platform/CDN noise is filtered, top N priority targets are scored by authority. Use 2-3 competitors. Costs one gap job + one backlinks call per enriched target.
releases
List the Common Crawl releases the API can query. Does not count against any quota. Use a release `id` with the backlinks tool to query a specific snapshot.