AI Brand Monitor MCP

The AI-Search brand-visibility MCP for AI agents — OAuth in 30 seconds, no API keys. Track how your brand appears in Perplexity, ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini search results directly inside Claude, Cursor, Codex, Windsurf, ChatGPT and any MCP-compatible AI client.

What this is

A Model Context Protocol server that gives any MCP-compatible AI agent a single, reliable way to measure brand visibility across the four AI-search platforms:

• 🔍 Perplexity — native Sonar search + citations
• 💬 ChatGPT — gpt-4o-search-preview with live web search
• 🧠 Claude — Claude Sonnet 4.5 with native Anthropic web_search tool
• ✨ Gemini — Gemini 2.5 Flash with Google Search grounding

What each call returns

For every brand × query × platform combination:

• 📊 Mention rate and position score (1 = AI leads with your brand, 10 = not mentioned)
• 📎 Citation detection — does the AI link to your domain?
• 😊 Sentiment — positive, neutral, or negative framing
• 🥊 Competitor co-mentions — which rivals appear in the same response?
• 🎯 GEO score (0–100) and plain-English recommendations in the run summary

Backed by a production Apify actor with OpenRouter-routed APIs, native web search on every platform, and a flat $0.08 per check.

Why use it inside an AI agent?

Traditional brand-monitoring tools live in a separate dashboard. This one lives inside the agent: Claude, Cursor, Codex or any other MCP client can plan a GEO strategy, audit a brand, diff two brands, or check weekly trends — and actually pull the data in the same turn.

Two ways to install

Not sure which one? Pick Option A. That's why it's first.

Client coverage at a glance (Option A)

Option A — Cloud MCP (OAuth, recommended)

🔗 The one URL you need

https://mcp.apify.com?tools=khadinakbar/ai-search-brand-monitor

Paste this into any MCP-compatible client. On first call, a browser tab opens, you sign into Apify, and the tools are live. No tokens. No npm install. One setting covers Claude web, Claude Desktop, Cowork, mobile apps, ChatGPT web, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code, Claude Code, Codex CLI and any other Streamable-HTTP MCP client.

New to Apify? Accounts are free and include $5 of credits — enough for ~60 brand-query checks before you pay a cent.

Claude.ai (web, Cowork, mobile, Desktop — one setting for all)

1. Open Claude → profile icon → Settings → Connectors.
2. Scroll to the bottom and click "Add custom connector".
3. Paste:

   https://mcp.apify.com?tools=khadinakbar/ai-search-brand-monitor
   

4. Click Connect. A browser tab opens for Apify OAuth. Approve it.
5. You're done — the connector works across Claude web, Desktop, Cowork and mobile apps with a single setup.

Works on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to 1 custom connector).

ChatGPT (web — Pro, Team, Enterprise, Edu)

1. Open ChatGPT → Settings → Connectors (toggle Developer Mode in Advanced settings first if you don't see it).
2. Click Create / Add custom connector.
3. Fill in:
   • Name: AI Brand Monitor
   • Description: Track brand visibility across Perplexity, ChatGPT, Claude & Gemini.
   • MCP server URL: https://mcp.apify.com?tools=khadinakbar/ai-search-brand-monitor
   • Authentication: OAuth (recommended) or Bearer with your Apify API token
4. Save. First call opens the Apify OAuth popup.

Not available on the Free plan.

Claude Desktop

Open ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows). Add:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ai-brand-monitor": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=khadinakbar/ai-search-brand-monitor"
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop. First call opens the OAuth popup.

Cursor

Either:

• One-click: click the Cursor deeplink in the Apify Store listing, or

• Manual: add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

  {
    "mcpServers": {
      "ai-brand-monitor": {
        "url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=khadinakbar/ai-search-brand-monitor"
      }
    }
  }
  

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http ai-brand-monitor \
  https://mcp.apify.com?tools=khadinakbar/ai-search-brand-monitor

VS Code

Create .vscode/mcp.json in your workspace:

{
  "servers": {
    "ai-brand-monitor": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=khadinakbar/ai-search-brand-monitor"
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Edit ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ai-brand-monitor": {
      "serverUrl": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=khadinakbar/ai-search-brand-monitor"
    }
  }
}

OpenAI Codex CLI

Edit ~/.codex/config.toml:

[mcp_servers.ai-brand-monitor]
url = "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=khadinakbar/ai-search-brand-monitor"

Option B — Self-hosted (npm)

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+
• An Apify API token (free, includes $5 credits)

Install via npx (no global install)

// Claude Desktop or any JSON config
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ai-brand-monitor": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "ai-brand-monitor-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "APIFY_TOKEN": "apify_api_xxx"
      }
    }
  }
}

Optional environment variables

Manual install (clone + build)

git clone https://github.com/khadinakbarlabs/ai-brand-monitor-mcp.git
cd ai-brand-monitor-mcp
npm install
npm run build
node dist/index.js

Tools

audit_brand_visibility

Run a comprehensive GEO audit using standard query templates — best for baselines, weekly monitoring, and before/after content measurements.

Example prompt (inside any MCP-enabled agent):

"Run a brand visibility audit for Ahrefs against Semrush and Moz in the SEO category. Pull 5 queries per platform."

check_brand_in_queries

Submit 1–10 custom questions across all four platforms — best when the user has specific prompts to test.

Example prompt:

"Ask Perplexity, ChatGPT and Claude 'What is the best tool for local-business SEO?' and tell me how often Ahr