SEO

list_backlinks

Pages linking to the site — live and lost — with anchor text, the linking page's authority, when each was first seen, and the live, lost and referring-domain totals.

readReads only. Annotated read-only, so a client can call it without asking.

Plan: Track and above
Rate cost: 1 unit
REST: GET /projects/{project_id}/seo/backlinks

Try asking

“Did we lose any backlinks this month?”

list_backlinks

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "list_backlinks",
    "arguments": {
      "project_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
      "status": "lost"
    }
  }
}

structuredContent

{
  "content": [
    {
      "type": "text",
      "text": "…the same JSON, as text…"
    }
  ],
  "structuredContent": {
    "live": 412,
    "lost": 17,
    "referring_domains": 138,
    "backlinks": [
      {
        "id": "b2c3d4e5-6f7a-4b8c-9d0e-1f2a3b4c5d6e",
        "source_url": "https://blog.example.com/best-invoicing-tools",
        "source_domain": "blog.example.com",
        "target_url": "https://acmeinvoicing.com/",
        "anchor": "Acme Invoicing",
        "authority": 312,
        "nofollow": false,
        "first_seen": "2026-08-12",
        "lost_at": null
      }
    ],
    "page": {
      "page": 1,
      "page_size": 50,
      "total": 429
    }
  },
  "isError": false
}

Arguments

Passed as the tool call's arguments.

project_idstringrequired

The project to read, from list_projects.

statusenum<string>

Only live or only lost links; omit for both.

Values:livelost

pageintegerdefault 1

Page number, from 1.

page_sizeintegerdefault 50

Rows per page, up to 100.

Result

The same object as List backlinks, returned as structured output.

liveinteger

Links seen on the latest sweep.

lostinteger

Links a sweep stopped seeing.

referring_domainsinteger

Distinct domains among the live links.

backlinksobject[]

The rows, newest first.

+Show child attributes

idstring

Backlink id.

source_urlstring

The page that links to the site.

source_domainstringnullable

That page's domain.

target_urlstring

The page it links to.

anchorstringnullable

The link's text.

authoritynumbernullable

The linking page's rank in the backlink index, 0–1000.

nofollowboolean

Whether the link carries rel=nofollow.

first_seenstringnullable

When Vidrys first recorded it. Day, as YYYY-MM-DD.

lost_atstringnullable

When a sweep stopped seeing it; null while live. Day, as YYYY-MM-DD.

pageobject

Where these rows sit in the full list.

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pageinteger

This page's number, from 1.

page_sizeinteger

Rows per page.

totalinteger

Rows across every page.

Errors

404 not_found	The project or item doesn't exist in this workspace. A project from another workspace also returns 404, never 403.
422 invalid_request	A parameter or body field is missing or has the wrong type or value. The message names the field. Also returned when a write would pass the plan's prompt limit.
401 unauthorized	No key was sent, or the key is unknown, revoked or expired, or the member who created it has left the workspace or been deactivated.
402 plan_required	The workspace's plan doesn't include API access. It's included on every plan from Track up — Solo is the one without it.
403 workspace_not_approved	The workspace is still waiting for approval, or wasn't approved.
429 rate_limited	Too many requests this minute. Wait for the number of seconds in the `Retry-After` header, then retry.

Every code, and what to retry, is in Errors.

Failures arrive as a tool error — isError: true with code: message as text. See Using the tools.