Koskamo

Apify Keyword Research MCP

A remote MCP server providing six read-only keyword research tools for AI agents, including search autocomplete from Google, YouTube, and Bing, keyword search volume, CPC, competition, difficulty, intent, and Google Trends data. It operates on a pay-per-call model requiring only an Apify account.

Endpoint and access

OAuth sign-in: the first time you connect, your client opens the vendor's own authorization prompt in a browser.

Apify Keyword Research MCP logo, by ApifyCommunity listingStreamable HTTPOAuth sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-11-01Published by Apify
You need:You need only an Apify account: no Ahrefs, Semrush, Google Ads or DataForSEO account.
MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)
https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fairfetch/keyword-research-mcp
Vendor documentation

What you can do with it

  • Retrieve search autocomplete suggestions from Google, YouTube, and Bing
  • Get keyword search volume, CPC, competition, difficulty, and intent metrics
  • Generate keyword ideas with long-tail variations and related metrics
  • Analyze Google Trends interest over time, by region, and trending searches

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 1.0.0
Maintenance checked

Tools

Reported by the attributed source; not independently observed by Koskamo.

No tool definitions available.

30-day availability

Aggregated from read-only remote checks; this is not a tool-execution or security guarantee.

Successful checks
1 of 1 (100%)
Average latency
95 ms
95th percentile latency
95 ms

Maintenance history

Public check and source-refresh events. Editorial and ownership records remain private.

  • · probe · passed · 95 ms · metadata changed · refuses unauthenticated initialize (HTTP 401)

Connect from your client

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Claude Code

Run this once in a terminal. It registers the remote server. Use --scope project to write .mcp.json for the repo.
Claude Code configuration
claude mcp add --transport http keyword-research-mcp-apify https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fairfetch/keyword-research-mcp

Codex

Run this once. Codex stores MCP servers in ~/.codex/config.toml (or .codex/config.toml in a trusted project).
Codex configuration
codex mcp add keyword-research-mcp-apify --url https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fairfetch/keyword-research-mcp

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable keyword-research-mcp-apify in your MCP settings.
Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "keyword-research-mcp-apify": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fairfetch/keyword-research-mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure).
Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "keyword-research-mcp-apify": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fairfetch/keyword-research-mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start keyword-research-mcp-apify and inspect its tools.
VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "keyword-research-mcp-apify": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fairfetch/keyword-research-mcp"
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLI

Run this once. It writes .gemini/settings.json in the current project; pass --scope user for ~/.gemini/settings.json.
Gemini CLI configuration
gemini mcp add --transport http keyword-research-mcp-apify https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fairfetch/keyword-research-mcp

Claude Desktop

Merge this into claude_desktop_config.json (macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\), then restart Claude Desktop.
Claude Desktop configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "keyword-research-mcp-apify": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fairfetch/keyword-research-mcp"
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Merge this into ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, then refresh MCP in Cascade. Windsurf remote servers use serverUrl, not url.
Windsurf configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "keyword-research-mcp-apify": {
      "serverUrl": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fairfetch/keyword-research-mcp"
    }
  }
}

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