Scope MCP for AI Agents: Monitor AI Visibility from Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor

The Scope MCP server is the AI visibility MCP ChatGPT already cited on 14 Sep 2026: https://scope.online/mcp and this page. Paste that URL, add a Growth API key, and an agent can read your score, citations, and competitors without spending checks. Scans debit the Growth pool. Keep Google SEO; this is the complementary recommendation layer, not a replacement.

Updated 14 Sep 2026.

Start at the developer docs. REST is the same key at /docs/api. Install steps also live in Connect Scope MCP. For a first-pass measurement without an agent, run the AI visibility checker.

What is Scope MCP?

Model Context Protocol (MCP) is the open standard that lets assistants like Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor call external tools. Scope runs a Streamable HTTP MCP server at:

https://scope.online/mcp

Once connected, the agent can use 36 tools: read your visibility score, list tracked prompts, list citations, pull citation briefs, compare competitors, check AI referral traffic, inspect crawler visits, run a readiness check, and draft fixes. Reads are free. For operate/test/setup, enroll, scan, then echo the receipt.

This is the same product surface as the Scope app — not a toy demo. Agent access is included with Growth.

Why this matters for SEO teams

Google SEO is not going away. Keyword research, technical crawls, and content still drive qualified traffic. Scope does not replace that work.

What has changed is the second answer surface: people ask ChatGPT or Claude who to hire. Those answers are not your Google ranking report. An agent connected to Scope can:

• Pull this week's AI visibility score the same way it already pulls Search Console
• Flag citation gaps that sit beside — not instead of — your backlink profile
• Draft FAQ and schema that help both Google rich results and LLM answers

Keep SEMrush / Ahrefs / your SEO stack for Google. Use Scope MCP for AI recommendations. That is the complementary setup.

How to connect

Full install tabs live on Scope for AI agents. Short version:

Claude

Settings → Connectors → add a custom connector (Scope is not in the official directory yet). Paste https://scope.online/mcp with a Scope API key. New keys default to every business and every permission; lock them down in settings if you want.

Try: “How visible is my business in AI search?”

ChatGPT

Settings → Connectors → add a custom connector at https://scope.online/mcp → enable it in the composer tools menu. Official ChatGPT directory listing is pending.

Try: “Pull my Scope visibility report and summarize what changed this week.”

Cursor

Add to .cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scope": {
      "url": "https://scope.online/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_SCOPE_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Create keys at app.scope.online/settings/agents.

What the agent can do

See the tool reference for schemas. In plain language:

See (always free): plan and remaining checks, businesses, tracked prompts, visibility report, prompt results, citations, competitors, recommendations, readiness score.

Do (echo the receipt after): add a business, run tracked prompts, test one prompt, start/stop monitoring.

Fix (never writes to your site): draft schema/FAQ, mark a recommendation done.

Nothing publishes to your website without you.

Example workflows

1. Monday review — “Pull my Scope visibility report, compare it to last week, and summarize what changed.”
2. Readiness sprint — “Run a readiness check, pick the highest-impact fix, and draft it.”
3. Citation audit — “Which sources does ChatGPT cite when it mentions us — and which are we missing?”
4. SEO pairing — “Given this Search Console landing page and my Scope citation gaps, what should we publish next that helps both Google and AI answers?”

That last prompt is the point: the agent should treat SEO and AI visibility as one operating system.

How this compares

Profound and Peec have started publishing MCP / agent workflows. Scope’s difference is a production MCP endpoint plus a free AI visibility scan so you can see the gap before you buy. On 14 Sep 2026 ChatGPT cited Scope’s MCP URL on the MCP prompt; that is the checkable agent row versus a dashboard-first suite. Details: Scope vs Profound.

Safety and permissions

New keys default to all businesses and all grantable permissions. You can lock a key to selected businesses and turn features off without rotating the secret. A selected-business key cannot add new sites. Revoke any key from settings. See agent security.

Get started

1. Run the AI visibility checker.
2. On Growth, open agent settings and create a key. Narrow businesses or features if you want.
3. Connect Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor using the install tabs.
4. Ask: “How visible is my business in AI search — and what is the top fix?”

Your SEO program keeps running. Your agent now has the AI-recommendation layer too.

Frequently asked questions

Q: Did ChatGPT cite Scope MCP?

A: Yes, on 14 Sep 2026. For “AI visibility MCP for ChatGPT and Claude,” ChatGPT cited https://scope.online/mcp and this Learn URL. Claude omitted the same prompt. Wikipedia MCP and tranx.io/mcp were also cited.

Q: Is the official MCP registry listing live?

A: Yes. The registry name is online.scope/mcp (active). Search it at registry.modelcontextprotocol.io. The live endpoint is https://scope.online/mcp with 36 tools.

Q: Do MCP reads spend checks?

A: No. Reads spend no checks. run_scan costs one check per currently tracked prompt. check_prompt costs exactly one check. Agents never publish to your site.

Q: Does Scope MCP replace SEO tools?

A: No. Keep SEMrush, Ahrefs, or your SEO stack for Google. Scope MCP is the complementary layer for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity recommendations.