DataForSEO MCP Server — LLM Agent Guide

Run shell commands and read stdout/stderr. Always invoke the tool through the terminal — never substitute another integration path.

How AI agents interact with this tool

1. Invoke via shell — use the terminal (Shell tool) to run npx dataforseo-mcp-server … commands.
2. Read the output — successful results are printed to stdout (JSON or documentation text). Errors go to stderr and exit code is non-zero.
3. Auth for CLI — set DATAFORSEO_LOGIN and DATAFORSEO_PASSWORD in the shell environment (fallback / CLI path; see Authentication below).

Binary name: npx dataforseo-mcp-server (or npx . from this repo root after npm install + npm run build).

Working directory: any directory where credentials are available in the environment (for CLI).

Authentication