Replaces single-vendor (Ahrefs-only) tool defaults with a per-task backend menu across all 14 SEO skills. Each skill now lists every capable MCP in allowed-tools and documents how to pick between Semrush, Ahrefs, OurSEO Agent (CLI + MCP), DataForSEO, and GSC in its SKILL.md Data Source Selection section. Tool stubs (~40 new files) populated per skill with capability deltas, call patterns, and explicit "not for this skill when" callouts so the menu is self-correcting. Skills affected: 19-keyword-strategy, 20-serp-analysis, 21-position-tracking, 22-link-building, 23-content-strategy, 24-ecommerce, 25-kpi-framework, 26-international, 27-ai-visibility, 28-knowledge-graph, 31-competitor-intel, 32-crawl-budget, 33-migration-planner, 34-reporting-dashboard. Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Google Search Console
First-party clicks / impressions / CTR / position. The only ground-truth source for these KPIs — every modelled estimate from Semrush/Ahrefs/DataForSEO is a proxy. Prefer GSC whenever the site is verified.
CLI commands
# Top queries (KPI: clicks, impressions, CTR, position per query)
our research search-console queries --site sc-domain:<domain> --days 28
# Top pages (KPI: clicks, impressions per URL)
our research search-console pages --site sc-domain:<domain> --days 28
# Query × page combined (KPI: cannibalization, content efficiency)
our research search-console combined --site sc-domain:<domain> --days 28
sc-domain: prefix for Domain-verified properties.
KPI dimensions served by GSC
| KPI | Source |
|---|---|
| Clicks (first-party) | queries or pages |
| Impressions (first-party) | queries or pages |
| CTR | computed from clicks / impressions |
| Average position | queries |
| Cannibalization signal | combined (query × page) |
| Branded vs non-branded split | post-process queries output |
| Anonymous queries | Ahrefs gsc-anonymous-queries (if Ahrefs project connected) |
Ahrefs GSC alternates
When the site is connected as an Ahrefs project:
mcp__ahrefs__gsc-performance-history(project_id="<id>")
mcp__ahrefs__gsc-positions-history(project_id="<id>")
mcp__ahrefs__gsc-ctr-by-position(project_id="<id>")
mcp__ahrefs__gsc-anonymous-queries(project_id="<id>")
Strengths for this skill
- Single source of truth for clicks/impressions — non-negotiable in a serious KPI dashboard.
- 28-day, 90-day, and 16-month windows available (GSC default).
- Anonymous queries via Ahrefs surface ~10-30% of impressions Google hides from the standard report.
Not for this skill when
- Backlinks / DR KPI — Ahrefs.
- Traffic value (USD) — Semrush.
- GA4 sessions / conversions —
our research ga4 *. - Competitor KPIs — GSC is single-site.
Gotcha: our-claude-skills/custom-skills/15-seo-search-console/code/gotcha/gsc-cli-integration.md.