Get backlinks list for the specified domain. Returns backlinks data including anchor text, domain rating, and URLs.
AI agents call get_backlinks_list to retrieve information from SEO Insights MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries and retrieves backlinks information for a domain—a read-only operation that returns SEO metrics (anchor text, domain rating, URLs). It performs no writes, deletions, code execution, or financial transactions. The data returned is typically public SEO intelligence, making this a standard read operation with minimal risk.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_backlinks_list' and description 'Get backlinks list... Returns backlinks data' indicate retrieval of existing SEO data with no modification or execution capability.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_backlinks_list gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and SEO Insights MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_backlinks_list:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_backlinks_list": {}
}
}get_backlinks_list is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get backlinks list for the specified domain. Returns backlinks data including anchor text, domain rating, and URLs. It is categorised as a Read tool in the SEO Insights MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the SEO Insights MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_backlinks_list: 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 SEO Insights MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_backlinks_list 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 get_backlinks_list 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 get_backlinks_list. 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.
get_backlinks_list is provided by the SEO Insights MCP Server MCP server (mrgoonie/seo-insights-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from SEO Insights MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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