A side-by-side look at the DigestSEO mcp Geo — AI Visibility MCP Server and The Profound Agency MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose DigestSEO mcp Geo — AI Visibility MCP Server for marketing work as a local process; choose The Profound Agency for marketing. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
OPENAI_API_KEY, ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, GEMINI_API_KEY, PERPLEXITY_API_KEY, XAI_API_KEY, SERPAPI_API_KEY.visibility.check, visibility.history, visibility.compare.search_placements, quote_placements, plan_placements.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | T The Profound Agency | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Marketing | Marketing |
| Quality signal | 61/100 · Good | 48/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Not confirmed yet |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | — |
| Auth | API key required | No auth required |
| Pricing | BYOK (pay the provider) | Free |
| Required env vars | OPENAI_API_KEYANTHROPIC_API_KEYGEMINI_API_KEYPERPLEXITY_API_KEYXAI_API_KEYSERPAPI_API_KEY | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 37 | 0 |
| Directory activity | 3 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 6 | 6 |
| Full listing | View DigestSEO mcp Geo — AI Visibility MCP Server | View The Profound Agency |
visibility.checkLatest AI visibility snapshot across all configured engines for a tracked brand, with per-engine scores, winning prompts, and losing prompts.visibility.historyTime-series history of overall and per-engine visibility, bucketed daily or weekly.visibility.compareShare-of-voice comparison against competitor domains, with prompts you win and prompts they win.visibility.citationsThe actual citation events — prompt, engine, response excerpt, citation type, brand URL when present.visibility.content_gapsPrioritized Claude-Haiku-generated content recommendations targeting your losing prompts.visibility.refreshManually trigger a fresh scan across every engine whose API key is set.search_placementsSearch the network by price, Domain Authority, Domain Rating, category, region, turnaround, Google indexing and AI-crawler readiness.quote_placementsPrice a set of placements exactly as checkout would, fees included. Returns a link that opens the store with those placements in the cart. Reserves nothing.plan_placementsGive it a goal, audience and budget; get back a recommended set of publications, already quoted and inside budget.submit_campaign_briefAsk for a quote on a paid media campaign (display, CTV, social, search, audio, out-of-home). A person prices it and replies. Buys nothing.quick_visibility_checkAn instant check of five AI-visibility basics for any site: AI crawlers in robots.txt, llms.txt, structured data, title and description.request_auditRequest the full, free AI-visibility audit, scored out of 100. A person runs it and replies by email.Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
{
"mcpServers": {
"digestseo-mcp-geo-ai-visibility-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@digestseo/mcp-geo"
],
"env": {
"OPENAI_API_KEY": "YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY_HERE",
"ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY_HERE",
"GEMINI_API_KEY": "YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY_HERE",
"PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "YOUR_PERPLEXITY_API_KEY_HERE",
"XAI_API_KEY": "YOUR_XAI_API_KEY_HERE",
"SERPAPI_API_KEY": "YOUR_SERPAPI_API_KEY_HERE"
}
}
}
}
No confirmed install command for The Profound Agency yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.