Set up your assistant for backlink research and orders
Use this walkthrough to connect your BuyLinksForSEO account, search for publishers and prepare placements with an AI assistant. Follow the setup steps and sample prompts, then review the order details before publishing from your balance.
- A free BuyLinksForSEO account + API key
- ChatGPT, Claude or any MCP client
- ~5 minutes, zero code
Get your API key
Sign up free and open buylinksforseo.com/api-keys — every account ships with a personal key (rxt_live_…). This one key works for the MCP server and the REST API.
Add the connector
In Claude: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector. In ChatGPT: add a remote MCP connector. Fill exactly three things:
BuyLinksForSEOhttps://buylinksforseo.com/mcp-endpoint?key=YOUR_KEYleave emptyYour personal, pre-filled URL is on buylinksforseo.com/mcp-connect — copy-paste and done. The 7 BuyLinksForSEO tools appear in your chat.
Say what you want
Plain language is enough — the agent picks the right tools. Three ready prompts:
Order 3 relevant backlinks for https://yoursite.com/pricing, keyword "best crm software", budget $30 total — show me the basket before paying anything.
Find 10 donors in the SaaS niche with DR 40+ under $10 and list their metrics.
Check my BuyLinksForSEO balance and list my live links with their published URLs.
Review & publish — the safety model
Ordering never spends money: placements land in your basket first. Funds move only when publish_basket is called, only from the balance you pre-funded in the dashboard — the agent can't top up or overspend. Not satisfied with a purchased link? Refund to balance within 30 minutes.
Track your links
Ask the agent for list_links any time — status, indexing and the published URL for every placement, the same data you see in the dashboard.
The raw log of a real session
Captured from a live test account on production (domain masked exactly as the marketplace shows it pre-login; the test order was refunded afterwards).
> check_balance
{"balance": 45.00}
> order_backlink {"donor_ids":[4], "target_url":"https://example.com/apitest",
"keyword":"zzz-apitest-mcp"}
{"mode":"auto", "order_content_ids":[3408],
"created":[{"donor_id":4, "content_id":3408, "price":10}],
"total_price":10, "status":"in_basket",
"note":"Added to basket. Call publish_basket to pay from your balance;
balance top-up is dashboard-only."}
> get_basket
{"basket":[{"basket_id":3234, "domain":"a**roinfo.kz",
"keyword":"zzz-apitest-mcp", "status":"generating", "price":10}], "count":1}
# publish_basket would now pay $10 from the balance —
# this test order was refunded instead. Balance untouched: $45.00The four errors you might meet
Unauthorized (-32001)The key didn't reach the server — make sure the URL ends with ?key=rxt_live_… (or pass it as a Bearer header).
own_content_disabledYou sent your own HTML but own-content isn't enabled for the account — omit content to let the AI write, or ask support to enable it.
Your basket is emptypublish_basket was called before any order — run order_backlink first, then publish.
Insufficient balanceThe basket total exceeds your balance. Nothing is charged; top up in the dashboard and publish again.
The same loop over REST
curl -s "https://buylinksforseo.com/v1/donors?price_filter=1-10" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer rxt_live_YOUR_KEY"
curl -s -X POST https://buylinksforseo.com/v1/orders \
-H "Authorization: Bearer rxt_live_YOUR_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"donor_ids":[42], "target_url":"https://you.com/page", "keyword":"your keyword"}'curl -s -X POST https://buylinksforseo.com/v1/basket/pay \ -H "Authorization: Bearer rxt_live_YOUR_KEY"
Full reference with schemas and every endpoint: buylinksforseo.com/api-docs.
Ordering backlinks with AI — questions answered
Which AI clients work with the BuyLinksForSEO MCP server?
Claude (web and desktop), ChatGPT with remote MCP connectors, Cursor, and any client that speaks MCP over HTTP. You add one URL — no code, no OAuth.
Is it safe — can the agent overspend?
No. Ordering never charges anything; only an explicit publish call pays, and only from the balance you pre-funded in the dashboard. The agent has no tool to top up funds.
What can the agent NOT do?
It cannot add money to your balance (dashboard-only), and it cannot bypass the basket — every order sits there until it's explicitly published.
What does a link cost?
Standard pricing is tiered by domain authority from $1 to $500 per permanent dofollow placement; during the current promo every domain is a flat $10. Pay per link, no subscription.
Can this run on a schedule?
Yes — over the REST API from any cron, workflow or agent framework: the same loop (donors → order → publish → track) is plain JSON. See the API docs.
Where is the full tool reference?
The 7 MCP tools are documented at buylinksforseo.com/mcp; the REST equivalents at buylinksforseo.com/api-docs.
Your first AI-ordered link
Grab the key, paste the URL, and tell your assistant what to rank. From prompt to live dofollow placement — about 24 hours.
