How do I get a ContentKing API Key?

Log in to ContentKing, go to **Account Settings > API**, and click **Create API Key**. Copy the key and paste it into the field below.

Can the agent make changes to my SEO settings?

No. The integration operates in read-only mode. It reads metrics, lists alerts, and retrieves data for analysis, but cannot modify any SEO settings or configurations.

What types of metrics can I check?

You can fetch domain health scores, tracked URL counts, active alerts by severity, page load times, and summaries of issues found during the latest crawls.

ContentKing MCP Server for Claude Desktop 10 tools — connect in under 2 minutes

Name: ContentKing
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Author: Vinkius

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Claude Desktop is Anthropic's native application for interacting with Claude AI models on macOS and Windows. It was the first consumer application to ship with built-in MCP support, making it the reference implementation for the Model Context Protocol standard.

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Classic Setup·json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "contentking": {
      // Your Vinkius token. get it at cloud.vinkius.com
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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About ContentKing MCP Server

Integrate your AI with ContentKing, the real-time SEO auditing and monitoring platform.

Claude Desktop is the definitive way to connect ContentKing to your AI workflow. Add Vinkius Edge URL to your config, restart the app, and Claude immediately exposes all 10 tools in the chat interface. ask a question, Claude calls the right tool, and you see the answer. Zero code, zero context switching.

What you can do

Site Audits — Review crawled pages and identify active SEO risks or technical errors instantly.
Change Monitoring — Get summaries of recent alerts or infrastructure changes impacting SEO.
Metric Retrieval — Fetch health scores and page-level data for your reporting workflows.

The ContentKing MCP Server exposes 10 tools through the Vinkius. Connect it to Claude Desktop in under two minutes — no API keys to rotate, no infrastructure to provision, no vendor lock-in. Your configuration, your data, your control.

How to Connect ContentKing to Claude Desktop via MCP

Follow these steps to integrate the ContentKing MCP Server with Claude Desktop.

Open Claude Desktop Settings

Go to Settings → Developer → Edit Config to open claude_desktop_config.json

Add the MCP Server

Paste the configuration above into the mcpServers section

Restart Claude Desktop

Close and reopen Claude Desktop to load the new server

Start using ContentKing

Look for the 🔌 icon in the chat. your 10 tools are now available

Why Use Claude Desktop with the ContentKing MCP Server

Claude Desktop by Anthropic provides unique advantages when paired with ContentKing through the Model Context Protocol.

Claude Desktop is the reference MCP client. it was designed alongside the protocol itself, ensuring the most complete and stable MCP implementation available

Zero-code configuration: add a server URL to a JSON file and Claude instantly discovers and exposes all available tools in the chat interface

Claude's extended thinking capability lets it reason through multi-step tool usage, chaining multiple API calls to answer complex questions

Enterprise-grade security with local config storage. your tokens never leave your machine, and connections go directly to Vinkius Edge network

ContentKing + Claude Desktop Use Cases

Practical scenarios where Claude Desktop combined with the ContentKing MCP Server delivers measurable value.

Interactive data exploration: ask Claude to query DNS records, look up WHOIS data, and cross-reference results in a single conversation

Ad-hoc security audits: type a domain name and let Claude enumerate subdomains, check DNS history, and flag configuration anomalies. all through natural language

Executive briefings: generate comprehensive domain intelligence reports by asking Claude to compile findings into a formatted summary

Learning and training: new team members can explore API capabilities conversationally without needing to read documentation

ContentKing MCP Tools for Claude Desktop (10)

These 10 tools become available when you connect ContentKing to Claude Desktop via MCP:

get_active_alerts

Get active monitoring alerts for a website

get_issue_details

Get details for a specific SEO issue

get_portfolio_summary

Get a high-level health summary across all websites

get_website_health

Get current health score and status for a website

list_monitored_pages

List monitoring data for pages on a website

list_seo_issues

List SEO issues for a website

list_websites

List all websites monitored in ContentKing

notify_page_update

Notify ContentKing of page updates to trigger re-crawl

notify_sitemap_update

Notify ContentKing that a sitemap has been updated

search_pages_by_url

Search for monitored pages by URL keyword

Example Prompts for ContentKing in Claude Desktop

Ready-to-use prompts you can give your Claude Desktop agent to start working with ContentKing immediately.

"Get the current health score for 'vinkius.com'."

"List all critical alerts for meta tag changes today."

"Give me a high-level summary of the health of all my monitored websites."

Troubleshooting ContentKing MCP Server with Claude Desktop

Common issues when connecting ContentKing to Claude Desktop through the Vinkius, and how to resolve them.

Server not appearing after restart

Ensure the JSON is valid (no trailing commas). Check the file path: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\\Claude\\ (Windows).

Authentication error

Verify your Vinkius token is correct. Go to cloud.vinkius.com to regenerate it if needed.

Tools not showing in chat

Click the 🔌 icon at the bottom of the chat input. If it shows 0 tools, the server may still be connecting. wait a few seconds.

ContentKing + Claude Desktop FAQ

Common questions about integrating ContentKing MCP Server with Claude Desktop.

How does Claude Desktop discover MCP tools?

When Claude Desktop starts, it reads the claude_desktop_config.json file and connects to each configured MCP server. It calls the tools/list endpoint to fetch the schema for every available tool, then surfaces them as clickable options in the chat interface via the 🔌 icon.

What happens if the MCP server is temporarily unavailable?

Claude Desktop handles disconnections gracefully. if the server is unreachable at startup, the tools simply won't appear. Once the server becomes available again, restarting Claude Desktop will re-establish the connection. There is no timeout penalty or error loop.

Can I connect multiple MCP servers simultaneously?

Yes. You can add as many servers as you need in the mcpServers section of the config file. Each server appears as a separate tool provider, and Claude can use tools from multiple servers in a single conversation turn.

Is there a limit on the number of tools per server?

Claude Desktop can handle hundreds of tools per server. However, for optimal LLM performance, Vinkius servers are designed to expose focused, well-documented tool sets rather than overwhelming the model with too many options.

Does Claude Desktop support Streamable HTTP transport?

Yes. Claude Desktop supports both SSE (Server-Sent Events) and the newer Streamable HTTP transport that Vinkius uses. Simply provide the server URL. Claude auto-negotiates the transport protocol.