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backlink-guard MCP

A community-driven tool that vets link sources before submission, verifies listings, and audits backlinks for spam patterns. It helps users identify where not to send links and when to slow down, providing risk verdicts, link policies, and value ratings for SEO and link-building safety.

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backlink-guard MCP logo, by zhuyansenCommunity listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by zhuyansen
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  • Popularity 64 GitHub stars

What you can do with it

  • Vet link sources before submission
  • Verify listings for safety
  • Audit backlinks for link-spam patterns

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 0.11.2MIT
mcp-registry: io.github.zhuyansen/backlink-guard@0.11.2Source repository
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v0.11.2
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backlink-guard 0.11.2

pypiuvx
backlink-guard package definition
{
  "version": "0.11.2",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "backlink-guard",
  "runtimeHint": "uvx",
  "registryType": "pypi",
  "packageArguments": [
    {
      "type": "positional",
      "value": "mcp",
      "description": "Start the MCP server on stdio."
    }
  ],
  "runtimeArguments": [
    {
      "name": "--with",
      "type": "named",
      "value": "mcp",
      "description": "backlink-guard itself has no dependencies; the server needs the MCP SDK."
    }
  ],
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "GLASSER_API_KEY",
      "description": "Optional, the first choice for the paid checks: spam scores, search history, backlinks, competitors' links, AI Overviews."
    },
    {
      "name": "AISA_API_KEY",
      "description": "Optional. The same checks without a Glasser key; the only source of questions, asked and --deep's Ahrefs and Semrush numbers."
    },
    {
      "name": "GOANYAPI_API_KEY",
      "description": "Optional. A site's rating, a year of visits and whether Google still lists it."
    },
    {
      "name": "BACKLINK_GUARD_STATE",
      "description": "Optional. Absolute path to the directory that holds the log, the cache and the networks seen before."
    }
  ]
}

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  • · repository · passed · metadata changed · updated
  • · backfill · recorded · Pre-expansion baseline; unobserved rich metadata remains unknown

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "backlink-guard-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "backlink-guard==0.11.2",
        "mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GLASSER_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GLASSER_API_KEY>",
        "AISA_API_KEY": "<YOUR_AISA_API_KEY>",
        "GOANYAPI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GOANYAPI_API_KEY>",
        "BACKLINK_GUARD_STATE": "<YOUR_BACKLINK_GUARD_STATE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "backlink-guard-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "backlink-guard==0.11.2",
        "mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GLASSER_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GLASSER_API_KEY>",
        "AISA_API_KEY": "<YOUR_AISA_API_KEY>",
        "GOANYAPI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GOANYAPI_API_KEY>",
        "BACKLINK_GUARD_STATE": "<YOUR_BACKLINK_GUARD_STATE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "backlink-guard-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "backlink-guard==0.11.2",
        "mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GLASSER_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GLASSER_API_KEY>",
        "AISA_API_KEY": "<YOUR_AISA_API_KEY>",
        "GOANYAPI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GOANYAPI_API_KEY>",
        "BACKLINK_GUARD_STATE": "<YOUR_BACKLINK_GUARD_STATE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "backlink-guard-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "backlink-guard==0.11.2",
        "mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GLASSER_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GLASSER_API_KEY>",
        "AISA_API_KEY": "<YOUR_AISA_API_KEY>",
        "GOANYAPI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GOANYAPI_API_KEY>",
        "BACKLINK_GUARD_STATE": "<YOUR_BACKLINK_GUARD_STATE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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