RankControl

What RankControl MCP server does

RankControl MCP server gives an AI client access to a RankControl workspace through MCP. The workspace covers AI visibility, content operations, backlinks, repurposing, and reporting. Agents can plan articles, publish them, look for backlink prospects, prepare outreach drafts, and inspect Google and Bing rankings alongside citations in six AI engines.

The underlying RankControl product can work with native publishing destinations including WordPress, Webflow, Shopify, Ghost, Notion, Wix, Framer, and headless CMS setups. The provided material describes these as supported workspace publishing targets, but does not document separate MCP tools or configuration for each one.

How it works

The RankControl MCP server can run locally over stdio through the rankcontrol npm package. It can also use the remote connector at https://api.rctrl.com/mcp over HTTP with OAuth. Either approach lets an MCP client connect to a RankControl workspace and invoke the available workspace capabilities from an agent session.

This repository also provides a Claude Code plugin and an agent skill. Claude Code can install the plugin from the RankControl marketplace, while skills-compatible agents can add the repository with npx skills add. The README identifies Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and skills-compatible agents as supported ways to use the command-line workflow.

Setup and configuration

For Claude Code, add the marketplace and install the plugin:

/plugin marketplace add rankcontrol/rankcontrol
/plugin install rankcontrol@rankcontrol

For a skills-compatible agent, run:

npx skills add rankcontrol/rankcontrol

To register the local MCP process with Claude Code, use:

claude mcp add rankcontrol -- npx rankcontrol mcp

For the hosted connector, use:

claude mcp add --transport http rankcontrol https://api.rctrl.com/mcp

The material does not list required environment variables, account variables, or additional configuration files. The remote setup uses OAuth, but the excerpt does not specify the OAuth flow or credential storage details.

Tools and capabilities

The documented workflow includes:

• Planning, writing, and publishing citation-optimized articles
• Publishing content as native posts on supported CMS destinations
• Finding backlink prospects
• Drafting link outreach for approval
• Repurposing content
• Reviewing Google and Bing rankings
• Checking citations across six AI engines
• Producing reports and monitoring AI visibility

RankControl MCP server is suited to teams that want an agent to coordinate these activities from a connected workspace rather than operate each workflow manually in separate services.

Limitations and notes

Publishing, outreach, and other publicly visible operations are dry-run by default. They require --confirm before execution, and approval gates run on the server side. This makes the integration appropriate for review-based workflows, but the excerpt does not define every action that requires confirmation.

The repository is described as the RankControl Claude Code plugin and agent skill as well as an MCP entry point. It does not provide a detailed tool schema, a complete list of command arguments, or client-specific setup beyond the examples shown. It also does not state a software license in the supplied material.