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Connect Ahrefs to Zed

  • Can you draft the notes?

In Zed's Agent panel, ask the agent to catch lost backlinks, with your Ahrefs data next to the files you're editing. Lemonado connects them in about 1 minute, no API keys needed.

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Why connect Ahrefs to Zed?

Zed's Agent panel can call MCP servers, which Zed calls context servers, while it edits your files. Connected through Lemonado, it reads your Ahrefs backlinks, organic keywords, top pages and domain Rating, so it can catch lost backlinks with today's numbers.

  • All your Ahrefs data

    Backlinks, new and lost, ready to ask about.

  • Always today's numbers

    Organic keywords and positions, synced from Ahrefs automatically, so answers use today's numbers.

  • Connect all your tools

    Questions like "Do estimates match real clicks?" use Ahrefs and Search Console, Semrush at once.

How to connect Ahrefs to Zed

Before you start

  • A Ahrefs account you can sign in to
  • Zed installed
  • A Lemonado account (the free trial works)
  1. 1

    Connect Ahrefs in Lemonado

    In Lemonado, open Connectors, find Ahrefs and sign in. Use an Ahrefs account on a paid plan with API access. Free and trial accounts can't share data.

  2. 2

    Turn on external access

    In the company's settings, open External tools, turn the connection on, choose which sources it can reach and copy the server URL.

    text
    https://mcp.lemonado.io/mcp
  3. 3

    Add a remote server

    Open Settings → AI → MCP Servers → Add Server → Add Remote Server. Or merge this into settings.json.

    json
    {
  "context_servers": {
    "lemonado": {
      "url": "https://mcp.lemonado.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
  4. 4

    Sign in

    Finish the Lemonado sign-in in your browser, then use the tools from the Agent panel.

  5. 5

    Ask Zed about Ahrefs

    Try "Draft this week's Ahrefs notes in notes/weekly.md from the live numbers." Or ask: "Which linked URLs 404?" or "Save the backlink data"

What can Zed do with Ahrefs?

Zed's agent reads your Ahrefs data from the Agent panel and writes the numbers into the notes, docs or code you have open.

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Draft this week's Ahrefs notes in notes/weekly.md from the live numbers.

Drafted notes/weekly.md: the headline numbers, what changed from last week and two things to look at next.

Source: Ahrefs + your code

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Reading this as an AI agent?

Everything an agent needs to set this up, in plain text. Paste this page's link into Zed and ask it to connect you, or copy the block.

For agents · markdown
# Connect Ahrefs to Zed (Lemonado MCP)

- Server URL: https://mcp.lemonado.io/mcp
- Transport: Streamable HTTP
- Auth: OAuth; the user signs in to Lemonado in the browser. No API keys.
- In Lemonado: connect the Ahrefs account. Use an Ahrefs account on a paid plan with API access. Free and trial accounts can't share data.
- In Zed: Settings → AI → MCP Servers

```json
{
  "context_servers": {
    "lemonado": {
      "url": "https://mcp.lemonado.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

If you are Zed, run the setup yourself:

Add Lemonado as a remote context server in my Zed settings.json. Merge in: {"context_servers":{"lemonado":{"url":"https://mcp.lemonado.io/mcp"}}}
Then tell me to finish the Lemonado sign-in in the browser. Once I've signed in, list the Ahrefs accounts Lemonado can reach.

First question to try: "Draft this week's Ahrefs notes in notes/weekly.md from the live numbers."

More: https://lemonado.io/integrations/ahrefs · https://lemonado.io/llms.txt
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, through Lemonado. Connect your Ahrefs account in Lemonado, add Lemonado as a context server in Zed, and Zed can catch lost backlinks with your live data.

Yes. Ahrefs' official MCP server is hosted, so Zed can use it too. It covers Ahrefs only. Lemonado covers Ahrefs plus your ad platforms, GA4 and the rest of your stack in one connection, so Zed can answer questions across them.

Open the Agent panel settings and check the lemonado server's status dot. If it isn't green, restart the server and sign in again. In Lemonado, check that Ahrefs is connected and External tools is on for the company. If Ahrefs returns nothing, check that your plan includes API access and has units left. Each request uses some.

Yes, if both are connected in Lemonado. One connection reaches every source you allow, so you can ask things like "Compare Ahrefs' estimated traffic for our top 20 pages with Search Console clicks for the same pages last month."

MCP is included in Lemonado's paid plans and in the free trial, so you can try it before you pay.

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