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Howseen

by howseen-aiversion 1.0.0i★ 0iRuns in the cloud
Registry nameai.howseen/howseen-mcp

How to install

What it does

How ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI name your brand, cite sources and rank rivals.

  • Connects Runs in the cloud
  • Account or key Needs Authorization
  • Category Marketing & social media

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Passed 4/4 checks · What you ask goes through the maker’s server (app.howseen.ai) · ✓ Commands checked Nov 13, 2026

First: which AI do you use?

Pick your app and the steps appear below.

Works with Claude · about 5 min

You need a Howseen key (create it on the maker’s site) · Set it up once on claude.ai or the desktop app, then use it in chat · free accounts can add 1 · on Team/Enterprise an Owner adds it

  1. Sign up and create a Howseen key

    Open the maker’s site, sign up and create an API key for the next step. Check the maker’s site for pricing and free plans.

    Open the Howseen site ↗

  2. Open Claude’s Connectors page

    CustomizeConnectors

    CustomizeConnectors1Add2https://…3Add4
  3. Click “Add” → “Custom” → “Web” and fill in these 2 fields

    Copy each value into the field with the same name in Claude, then click Continue

    Name · NameHowseen
    Remote MCP server URL · Addresshttps://app.howseen.ai/api/mcp

    Under Request headers, add this name and value

    Header nameAuthorization
    ValueBearer <paste your key here>

    Paste the key only into the app’s field, never into a chat or to anyone

    Click Continue past the sign-in settings Claude detected · under Authentication choose what the maker says (Sign in now, Sign in when needed or No sign in), then click Add

  4. Turn it on in a chat

    +ConnectorsHowseen

  5. Try it

    Use Howseen and tell me what you can do for me, then show me one thing

    ✓ If Claude says it is using Howseen or shows a Howseen tool in the answer, you are connected

Menu names checked against Anthropic’s help page on Nov 11, 2026 · your screen may differ slightly by app version

ChatGPT cannot connect Howseen yet

Howseen needs your own key to connect, but OpenAI’s help page only describes OAuth sign-in; there is no key option we could verify

What you can do instead

A · Use an app that can connect Howseen

  • You need a Howseen key (create it on the maker’s site) · Set it up once on claude.ai or the desktop app, then use it in chat · free accounts can add 1 · on Team/Enterprise an Owner adds it
  • You need a Howseen key (create it on the maker’s site)
  • You need a Howseen key (create it on the maker’s site)
  • You need a Howseen key (create it on the maker’s site)

B · Others in Marketing & social media that work with ChatGPT

Picked from the most used in the same category, only ones that connect by address with no key

Works with Claude Code · about 5 min

You need a Howseen key (create it on the maker’s site)

  1. Sign up and create a Howseen key

    Open the maker’s site, sign up and create an API key for the next step. Check the maker’s site for pricing and free plans.

    Open the Howseen site ↗

  2. Open Terminal

    Mac: press Command+Space and type Terminal · Windows: open PowerShell

  3. Paste this command and press Enter

    claude mcp add --transport http --scope user howseen https://app.howseen.ai/api/mcp --header 'Authorization: Bearer your-value'

    Replace “your-value” with your key before pressing Enter

    Paste the key only into the app’s field, never into a chat or to anyone

  4. Type /mcp in Claude Code

    You should see Howseen listed as connected

  5. Try it

    Use Howseen and tell me what you can do for me, then show me one thing

    ✓ If Claude Code says it is using Howseen or shows a Howseen tool in the answer, you are connected

Menu names checked against Anthropic’s help page on Nov 11, 2026 · your screen may differ slightly by app version

Works with Cursor · about 5 min

You need a Howseen key (create it on the maker’s site)

  1. Sign up and create a Howseen key

    Open the maker’s site, sign up and create an API key for the next step. Check the maker’s site for pricing and free plans.

    Open the Howseen site ↗

  2. Click this button to open Cursor

    Open in Cursor

    Cursor asks you to confirm; click Install

  3. Fill in your key

    In the Howseen settings, Authorization is empty; add your key and save

    Paste the key only into the app’s field, never into a chat or to anyone

  4. Open the AI chat in Cursor in Agent mode

  5. Try it

    Use Howseen and tell me what you can do for me, then show me one thing

    ✓ If Cursor says it is using Howseen or shows a Howseen tool in the answer, you are connected

Menu names checked against Cursor’s help page on Nov 11, 2026 · your screen may differ slightly by app version

Works with VS Code · about 5 min

You need a Howseen key (create it on the maker’s site)

  1. Sign up and create a Howseen key

    Open the maker’s site, sign up and create an API key for the next step. Check the maker’s site for pricing and free plans.

    Open the Howseen site ↗

  2. Click this button to open VS Code

    Open in VS Code

    VS Code asks you to confirm; click Install

  3. Fill in your key

    In the Howseen settings, Authorization is empty; add your key and save

    Paste the key only into the app’s field, never into a chat or to anyone

  4. Open the AI chat in VS Code in Agent mode

  5. Try it

    Use Howseen and tell me what you can do for me, then show me one thing

    ✓ If VS Code says it is using Howseen or shows a Howseen tool in the answer, you are connected

Menu names checked against VS Code’s help page on Nov 11, 2026 · your screen may differ slightly by app version

Other apps that use MCP, such as Windsurf, Zed or Gemini CLI, each add servers differently. See how in the app list.

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Address for apps that connect over the web

Addresshttps://app.howseen.ai/api/mcp

JSON settings are under “For developers” below

Stuck? Ask people who use Howseen💬 Discussion →
For developers: Terminal commands and JSON settings

Over the web

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http --scope user howseen https://app.howseen.ai/api/mcp --header 'Authorization: Bearer your-value'

Cursor (~/.cursor/mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "howseen": {
      "url": "https://app.howseen.ai/api/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code (mcp.json)

{
  "servers": {
    "howseen": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://app.howseen.ai/api/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Values you fill in

  • Authorization secret required HTTP header
    Bearer token: your Howseen API key (Settings > API & AI assistants), as 'Bearer hs_live_...'

Descriptions are as written by the maker.

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

At a glance

Downloads per weeki
Not on npm/PyPI
Verified domain
✓ howseen.ai
Licencei
No licence stated
Connection
Runs in the cloud
Transport
streamable-http
Latest versioni
1.0.0
Published to registryi
Oct 20, 2026
Code last changedi
Oct 20, 2026
Maker
howseen-ai
Website
howseen.ai
Registry status
Active

Which apps can use it

Based on how this server connects and on each app’s own docs, checked Nov 10, 2026.

Connect over the internet in

ClaudeGooseLM StudioMsty StudioCherry StudioCursorVS Code + GitHub CopilotVisual StudioWindsurf (Devin Desktop)ZedKiroClineContinueJetBrains AI AssistantClaude CodeCodex CLIGemini CLIOpenCodenodecodeWarpLibreChatOpen WebUIRaycast

All apps, with pros and cons →

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What it can do

Tool names and descriptions exactly as the server reported them on Nov 12, 2026. The maker wrote them, not us; we show them as plain text.

  • list_brands

    List the brands (websites) tracked in this Howseen account, with their id, name and domain. Call this first when the account may have several brands.

  • get_visibility

    Headline AI visibility of a brand: % of AI answers that name it, share of voice vs competitors, average position, sentiment, per engine, plus the trend over the period (one point per scan).

  • list_prompts

    The buyer questions (prompts) tracked for a brand, with per-prompt visibility, share of voice, position, which engines name the brand, and which brands and domains are cited.

  • get_competitors

    Compare the brand with its competitors in AI answers: visibility %, share of voice, average position and sentiment, overall and per engine.

  • get_top_sources

    The domains and URLs AI engines cite most when answering the brand's buyer questions, overall and per engine. Use it to find where the brand should get listed or mentioned.

  • search_responses

    Read real AI answers collected for the brand: excerpts around the brand mention, whether the brand and which competitors were named, and the cited URLs. Filter by a word in the question or answer (query), by prompt text, and by engine.

  • get_action_plan

    Prioritized actions to raise the brand's AI visibility (off-page: get listed on the pages AI cites; content: answer uncovered buyer questions; technical: site fixes, incl. links: = link a new article from 3 related pages, with copy-ready sentences in links.pages; setup: connectio

  • list_articles

    Articles Howseen wrote for the brand (drafts, scheduled and published), with status, target question, GEO score and published URL.

  • get_prompt_gaps

    Tracked prompts where AI names at least one competitor but not the brand, per engine, with the competitors named and the domains cited. Sorted by search volume (when a cached figure exists) then by number of competitors named. Start here to see what to win back.

  • get_easiest_wins

    Third-party sites and pages cited in the answers the brand loses (competitor named, brand not), ranked by how many lost answers cite them, with the matching action-plan item. Getting listed there is the shortest path back into those answers.

  • get_changes

    What changed between the last two completed scans (or since a date): prompts gained and lost, visibility delta per engine, tracked competitors newly named, and the likely causes (sources that started or stopped citing the brand).

  • suggest_prompts

    Buyer questions worth tracking that the brand does not track yet: real questions from Hacker News discussions (ranked by engagement) plus AI suggestions for the category. Returns suggestions only; use add_prompts to track some. Limited to 20 calls per day.

  • get_article_performance

    Articles written for the brand with status, GEO score, published URL and search-engine indexing status (Google URL Inspection, Bing), plus impressions and clicks when Search Console or Bing is connected.

  • get_usage

    Plan, quotas used and left (prompts, competitors, articles, manual scans), next automatic scan estimate, what this API key may do, and the API rate limits. Call it before planning changes.

  • get_next_action

    THE single most valuable next step for the brand, the same one the dashboard Overview shows (action engine, 20/80 ranking with the technical audit, Search Console and demand), with its steps, the questions it wins back and how to close it (which tool to call). Use it when the use

  • get_site_audit

    Technical GEO/SEO audit of the brand's website, as the dashboard Technical audit shows it: every check (indexable, robots.txt, sitemap.xml, llms.txt, server rendering, Bing, structured data, canonical, trust signals), every issue with its severity and score gain, the steps for th

  • get_content_plan

    The brand's content calendar with the real publication state of every article (planned, draft, scheduled, to publish by hand, failed, live on the brand's site), the Autopilot state, and the two answers to "what next?": next_to_write (a planned topic: write it with draft_article a

  • get_connections

    The TRUE state of every connection of the brand, like Settings > Integrations: each publishing destination (CMS, own Next.js / API feed, hosted blog, webhook, copy-paste editor) with connected / needs_reconnect / copy_paste_only / waiting_for_site, whether articles can be publish

  • get_search_console

    Google Search Console of the brand's own site: clicks, impressions, CTR, position, daily trend, top queries and pages, plus the opportunities Howseen derives (queries on page 2, low-CTR pages, queries Google shows an off-topic page for). Only the property covering this brand's si

  • get_analytics

    GA4 traffic of the account's connected property: sessions, users, page views, daily trend, top sources and pages, plus the sessions and revenue AI assistants (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Copilot...) send. For the AI part only, prefer get_ai_referrals. Not available with

  • get_ai_referrals

    Real visits AI assistants send to the brand: GA4 sessions and revenue per assistant (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Copilot...) and the pages they land on, an estimate of hidden AI visits (shown apart, never added), and the AI assistants that read the brand's Howseen-hosted

  • get_sentiment

    How AI answers speak about the brand: % of the answers naming it that are positive (null under 3 answers), the positive / neutral / negative split with a real negative excerpt, per engine, compared with competitors, and the questions where the tone is negative.

  • get_fanout_queries

    The web searches the AI engines ran behind each tracked question (latest scan): the queries to rank for so the AI finds the brand, overall and per question.

  • get_brand_settings

    The brand profile (offer, category, language, markets, about, positioning, products), its competitors and its writing rules (the client's instructions, binding on every article), plus Autopilot. Read it before drafting or changing instructions.

  • list_site_pages

    The brand's own website pages Howseen read when it joined (URL, title, summary): the inventory used for internal links, llms.txt and content refresh.

  • get_pruning_review

    The quarterly content pruning review of the brand's website (the Action plan card "Quarterly pruning"): pages nobody finds in 90 days, pages that compete for the same Google queries (cannibalisation) and thin pages, each with ONE recommendation (improve with Content Refresh, merg

  • mark_action_done

    Mark an action-plan item as done (same state as the dashboard Action plan). Use the action id from get_action_plan or get_easiest_wins. Preview first; confirm: true applies.

  • dismiss_action

    Dismiss an action-plan item the user does not want to do (moves it to Archived in the dashboard, out of the next best actions). Reversible in the dashboard. Preview first; confirm: true applies.

  • add_prompts

    Track new buyer questions (prompts) for the brand, checked against the plan's prompt quota (the whole list is refused if it would exceed it). An archived prompt added again is restored. Preview first; confirm: true applies.

  • remove_prompts

    Stop tracking prompts and remove them from the prompt list (past scan results stay in history). Prefer archive_prompts to keep them listed. Preview first; confirm: true applies.

  • archive_prompts

    Archive prompts: they stop being scanned (frees prompt quota) but keep their history and stay listed as archived in the dashboard, restorable. Preview first; confirm: true applies.

  • add_competitor

    Track a competitor from a name or a website URL (resolved to name + domain like in Settings), within the competitor quota. Preview first; confirm: true applies.

  • remove_competitor

    Stop tracking a competitor (by name or domain). Past results keep it. Preview first; confirm: true applies.

  • draft_article

    Write a DRAFT article answering one buyer question, with the same quality pipeline as the app (brand context, the client's writing rules, sources AI cites, GEO checks). Never publishes. Give question (e.g. a prompt from get_prompt_gaps), or article_id of a planned topic of the co

  • refresh_article

    Rewrite a WRITTEN article with the brand's current profile (offer, category, offerings, competitors) after it changed: same article id, slug, question and date, previous version kept (restorable in the app). A published article is never overwritten: the update lands in a refreshe

  • create_share_report

    Create a public, frozen report link (visibility, competitors, top prompts, recommendations) with the account's agency branding, like the dashboard Share button. Preview first; confirm: true creates the link.

  • run_scan

    Scan the brand's prompts on the AI engines now, with the same limit as the dashboard Run now button (a fresh scan at most once per brand per plan cadence: every 72h, every 24h on Business; prompts added since the last scan can be scanned alone; an unfinished scan can be continued

  • update_brand_instructions

    Change the brand's writing instructions (Settings > Writing rules): the client's own rules every article must follow (tone, words to avoid, competitors never to name, facts to state...). Binding on every writing path from now on; an article breaking one is held, never published.

  • set_autopilot

    Turn Autopilot on (articles of the content plan go live on the connected site on their date, once they meet the quality bar and the brand's rules) or off (nothing publishes automatically). Same switch as Howseen > Content. Preview first (says where it would publish); confirm: tru

  • publish_article

    Publish a written article (e.g. a draft from draft_article) to the brand's connected CMS (WordPress, Shopify, Ghost, BigCommerce, GoHighLevel, Webflow, webhook) or hosted blog, now, or schedule it for a later date (needs Autopilot ON). Goes live publicly. Preview first; confirm:

  • request_indexing

    Submit a published article to the search engines connected for the brand: Google (sitemap re-submit through Search Console when connected with indexing), Bing (Webmaster key) or IndexNow for pages hosted by Howseen. If you publish on your own site from the API or feed, pass url (

  • apply_inbound_link

    Add the ready sentence that links one existing page of the brand's site to a newly published article (the links of a get_action_plan item whose id starts with links:), on the connected WordPress only. links.pages[].link_on says how: « existing_words » = the link is put on words a

  • delete_article

    Move an article (planned, draft or published) to the Trash, like the dashboard delete button: restorable with restore_article or in Howseen > Content > Trash, and its topic is not planned again. A post already live on the client's own CMS (WordPress, Shopify...) is NOT removed fr

  • restore_article

    Bring back an article from the Trash (e.g. one deleted with delete_article). Preview first; confirm: true restores.

Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 16, 2026

  • ✓ Pass

    Maker matches the repo

    The registry name was verified against the domain howseen.ai (the registry checks domain ownership)

  • ✓ Pass

    Still maintained

    Code last changed 27 days ago

  • – Not applicable

    Has a licence

    Not applicable: a cloud server run by the owner of howseen.ai; you don't run code from the repo

  • ✓ Pass

    Endpoint responds

    Responded in 90 ms (HTTP 200)

  • – Not applicable

    Sign-in with OAuth

    No sign-in needed

  • ✓ Pass

    No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

    Read 44 tool descriptions and found no hidden instructions to the AI

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Compared with others in Marketing & social mediai

  • More stars than 0% of the other 3972 servers in this category
  • Published to the registry more recently than 54% of the other 3972 servers in this category
  • Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 3972 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

Common questions

Is Howseen safe?

It passed 4 of 4 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

You need to fill in: Authorization

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs in the maker’s cloud. Connect over the internet with nothing to install, but what you send passes through the maker’s servers.

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed 27 days ago, and the latest version (1.0.0) reached the registry 27 days ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. It connects by URL, so apps that accept remote MCP servers work too, such as ChatGPT on the web (full MCP on Business and above; Pro read-only).

What can I use instead?

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Howseen MCP server

Ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Codex how your brand shows up in AI answers, and act on it, without leaving your AI assistant.

Howseen tracks which brands ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode recommend on the questions your buyers ask, which sources those engines cite, and writes the content to win the spots you are missing. This repository documents its remote MCP server.

  • Server URL: https://app.howseen.ai/api/mcp (Streamable HTTP, remote, nothing to install)
  • Auth: Authorization: Bearer
  • Docs: https://howseen.ai/mcp
  • Get a key: Howseen dashboard > Settings > API & AI assistants (3-day free trial)

Connect your AI assistant

Replace hs_live_YOUR_KEY with your key.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --scope user --transport http howseen https://app.howseen.ai/api/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer hs_live_YOUR_KEY"

Cursor (~/.cursor/mcp.json)

{

"mcpServers": { "howseen": { "url": "https://app.howseen.ai/api/mcp", "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer hs_live_YOUR_KEY" } } } }

Codex

export HOWSEEN_API_KEY=hs_live_YOUR_KEY

codex mcp add howseen --url https://app.howseen.ai/api/mcp --bearer-token-env-var HOWSEEN_API_KEY

Claude.ai and ChatGPT (custom connector): these apps can only send the key inside the URL.

https://app.howseen.ai/api/mcp?key=hs_live_YOUR_KEY

Treat that URL like a password: do not share it or show it on screen, and revoke the key in Settings if it leaks.

What you can ask

  • "What is my AI visibility this month, per engine?"
  • "On which buyer questions does ChatGPT name a competitor and not us?"
  • "Which sites does AI cite when we lose? Where should we get listed first?"
  • "What changed since the last scan?"
  • "Draft an article for the question we lose the most, then publish it to our site."

Tools

Read (any key)

ToolWhat it returns
list_brandsThe brands (websites) tracked in the account
get_visibility% of AI answers that name the brand, share of voice, average position, sentiment, per engine, with the trend
list_promptsTracked buyer questions with per-question visibility, engines and cited domains
get_competitorsBrand vs competitors in AI answers, overall and per engine
get_top_sourcesDomains and URLs AI engines cite most on the brand's questions
search_responsesReal AI answers, with excerpts, brands named and cited URLs
get_action_planPrioritized actions to raise AI visibility
get_prompt_gapsQuestions where AI names a competitor but not the brand
get_easiest_winsThird-party pages cited in the answers the brand loses, ranked
get_changesWhat changed between the last two scans
suggest_promptsBuyer questions worth tracking that are not tracked yet
list_articlesArticles Howseen wrote for the brand, with status and URL
get_article_performancePublished articles with indexing status, impressions and clicks
get_usagePlan, quotas used and left, API limits

Actions (key with actions enabled; every action previews first and only applies with confirm: true)

add_prompts, archive_prompts, remove_prompts, add_competitor, remove_competitor, mark_action_done, dismiss_action, draft_article, refresh_article, publish_article, request_indexing, create_share_report, delete_article, restore_article.

publish_article sends a written article to the brand's connected site (WordPress, Shopify, Ghost, BigCommerce, webhook) or its Howseen-hosted blog.

REST API

The same data is available as a read-only JSON API:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer hs_live_YOUR_KEY" https://app.howseen.ai/api/v1/brands

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer hs_live_YOUR_KEY" "https://app.howseen.ai/api/v1/brands/BRAND_ID/visibility?from=2026-09-01&engine=chatgpt"

Pricing

The MCP server and the API are included in the Pro plan (79 € a month) and the Business plans, and in the 3-day free trial. See https://howseen.ai/pricing.

Support

Questions or issues: open an issue here or write to raphael@howseen.ai.