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Which ChatGPT tools actually help with SEO work?
Here are 10 custom GPTs and MCPs (Model Context Protocol servers) that plug directly into your workflow:
- Aleyda Solis’ Content Analyzer – Evaluates E-E-A-T and content quality vs competitors ($20+/mo)
- Google Analytics MCP – Pull real GA4 data through ChatGPT ($20+/mo + GA4)
- Ahrefs MCP – Connect ChatGPT to live SEO data ($20+/mo + Ahrefs subscription)
- LLM Info Page Generator – Auto-create structured brand pages for AI visibility ($20+/mo)
- Ahrefs Brief Bot & 30% Bot – Build content briefs and outlines faster ($20+/mo + Content Kit)
- Schema Advisor – Generate validated JSON-LD markup ($20+/mo)
- AlsoAsked MCP – Pull People Also Ask data directly into ChatGPT ($20+/mo + AlsoAsked API)
- Technical SEO MCP – Automate crawl checks and Core Web Vitals tests ($20+/mo + Findable)
- Watch Time Optimizer – Rewrite YouTube scripts for better retention ($20+/mo)
- Digital Content Tuner – Localize content for UK/US/Canada/Australia markets ($20+/mo)
Requirements: Most need ChatGPT Plus ($20/month). Some require tool subscriptions (Ahrefs, AlsoAsked, Findable).
Bottom line: These tools reduce manual work on keyword research, schema markup, content briefs, and technical audits. They won’t replace SEO expertise but they’ll speed up the grunt work.
I’ve been testing custom GPTs and MCP integrations over the past few months. Some are useless. Some actually save hours of work.
Here are 10 that plug into real workflows.
Aleyda Solis’ Content Helpfulness Analyzer
Aleyda Solis built this custom GPT to evaluate how well pages meet Google’s quality criteria.
You drop in a URL and target keyword. It returns a structured assessment covering helpfulness, expertise, relevance, content depth, and production quality.
Think of it as an E-E-A-T audit that gives specific improvement suggestions like adding interactivity, updating stale sections, or improving real-world examples.
I tested it on a few client pages that were stuck on page 2. The analyzer flagged missing expert quotes, outdated statistics, and thin explanations compared to competitors.
When to use it:
- Compare your content against competitor pages ranking above you
- Find specific gaps holding back rankings (outdated info, weak explanations)
- Strengthen E-E-A-T signals before publishing new content
- Prioritize which pages to update first
If you want SERP-specific recommendations, Ahrefs’ AI Content Helper shows you entities and topics from top-ranking pages. You supply your keyword and URL, select search intent, and get a list of topic gaps in your article.
Then toggle “Highlights” to see which sentences need enriching.
Cost: ChatGPT Plus ($20/month)
Google Analytics MCP
The Google Analytics MCP lets ChatGPT pull real GA4 data on command.
Instead of wrestling with GA4’s interface (which everyone hates), you set it up once, then ask questions and get analytics pulled from the GA Data API.
ProAnalytics used it to analyze conversion behavior across traffic sources. They asked ChatGPT to break down add-to-cart → purchase rates by source/medium.
Found their best and worst performing channels instantly: Facebook Business/Referral was crushing it, Direct/No Medium was terrible.
They went deeper and identified which products were causing cart abandonment: cameras (Canon EOS 5D) and MP3 players (iPod Shuffle).
Useful prompts:
- “Which landing pages get the most traffic but highest bounce rates?” (finds pages that rank but fail to engage)
- “Show me organic search traffic trends vs paid over the last quarter” (measures sustainability of organic visibility)
- “What are the most common navigation paths before conversion?” (helps with internal linking decisions)
- “Which content keeps users engaged the longest?” (spots high-performing pages to model)
- “What countries are contributing most to traffic growth?” (guides international targeting)
Cost: ChatGPT Plus ($20/month) + GA4 (free, or $50K/year for GA360)
[IMAGE: Screenshot showing ChatGPT interface with GA4 data query and results table]
Ahrefs MCP
Until recently, AI assistants could only guess traffic stats based on outdated training data.
With Ahrefs MCP, ChatGPT and Claude have instant access to real SEO data.
No more exporting CSVs or copying keywords into spreadsheets. You chat to the actual data like you’re talking to an SEO consultant.
Questions I’ve asked:
- “What keywords am I closest to ranking for but not yet winning?”
- “Which competitor pages are stealing my traffic and why?”
- “What quick wins could boost organic traffic this month?”
- “Which pages should I update first for biggest ranking lift?”
Chris Long from Nectiv did something clever with it. Instead of manually clustering competitor keywords in spreadsheets, he uploaded files and asked AI to “make sense of everything.”
It grouped thousands of keywords into topic clusters, ranked by traffic potential, and produced a bubble chart showing “easy wins” versus “high value” categories.
This would normally take hours. With Ahrefs MCP it took minutes.
Useful prompts:
- “Show me 20 pages on [domain] losing organic traffic, ranking for low-difficulty keywords, whose top keyword doesn’t trigger AI Overview”
- “What keywords is [domain] ranking for in positions 4-10 with search volume over 1,000?” (quick wins)
- “Give me 50 keyword ideas related to [topic] with volume 500-5,000 and difficulty under 30”
- “Which pages on my site have most internal links, and are important pages being under-linked?”
Pro tip: Start prompts with “Please use the Ahrefs MCP to…” so ChatGPT actually calls the API instead of hallucinating data.
Cost: ChatGPT Plus ($20/month) + Ahrefs subscription ($129-$449/month)
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LLM Info Page Generator
Some companies are experimenting with LLM info pages – structured web pages that give AI models clear brand information.
The theory: these pages get cited more frequently and accurately by AI assistants.
Steve Toth from Notebook Agency built the Info Page Generator to auto-create these.
You send it your domain. It returns a structured brand information page with official details, service offerings, client portfolio, competitive advantages, and more.
I tested it with a client’s domain. It pulled accurate details from throughout their site plus off-site mentions.
An interesting feature: it includes explicit instructions to AI assistants – almost like prompt injection – to guide how they should describe the brand.
When to use it:
- Create a “source of truth” for AI to pull accurate brand info
- Increase chances of being cited by AI tools (structured pages are easier to parse)
- Control how AI describes your company in responses
- Track visibility of a single URL across AI platforms
Marketing is trial and error. Even if LLM info pages don’t work perfectly, having this tool helps you test what moves the needle for AI visibility.
Cost: ChatGPT Plus ($20/month)
Ahrefs Brief Bot & 30% Bot
Ryan Law (Ahrefs’ Director of Content) built three custom GPTs: Brief Bot, 30% Bot, and 90% Bot.
They’re based on his AI content creation workflow from the Ahrefs Podcast.
Brief Bot asks simple questions about your content idea after you supply keyword, headline, and goal.
I tested it with “vibe marketing” as my keyword. It walked me through audience, angle, search intent, and structure.
You can paste in recommendations from Ahrefs’ AI Content Helper, which shows entities, keywords, and intent from top-ranking pages.
Brief Bot doesn’t do heavy lifting. It guides you to think about content correctly.
Once you’ve answered questions, you get a brief. Take it to the 30% Bot for a full outline.
This outline follows writing best practices like PAS introductions (Problem → Agitate → Solution) and BLUF paragraphs (Bottom Line Up Front).
It opens in ChatGPT Canvas so you can highlight, comment, and chat about edits.
Then the 90% Bot turns that outline into a first draft.
When to use it:
- Turn vague content ideas into structured briefs when topic feels fuzzy
- Build briefs for freelance writers at scale (saves 30-45 minutes per brief)
- Refine underperforming articles by rethinking angle and structure
- Create consistent outlines for content hubs or themed series
Cost: ChatGPT Plus ($20/month) + Ahrefs Content Kit add-on ($99/month) for AI Content Helper access
Schema Advisor
Amanda Jordan built the Schema Advisor – a custom GPT trained on Schema.org and trusted SEO guides.
It helps create accurate, ready-to-use structured data for any webpage.
Hand it a URL or domain. It identifies the most relevant Schema.org type (BlogPosting, Product, SoftwareApplication, etc).
Then generates clean, validated JSON-LD markup you can drop straight into your site.
Each recommendation includes explanations so you understand what every schema type and property means – and why it matters for SEO.
It also flags missing or weak elements like absent logos or incomplete metadata before they cause problems.
When to use it:
- Troubleshoot rich result drops (FAQs, how-tos, product snippets disappeared)
- Clean up messy or outdated structured data across your site
- Validate schema before launching new pages
- Standardize schema across large sites (hundreds of URLs)
I’ve used it to audit client sites where rich results suddenly disappeared. Usually finds incorrect properties or deprecated types causing the issue.
Cost: ChatGPT Plus ($20/month)
AlsoAsked MCP
Metehan Yeşilyurt built an MCP integration for AlsoAsked that pulls real-time People Also Ask data into ChatGPT or Claude.
It returns full PAA question trees with follow-ups and deeper branches. You can map search intent the way users actually explore topics.
Useful for researching intent, comparing how questions change across regions, and uncovering content gaps.
If you do PAA research, local SEO, or multi-market content planning, it turns ChatGPT into a fast PAA engine.
When to use it:
- Find questions with geo-targeted intent (restaurant PAAs in Texas vs NYC show different concerns)
- Optimize answers for international markets (German vs Spanish PAAs for fitness reveal market-specific angles)
- Do scaled content gap analysis (bulk-pull PAAs, cluster them, spot answers competitors haven’t covered)
- Create SERP-guided content (turn PAA trees into outlines or FAQ sections)
Cost: ChatGPT Plus ($20/month) + AlsoAsked API Developer Tier ($49+/month)
Technical SEO MCP
The Technical SEO MCP by Findable is a copilot for technical site audits.
It plugs into Claude, ChatGPT, and other MCP-ready agents.
Instead of manually running crawl checks, Core Web Vitals tests, and robots.txt audits one URL at a time, it automates everything.
Batch-scans hundreds of sites and returns clear summaries.
If you’re prospecting, comparing competitors, or reviewing a messy client site, it pulls everything into one report: crawlability, PageSpeed data, sitemap checks, schema validation, AI crawler visibility.
When to use it:
- Audit new client sites in minutes (full crawl, CWV, sitemaps, major issues)
- Troubleshoot sudden traffic drops (check failing CWV, missing schema, incorrect canonicals)
- Monitor AI crawler accessibility (see if your site is visible to major AI crawlers)
- Speed up large-scale site cleanups (check hundreds of URLs for broken tags or slow pages)
If you already use Ahrefs, the Page Explorer MCP endpoints offer a level-up. They let ChatGPT tap into your Site Audit projects, pulling issues, page data, and health scores.
You can ask Claude to “list pages that sit too deep in site structure and have thin content” to find structural weaknesses at scale.
Cost: ChatGPT Plus ($20/month) + Findable subscription ($49+/month)
Watch Time Optimizer
YouTube is the world’s second-largest search engine. It’s also the most-cited domain in AI Overviews and AI Mode.
Stronger watch time makes videos more visible across YouTube, Google Search, and AI assistants.
Steve Toth’s Watch Time Optimizer rewrites YouTube scripts to increase retention.
It analyzes transcripts, flags weak hooks or slow sections, and injects intrigue loops and stronger narrative pacing.
Matt Diggity says he’s been “using it on every video” after seeing how it tightened openings and boosted engagement.
When to use it:
- Strengthen weak openings (tighten hooks so fewer viewers drop off in first 10-20 seconds)
- Add intrigue loops to keep people watching
- Fix slow or repetitive sections that lose momentum
- Rewrite sponsor segments for better retention
- Turn raw transcripts into structured scripts
Cost: ChatGPT Plus ($20/month)
Digital Content Tuner
Montserrat Cano built the Digital Content Tuner to help SEOs create localized content for UK, US, Canada, and Australia.
It’s designed for teams publishing across multiple English-speaking regions who need content that feels “right” for each audience – not just different spelling.
It tailors suggestions to each region’s trends, language differences, and cultural context.
Montserrat stress-tested it with SEOs and strategists across all four markets. Their feedback helped it get UK-US phrasing right and avoid culturally off angles.
Example: suggesting “keeping valuables in your boot” is solid car safety advice in UK, but weird fashion advice in US (boot = trunk vs boot = footwear).
When to use it:
- Generate region-specific content angles tailored to local expectations
- Adapt one idea for multiple markets (quickly localize tone and phrasing)
- Sense-check cultural or political nuance to prevent missteps
- Build market-relevant topic clusters reflecting local concerns and regulations
For deeper localization, Ahrefs’ language filter in Keywords Explorer lets you filter keyword data by language within a country. You can look at Spanish or French search demand inside United States, or see how trends differ between English and French speakers in Canada.
Cost: ChatGPT Plus ($20/month)
What Actually Matters
These tools won’t replace SEO expertise. But they reduce time spent on repetitive tasks.
Whether you’re pulling live data from Ahrefs, generating schema markup, or building content briefs, the goal is spending less time wrangling data and more time on strategic decisions.
Custom GPTs and MCPs plug straight into workflows you already have. They just make the grunt work faster.
