Find keywords to target for a topic
Keywords with intent, your current position and difficulty, grouped into topics, with 5 posts to write first.
- You start it: When you start it
What it does
The task
Find keywords about topic for the site site url. Read the queries in Google Search Console for the last 3 months, the related searches and the People also ask boxes in Google search, and the pages that rank in the top 5 for each seed keyword. Use Google Trends to compare interest. For each keyword, record the intent, our current position, the type of pages that rank and a difficulty from 1 to 5 based on who ranks. Group the keywords into topics, and put at most 80 keywords in a new Google Sheet. Suggest the 5 posts to write first.
- It works in Google Search Console, Google Trends and Google Sheets, in the workspace you pick, and signs in with passwords from your Cuiar vault.
- It runs once, when you start it.
What you give it
| Blank | What to give | Example |
|---|---|---|
| topic | The subject your customers search for | Sourdough baking at home |
| site url | Your website, as it is set up in Search Console | https://crumbandcrust.com |
What you get back
An example run with the example values above. Your run uses your own data.
Keywords for sourdough baking at home: 74 keywords in 9 topics
| Keyword | Intent | Our position | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|
| sourdough starter not rising | Problem | 18 | 2 |
| sourdough discard recipes | Recipe | None | 3 |
| best flour for sourdough | Buying | 41 | 4 |
| how long to proof sourdough in fridge | Problem | 9 | 2 |
Posts to write first: starter problems, fridge proof times, discard crackers, a flour guide, Dutch oven sizes
Sheet: Keywords sourdough, 74 rows
Run it in Cuiar
- 01
Open it
Click Use in Cuiar on this page. The side panel opens with the task in the composer.
- 02
Fill in 2 blanks
Type topic and site url. Tab moves to the next blank.
- 03
Run it
Run sends it to the agent. Follow each step in the panel, and stop it at any time.
From the terminal
cuiar exec "Find keywords about Sourdough baking at home for the site https://crumbandcrust.com. Read the queries in Google Search Console for the last 3 months, the related searches and the People also ask boxes in Google search, and the pages that rank in the top 5 for each seed keyword. Use Google Trends to compare interest. For each keyword, record the intent, our current position, the type of pages that rank and a difficulty from 1 to 5 based on who ranks. Group the keywords into topics, and put at most 80 keywords in a new Google Sheet. Suggest the 5 posts to write first."Run it from your AI agent
Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other MCP clients reach Cuiar at https://mcp.cuiar.com/mcp. Add the server one time, then ask for the task in plain words, or call run_task yourself.
1. Add Cuiar to Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http cuiar https://mcp.cuiar.com/mcp2. Ask your agent
Use the Cuiar tool run_task to run my "Find keywords to target for a topic" template with topic = Sourdough baking at home; site url = https://crumbandcrust.com.Setup for other agents: AI agents.
The tool call
{
"name": "run_task",
"arguments": {
"task": "Find keywords about Sourdough baking at home for the site https://crumbandcrust.com. Read the queries in Google Search Console for the last 3 months, the related searches and the People also ask boxes in Google search, and the pages that rank in the top 5 for each seed keyword. Use Google Trends to compare interest. For each keyword, record the intent, our current position, the type of pages that rank and a difficulty from 1 to 5 based on who ranks. Group the keywords into topics, and put at most 80 keywords in a new Google Sheet. Suggest the 5 posts to write first."
}
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