Read your site. Forge your next ten articles. With briefs.
VarynForge is an SEO research SaaS that exposes its full workflow as MCP tools. Connect once from Claude Desktop, Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, or any MCP-compatible host — then ask your agent to set up a project, hand it your article ideas, and forge writer-ready briefs the host agent uses as its writing prompt.
- Free tier: forge briefs from your own ideas, 10/day
- Paid tier: run research to discover data-backed keyword opportunities and ranked competitor pages, then forge briefs from them. From $75/mo.
- 30+ tools across projects, research runs, keywords, clusters, competitors, content plans, briefs, and writer guidance
- OAuth-secured (Better Auth) — no API keys to manage
🔗 Landing page + install snippets · Pricing · Marketing site
https://app.varynforge.com/api/mcp
Streamable HTTP transport. OAuth 2.1 with dynamic client registration. On first tool call from your host, a browser window opens to sign in once.
Built-in Connectors UI — no config file needed.
- Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Connectors
- Click Add custom connector
- Paste the URL:
https://app.varynforge.com/api/mcp
Or paste this into claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"varynforge": {
"url": "https://app.varynforge.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}claude mcp add --transport http varynforge https://app.varynforge.com/api/mcpcodex mcp add varynforge --url https://app.varynforge.com/api/mcpIf this is the first MCP server in Codex, you may need to enable the experimental_use_rmcp_client flag in ~/.codex/config.toml.
One-click install — open this URL in Cursor:
cursor://anysphere.cursor-deeplink/mcp/install?name=varynforge&config=eyJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2FwcC52YXJ5bmZvcmdlLmNvbS9hcGkvbWNwIn0=
Or paste this into .cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"varynforge": {
"url": "https://app.varynforge.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}One-click install:
https://insiders.vscode.dev/redirect/mcp/install?name=varynforge&config=%7B%22type%22%3A%22http%22%2C%22url%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fapp.varynforge.com%2Fapi%2Fmcp%22%7D
create_project— Create a new project from a website URL or niche description. Returns immediately; niche analysis and asset mapping run asynchronously.list_projects— List all projects for the authenticated operator.get_project— Get one project's niche profile, target audience, and research status.get_project_asset— Get the asset (website / product) associated with a project.get_project_overview— At-a-glance read on a project — niche summary, keyword stats, top-priority suggestions.update_niche— Update a niche profile (name, industry, language, country).
start_research_run— Trigger a research run (paid; one credit).get_research_status— Poll the latest run — runId, status, progress percent, elapsed seconds, last error.
list_keywords— List keywords tracked for a project — text, difficulty, intent, volume bucket.get_keyword_detail— Get a keyword's ranking pages and related project keywords.list_opportunities— List ranked content opportunity clusters. Goal filters:fast_wins,high_intent,authority_building,competitor_gap.get_opportunity_detail— Get a cluster's top-20 keywords, top-10 pages, top-5 podium, linked suggestions.
list_competitors— List companies tracked as competitors for a project.get_competitor_detail— Company detail in a project context — top pages, top keywords.set_competitor_importance— Mark a competitor important / default / ignored.add_competitor_by_domain— Add a competitor by domain (e.g. example.com).
list_pages— List ranked pages tracked for a project.get_page_dossier— Page dossier — title, URL, target keywords, content analysis, rankings.
list_article_suggestions— List article suggestions in a project's content plan.get_article_suggestion— Get an article suggestion's details and brief availability.add_article_suggestion— Add a bare article suggestion (title + optional intent).create_article_suggestion_with_input— Free-tier path: create a brief-ready suggestion from your own input (title, keywords, intent, audience, angle).delete_article_suggestion— Delete an article suggestion and its brief.update_article_status— Move an article throughplanned→generating_brief→brief_ready→out_for_writing→monitoring.create_content_plan_from_opportunities— Harvest top-30 opportunity clusters from a completed research run into a content plan.
generate_article_brief— Forge a writer-ready brief. Idempotent: returns the existing brief without consuming quota; passforce: trueto regenerate. Free: 10/day. Paid: unlimited.get_article_brief— Get the full brief. Passcompact=trueto dropreferenceArticles; editorial fields stay populated.download_brief_markdown— Get the brief assembled as inline markdown (≤8K chars) for the host agent to use as a writing prompt.
get_instructions— VarynForge workflow guide for the host agent (free vs paid paths, token-economy rules, walls).get_account_status— Current plan, limits, locked tools, upgrade URL, plans summary.get_writer_system_prompt— Writer system prompt the host agent loads before drafting articles.
Paywalled tools and rate limits never throw a generic error. They return a structured payload your agent reads directly:
{
"error_code": "PAYMENT_REQUIRED",
"reason": "Research runs require a paid plan",
"remaining": 0,
"reset_at": null,
"upgrade_url": "https://app.varynforge.com/pricing?utm_source=mcp&utm_medium=tool_wall",
"upgrade_rationale": "...",
"what_unlocks": "Data-backed keyword opportunities, competitor pages, content plans",
"alternative_free_actions": ["create_article_suggestion_with_input", "..."]
}This lets your host agent surface the next step verbatim — including five alternative free actions when applicable.
seo · content · keyword-research · briefs · agent-tools · ai-writing
- Official MCP Registry:
com.varynforge/server - Glama: glama.ai/mcp/connectors/com.varynforge/server
- Marketing landing page: www.varynforge.com/mcp
This repo is intentionally documentation-only — a public landing surface for catalog moderators and host operators. The MCP server itself is a hosted service at the endpoint above; the implementation lives in the (closed-source) varyn-forge application.
For source-of-truth listing copy (for catalog submissions), see varyn-marketing/public/mcp-listing-content.md.
- Open an issue on this repo for catalog metadata corrections or install guide bugs.
- Product questions / billing:
hello@varynforge.com.
© VarynForge. Hosted MCP server is proprietary; this documentation repo is freely linkable and quotable.