All new tools are 100% free — no paid APIs required.

• src/services/competitors.ts — analyze_competitors tool
• src/services/people-also-ask.ts — get_people_also_ask tool
• src/services/schema.ts — generate_schema tool
• src/services/indexing.ts — submit_to_google tool
• src/services/internal-links.ts — suggest_internal_links tool

• src/index.ts — upgraded from v1 to v2, all 10 tools registered
• src/prompts/blog-generator.ts — all 3 prompts upgraded with new steps
• .env.example — 4 new environment variables added

Open your .env file and add these 4 variables (all optional — tools work without them):

# Frontend URL (for internal link builder to create full post URLs)
CMS_FRONTEND_URL=https://dailyblogs.website

# Google Custom Search — analyze_competitors (free 100/day)
GOOGLE_SEARCH_API_KEY=
GOOGLE_SEARCH_CX=

# Google Indexing API — submit_to_google (free 200/day)
GOOGLE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_JSON=

Powers analyze_competitors with real Google results. Without it, DDG is used.

1. Go to console.cloud.google.com → Create or select a project
2. APIs & Services → Library → Search "Custom Search API" → Enable
3. APIs & Services → Credentials → + Create Credentials → API Key → Copy it → paste into GOOGLE_SEARCH_API_KEY
4. Go to cse.google.com/cse/all → click Add
5. Under "Sites to search" type *.com → Click Create
6. Click Edit search engine → Setup tab → Copy the Search engine ID → paste into GOOGLE_SEARCH_CX

Free: 100 queries/day. No credit card needed.

Powers submit_to_google — pings Google immediately after every blog publish.

1. Go to console.cloud.google.com → same project as above
2. APIs & Services → Library → Search "Indexing API" → Enable
3. IAM & Admin → Service Accounts → + Create Service Account
4. Name it anything (e.g. mcp-indexing) → Click Done
5. Click on the service account → Keys tab → Add Key → Create new key → JSON
6. A .json file downloads to your computer — open it with Notepad

Copy the entire contents of the downloaded .json file and paste it as the value of GOOGLE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_JSON:

GOOGLE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_JSON={"type":"service_account","project_id":"...","private_key_id":"...","private_key":"-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----\n...\n-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----\n","client_email":"mcp-indexing@your-project.iam.gserviceaccount.com",...}

1. Go to search.google.com/search-console
2. Select your website property (dailyblogs.website)
3. Settings → Users and permissions → Add User
4. Paste the client_email from your JSON file (looks like mcp-indexing@yourproject.iam.gserviceaccount.com)
5. Set role to Owner → Click Add

Free: 200 URL submissions/day. Resets midnight Pacific Time.

# Inside: C:\Users\Sohail Shabbir\Desktop\MCP blogs server
npm run build

Then restart Claude Desktop so the updated MCP server loads.

In Claude Desktop, test each new tool:

Use analyze_competitors with keyword: "node.js tutorial 2025"

Use get_people_also_ask with topic: "MERN stack"

Use generate_schema with title: "Test", description: "Test desc", content: "<h1>Test</h1><p>Content here.</p>"

STEP 1    get_keyword_trends         Pick primary + secondary keywords
STEP 2    analyze_competitors        Find content gaps + mandatory headings
STEP 3    get_people_also_ask        Get real FAQ questions + faqHtml
STEP 4    search_web (Round 1)       Research facts + statistics
STEP 5    search_web (Round 2)       More data + expert opinions
STEP 6    analyze_seo (blueprint)    SEO title + meta + LSI keywords
          [Write 2000+ word blog]    Uses all data from Steps 1-6
STEP 7    analyze_seo (audit)        Auto-fix until score 75+ and 2000+ words
STEP 8    generate_schema            Auto JSON-LD + embed in blog
STEP 9    suggest_internal_links     Add links to your existing posts
STEP 10   generate_images            3 unique images
STEP 11   publish_blog               Publish to your CMS
STEP 12   submit_to_google           Ping Google Indexing API

Just provide a topic — the server handles every step automatically.