semrush

Business

Research SEO, PPC, and competitive intelligence with SEMrush's marketing toolkit.

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How to use this skill

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Prompt to paste

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Source SKILL.md: https://github.com/majiayu000/claude-skill-registry/blob/HEAD/skills/marketing/semrush/SKILL.md

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SEMrush Skill

Research SEO, PPC, and competitive intelligence with SEMrush's marketing toolkit.

Quick Install

curl -sSL https://canifi.com/skills/semrush/install.sh | bash

Or manually:

cp -r skills/semrush ~/.canifi/skills/

Setup

Configure via canifi-env:

# First, ensure canifi-env is installed:
# curl -sSL https://canifi.com/install.sh | bash

canifi-env set SEMRUSH_API_KEY "your_api_key"

Privacy & Authentication

Your credentials, your choice. Canifi LifeOS respects your privacy.

Option 1: Manual Browser Login (Recommended)

If you prefer not to share credentials with Claude Code:

Complete the Browser Automation Setup using CDP mode
Login to the service manually in the Playwright-controlled Chrome window
Claude will use your authenticated session without ever seeing your password

Option 2: Environment Variables

If you're comfortable sharing credentials, you can store them locally:

canifi-env set SERVICE_EMAIL "your-email"
canifi-env set SERVICE_PASSWORD "your-password"

Note: Credentials stored in canifi-env are only accessible locally on your machine and are never transmitted.

Capabilities

Keyword Research: Discover keywords with volume and difficulty
Site Audit: Analyze technical SEO issues
Backlink Analysis: Research backlink profiles
Competitive Research: Analyze competitor strategies
Position Tracking: Monitor search rankings

Usage Examples

Keyword Research

User: "Find keywords related to 'digital marketing'"
Assistant: Returns keywords with volume and difficulty

Site Audit

User: "Run an SEO audit on my website"
Assistant: Returns technical SEO issues and recommendations

Check Backlinks

User: "Show me backlinks for competitor.com"
Assistant: Returns backlink profile analysis

Track Rankings

User: "Where do I rank for 'marketing automation'?"
Assistant: Returns current position and history

Authentication Flow

Get API key from SEMrush account
Use API key in request parameters
Credits consumed per request
Different endpoints use different credits

Error Handling

Error	Cause	Solution
401 Unauthorized	Invalid API key	Verify API key
403 Forbidden	No credits	Purchase more credits
404 Not Found	No data found	Try different query
429 Rate Limited	Too many requests	Wait and retry

Notes

All-in-one marketing toolkit
Credit-based API pricing
40+ SEO tools included
Competitive intelligence
PPC and advertising data
Content marketing tools