This endpoint will provide you with a comprehensive overview of backlinks and related data for a bulk of up to 1000 pages, domains, or subdomains. If you indicate a single page as a target, you will get comprehensive summary data on all backlinks for that page.
AI agents call backlinks_bulk_pages_summary to retrieve information from Dataforseo without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
targets | array | Yes | domains, subdomains or webpages to get summary data for required field a domain or a subdomain should be specified without https:// and www. a page should be sp |
include_subdomains | boolean | — | indicates if indirect links to the target will be included in the results if set to true, the results will include data on indirect links pointing to a page tha |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
This tool retrieves and queries backlink summary data from the DataForSEO API without performing any side effects. It does not create, modify, delete, or execute code. The 'bulk' processing capability does not elevate the risk — it remains a read operation at scale. The blast radius of misuse is minimal since the agent can only access data that already exists and is accessible to the authenticated API account.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'will provide you with a comprehensive overview of backlinks and related data' — the verb 'provide' indicates data retrieval with no modification, creation, or deletion.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
This endpoint will provide you with a comprehensive overview of backlinks and related data for a bulk of up to 1000 pages, domains, or subdomains. If you indicate a single page as a target, you will get comprehensive summary data on all backlinks for that page. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Dataforseo MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
backlinks_bulk_pages_summary accepts 2 parameters: targets, include_subdomains. Required: targets. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Dataforseo MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for backlinks_bulk_pages_summary: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Dataforseo. Nothing to install.
backlinks_bulk_pages_summary is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the backlinks_bulk_pages_summary rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for backlinks_bulk_pages_summary. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
backlinks_bulk_pages_summary is provided by the Dataforseo MCP server (dataforseo-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.