# DataForSEO MCP Server: an MCP server we run in production

Canonical: https://scalably.io/mcp/dataforseo-mcp-server
Source: https://github.com/dataforseo/mcp-server-typescript
Registry: not published to the MCP registry
Provenance: third-party server, pinned at 3.1.1, verified 2026-09-09.
Integrity: no independent hash is published for this third-party listing; the raw endpoint at https://scalably.io/mcp/dataforseo-mcp-server.md mirrors this representation byte for byte
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## Direct answer
The upstream server our dataforseo-mcp wrapper runs; install it directly if you do not need the docs index.

## Install
- Claude Code: `claude mcp add dataforseo -e DATAFORSEO_USERNAME=your-value -e DATAFORSEO_PASSWORD=your-value -- npx -y dataforseo-mcp-server@3.1.1`
- Codex: `codex mcp add dataforseo --env DATAFORSEO_USERNAME=your-value --env DATAFORSEO_PASSWORD=your-value -- npx -y dataforseo-mcp-server@3.1.1`
- Claude Desktop: not available for this server.

## Environment
| Variable | Required | Secret | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| `DATAFORSEO_USERNAME` | yes | yes | API login |
| `DATAFORSEO_PASSWORD` | yes | yes | API password |

## Tools
No tools listed for this server.

## Setup
Set the following before first use:
- `DATAFORSEO_USERNAME` (secret): API login
- `DATAFORSEO_PASSWORD` (secret): API password

## Limits
Not documented by DataForSEO. See the vendor's own documentation: https://github.com/dataforseo/mcp-server-typescript

## Reliability
- CI: not applicable, this is a third-party project we do not control.
- Pinned at 3.1.1
- Verified 2026-09-09
- We run this server in production, pinned at the exact version, with the install command derived mechanically from that pin so it can be re-verified against the published package.

## Related
- Used by these skills: [internal-linking](https://scalably.io/skills/internal-linking)
- Also in seo: [Google Search Console MCP](https://scalably.io/mcp/gsc-mcp), [DataForSEO MCP](https://scalably.io/mcp/dataforseo-mcp)
- Read more: [AI agents for SEO: 5,329 tasks at 98% over four months](https://scalably.io/blog/ai-agents-for-seo), [Claude Code MCP: how to add an MCP server](https://scalably.io/blog/claude-code-mcp)