Why connect Semrush 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 Semrush keywords, positions, competitors and backlinks, so it can find keywords you're about to lose with today's numbers.
All your Semrush data
Organic keyword positions and changes, ready to ask about.
Always today's numbers
Competitor domains and their top keywords, synced from Semrush automatically, so answers use today's numbers.
Connect all your tools
Questions like "Are we paying for rankings we have?" use Semrush and Search Console, Ahrefs at once.
How to connect Semrush to Zed
Before you start
- A Semrush account you can sign in to
- Zed installed
- A Lemonado account (the free trial works)
- 1
Connect Semrush in Lemonado
In Lemonado, open Connectors, find Semrush and sign in. Use a Semrush account on a plan with API access, and add your domain and main competitors as projects.
- 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.
texthttps://mcp.lemonado.io/mcp - 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
Sign in
Finish the Lemonado sign-in in your browser, then use the tools from the Agent panel.
- 5
Ask Zed about Semrush
Try "Draft this week's Semrush notes in notes/weekly.md from the live numbers." Or ask: "Do titles match the keywords?" or "Save the ranking data"
What can Zed do with Semrush?
Zed's agent reads your Semrush data from the Agent panel and writes the numbers into the notes, docs or code you have open.
Draft this week's Semrush 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: Semrush + your code
For pages with Semrush keywords at positions 4 to 15, check the title tags in our code and list the ones missing the main keyword.
11 of 40 pages miss it. The camp stove guide ranks for "backpacking stove" but its title in guides/stoves.mdx never says it.
Source: Semrush + your code
Save our Semrush organic positions with keyword, volume, position and URL to data/semrush_positions.csv.
Saved 3,860 keywords. 290 sit at positions 4 to 10 with over 500 searches, the best list to work from.
Source: Semrush + your code
Find keywords where Semrush shows two of our URLs ranking, and list the two files in our repo for each.
9 keywords. Most are between the blog and the guides folder; the guides should own them and the blog posts link to them.
Source: Semrush + your code
Find keywords two of our competitors rank top 10 for where we don't rank in the top 50. Group them by topic.
212 gap keywords in 6 topics. The largest is tent care and repair: 38 keywords, about 41,000 searches a month, and we have no page on it.
Source: Semrush
Which of our keywords sit at positions 11 to 20 with over 1,000 searches a month?
23 keywords. Nine of them point to the same sleeping bag guide, so one update to that page could lift most of them.
Source: Semrush
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Other integrations for Zed
All Zed integrations- Google Search Console in ZedAsk Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor about your search queries, rankings and lost clicks.
- Google Analytics in ZedAsk Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor about GA4 traffic, conversions and funnels, next to your ad spend.
- Google Ads in ZedAsk Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor about your Google Ads campaigns, search terms and spend.
- Instagram organic in ZedAsk Claude or ChatGPT which posts and reels grow your account, and which ones to turn into ads.
- Pinterest Ads in ZedAsk Claude or ChatGPT which pins get saved, clicked and bought.
- Snapchat Ads in ZedAsk Claude or ChatGPT which Snapchat ads get swipes and which ones sell.
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.
# Connect Semrush 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 Semrush account. Use a Semrush account on a plan with API access, and add your domain and main competitors as projects.
- 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 Semrush accounts Lemonado can reach.
First question to try: "Draft this week's Semrush notes in notes/weekly.md from the live numbers."
More: https://lemonado.io/integrations/semrush · https://lemonado.io/llms.txtFrequently Asked Questions
Yes, through Lemonado. Connect your Semrush account in Lemonado, add Lemonado as a context server in Zed, and Zed can find keywords you're about to lose with your live data.
Yes. Semrush's official MCP server is hosted, so Zed can use it too. It covers Semrush only. Lemonado covers Semrush 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 Semrush is connected and External tools is on for the company. If answers stop halfway, check your Semrush API units. Every request uses some, and Semrush stops answering when they run out.
Yes, if both are connected in Lemonado. One connection reaches every source you allow, so you can ask things like "Google Ads keywords with spend last month next to our Semrush position for the same keyword."
MCP is included in Lemonado's paid plans and in the free trial, so you can try it before you pay.
Still have a question?
Shoot us an email at hello@lemonado.io.
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