How do I connect Ahrefs to Operator?

You authorize Ahrefs once from your Operator dashboard. Operator holds the connection and refreshes the access token for you, so your agent keeps working with Ahrefs without you signing in again.

Can my agent publish and schedule content in Ahrefs?

Yes. It can draft posts, schedule them, and read back how they did once they are live. A common loop is draft, review, schedule, and publish, where you approve the copy and the agent handles the timing and the posting in Ahrefs.

Do I need to write code or manage Ahrefs API keys?

No code and no API keys. You authorize Ahrefs through a normal sign in and Operator handles the connection, so there is nothing to wire up or host.

Can my agent use Ahrefs together with my other apps?

Yes. The same agent reaches every app you connect, so it can move between Ahrefs and tools like Sendgrid, Active campaign, Benchmark email in one job, reading from one and acting in another without you wiring anything between them.

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Connect Ahrefs to OpenClaw on Operator.io

Ahrefs is an SEO and marketing platform for site audits, keyword research, and competitor insights. It helps you improve search rankings and drive organic traffic.

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Operator puts an OpenClaw agent in front of Ahrefs. You describe the job from Telegram or Discord and it handles the rest inside Ahrefs, picking the right calls from the 40 Ahrefs actions and checking its own work as it goes.

Your agent reaches Ahrefs directly or through connectors like Composio MCP and Pipedream MCP, which handle the sign in and token refresh for you, so there is nothing to wire up and no API keys to paste.

What your agent can do with Ahrefs

Your agent can call any of these Ahrefs actions by name as part of a larger task. Ask for the outcome you want and it picks the right ones.

Backlinks stats retrieval

Retrieves comprehensive backlink statistics for a specified website or URL using Ahrefs' Site Explorer tool. This endpoint provides crucial data for SEO analysis, including the total number of backlinks, referring domains, and potentiall...

Batch Url Analysis

Performs a batch analysis on multiple URLs or domains using Ahrefs' powerful SEO metrics. This endpoint allows users to retrieve key SEO data for up to 100 targets simultaneously, streamlining the process of analyzing multiple websites o...

Domain rating for site explorer

Retrieves the Domain Rating (DR) for a specified domain. Domain Rating is an Ahrefs metric that measures the strength and authority of a website's backlink profile on a logarithmic scale from 0 to 100. This endpoint should be used when y...

Domain rating history

Retrieves the historical Domain Rating (DR) data for a specified domain over time. This endpoint is part of Ahrefs' Site Explorer tool and provides insights into how a domain's authority has changed. It's useful for tracking the impact o...

Explore keywords overview

Retrieves a comprehensive overview of keyword data from Ahrefs' Keywords Explorer tool. This endpoint provides essential insights for SEO professionals and content strategists, offering a summary of key metrics such as search volume, key...

Explore keyword volume by country

Retrieves the search volume data for specified keywords across different countries using Ahrefs' Keywords Explorer tool. This endpoint allows users to obtain accurate search volume information, helping in keyword research and content str...

Explore linked domains of a site

Retrieves a list of external domains that the specified target website or URL links to, using Ahrefs' Site Explorer functionality. This endpoint is crucial for analyzing a website's external linking structure, which can provide insights...

Explore matching terms for keywords

The keywords_explorer_matching_terms endpoint retrieves a list of keyword phrases that match or contain the specified keyword from Ahrefs' vast database. This tool is part of Ahrefs' Keyword Explorer functionality and is designed to assi...

Fetch all backlinks

Retrieves a comprehensive list of backlinks for a specified website or URL using Ahrefs' Site Explorer tool. This endpoint provides detailed information about the backlink profile of the target, including the source URLs, link attributes...

Fetch broken backlinks data

Retrieves a list of broken backlinks for a specified website using Ahrefs' Site Explorer tool. This endpoint helps identify and analyze backlinks that are no longer functional, potentially affecting the website's SEO performance. It shou...

Fetch competitors overview

Retrieves a comprehensive overview of competitor data in relation to keyword rankings and organic search performance. This endpoint is part of Ahrefs' Rank Tracker feature and provides a comparative analysis of your website against multi...

Fetch rank tracker overview

The GetRankTrackerOverview endpoint retrieves a comprehensive summary of keyword rankings and SEO performance data from Ahrefs' Rank Tracker tool. It provides a high-level overview of a website's ranking positions, SERP features, and per...

Fetch site explorer referring domains

Retrieves a list of domains that have backlinks pointing to a specified target website. This endpoint is essential for conducting comprehensive backlink analysis, allowing users to identify and evaluate the sources of incoming links to t...

Fetch total search volume history

Retrieves the historical total search volume data for specified keywords using Ahrefs' Site Explorer tool. This endpoint allows users to track and analyze the search popularity trends of specific terms over time, which is crucial for SEO...

Get serp overview

Retrieves a comprehensive overview of Search Engine Results Pages (SERP) data for specified keywords or queries. This endpoint provides valuable insights into search performance, including historical data, search intent analysis, and det...

Get site audit projects

Retrieves a list of Site Audit projects associated with the authenticated Ahrefs account. This endpoint allows users to access and manage their Site Audit projects, which are essential for identifying technical and on-page SEO issues acr...

Get site explorer country metrics

Retrieves country-specific Site Explorer metrics for a given website from Ahrefs. This endpoint provides valuable insights into a website's performance across different countries, including data on organic traffic, keyword rankings, and...

Get site explorer linked anchors external

The site-explorer-linked-anchors-external endpoint retrieves data about external anchor texts linking to a specified target website. This tool is essential for analyzing the backlink profile of a domain, understanding the context in whic...

Get url rating history

Retrieves the historical URL Rating data for a specified URL over time. This endpoint provides insights into how a URL's SEO strength has changed, allowing users to track the impact of their SEO efforts or analyze competitors' URL perfor...

Linked anchors explorer

Retrieves information about internal linked anchors for a specified website using the Ahrefs API. This endpoint provides data on anchor text used in internal links and the number of outgoing links associated with each anchor. It's partic...

List best by external links

The 'get_best_by_external_links' endpoint retrieves a list of pages from a specified website, ranked by the number of external links pointing to them. This tool is essential for identifying the most authoritative and popular pages on a d...

Pages by traffic overview

Retrieves a list of pages from a specified website, ordered by their estimated organic search traffic. This endpoint is part of the Ahrefs Site Explorer tool and provides valuable insights into which pages on a website are performing wel...

Retrieve anchor data

Retrieves anchor text data for a specified website or URL using Ahrefs' Site Explorer tool. This endpoint provides valuable insights into the anchor text distribution of backlinks pointing to the target URL or domain. It helps SEO profes...

Retrieve best by internal links

Retrieves data on the best-performing internal links within a specified website using Ahrefs' Site Explorer feature. This endpoint analyzes the internal link structure of the target site and returns a list of the most effective internal...

Retrieve crawler ip ranges

Retrieves the list of IP address ranges used by Ahrefs' web crawler (AhrefsBot). This endpoint provides essential information for website administrators to identify and potentially whitelist Ahrefs' crawler traffic. Use this endpoint whe...

Retrieve organic competitors

The GetOrganicCompetitors endpoint in the Ahrefs API provides a comprehensive analysis of websites competing for organic search rankings with a specified target domain. It identifies and ranks competitors based on their keyword overlap a...

Retrieve organic keywords

Retrieves organic keywords data for a specified website using Ahrefs' Site Explorer tool. This endpoint provides valuable insights into a website's SEO performance by returning a list of keywords for which the site ranks in organic searc...

Retrieve outlinks stats

Retrieves comprehensive statistics about outgoing links (outlinks) from a specified website using Ahrefs' Site Explorer tool. This endpoint provides valuable insights into a website's external linking practices, which is crucial for SEO...

Retrieve paid pages data

Retrieves information about paid pages (PPC advertising) for a specified website using Ahrefs' Site Explorer tool. This endpoint provides valuable insights into a website's paid search strategy, including the keywords they're targeting,...

Retrieve public crawler ips

Retrieves a list of IP addresses currently used by AhrefsBot, Ahrefs' web crawler. This endpoint provides essential information for webmasters and SEO professionals who want to verify the authenticity of requests coming from Ahrefs or ma...

Retrieve related terms

The keywords_explorer_related_terms endpoint retrieves a list of related terms for a given keyword using Ahrefs' extensive keyword database. This tool is essential for expanding keyword research, finding new content ideas, and identifyin...

Retrieve site explorer keywords history

Retrieves historical keyword performance data for a specified website or domain using Ahrefs' Site Explorer. This endpoint provides insights into how keywords have performed over time, including changes in rankings, search volume, and po...

Retrieve site explorer metrics

The GetSiteExplorerMetrics endpoint retrieves comprehensive SEO metrics for a specified website using Ahrefs' Site Explorer tool. It provides crucial data such as backlink profile, referring pages, organic keyword rankings, and various o...

Retrieve site explorer metrics history

Retrieves historical SEO metrics data for a specified website over a given time period. This endpoint is part of the Ahrefs Site Explorer tool and provides valuable insights into a website's performance trends. It should be used when ana...

Retrieve site explorer pages history

The get_site_explorer_pages_history endpoint retrieves historical data about specific pages or domains from Ahrefs' Site Explorer. It tracks changes in SEO performance over time, including backlinks, organic traffic, and visibility. Use...

Retrieve site explorer referring domains history

Retrieves the historical data of referring domains for a specified website or URL over time. This endpoint is part of Ahrefs' Site Explorer tool and provides valuable insights into the growth or decline of a website's backlink profile. I...

Retrieve subscription limits and usage

Retrieves detailed information about the current subscription limits and usage for an Ahrefs account. This endpoint provides essential data to monitor API consumption, track remaining credits or rows, and manage subscription usage effect...

Retrieve top pages from site explorer

Retrieves data about the top-performing pages of a specified website using Ahrefs' Site Explorer tool. This endpoint provides valuable insights into a site's most successful content based on various SEO metrics. It's particularly useful...

Retrieve volume history

Retrieves the historical search volume data for a specified keyword using Ahrefs' Keywords Explorer tool. This endpoint provides valuable insights into how the popularity of a keyword has changed over time, allowing users to analyze tren...

Search suggestions explorer

Retrieves search suggestions for a given keyword or phrase using Ahrefs' Keywords Explorer tool. This endpoint provides autocomplete-style suggestions that can help uncover related keywords, long-tail variations, and potential content id...

How to connect Ahrefs

You authorize Ahrefs once from your dashboard. Operator holds the connection and refreshes the access tokens on its own, so your agent keeps working with Ahrefs without you signing in again. The same setup unlocks every other app your agent can reach, so you only do it once.

When you are ready, the get started guide walks through standing up your OpenClaw agent.

Common questions about Ahrefs

How do I connect Ahrefs to Operator?: You authorize Ahrefs once from your Operator dashboard. Operator holds the connection and refreshes the access token for you, so your agent keeps working with Ahrefs without you signing in again.
Can my agent publish and schedule content in Ahrefs?: Yes. It can draft posts, schedule them, and read back how they did once they are live. A common loop is draft, review, schedule, and publish, where you approve the copy and the agent handles the timing and the posting in Ahrefs.
Do I need to write code or manage Ahrefs API keys?: No code and no API keys. You authorize Ahrefs through a normal sign in and Operator handles the connection, so there is nothing to wire up or host.
Can my agent use Ahrefs together with my other apps?: Yes. The same agent reaches every app you connect, so it can move between Ahrefs and tools like Sendgrid, Active campaign, Benchmark email in one job, reading from one and acting in another without you wiring anything between them.