Agent stack · 5 MCPs



SEO research stack
Search, crawl, and capture sources for content briefs.
Difficulty: BeginnerSetup time: 12 minMCPs: 5
Brave Search, Firecrawl, Exa, Fetch, and filesystem for SEO research.
Install all 5 MCPs at once
Paste into .cursor/mcp.json or your client's MCP settings. Add API keys from each server's README where required.
{
"mcpServers": {
"brave-search": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@modelcontextprotocol/server-brave-search"
],
"env": {
"BRAVE_API_KEY": "YOUR_BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY"
}
},
"firecrawl": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"firecrawl-mcp"
],
"env": {
"FIRECRAWL_API_KEY": "YOUR_FIRECRAWL_API_KEY"
}
},
"exa": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"exa-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"EXA_API_KEY": "YOUR_EXA_API_KEY"
}
},
"fetch": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@modelcontextprotocol/server-fetch"
]
},
"filesystem": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem"
]
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"brave-search": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@modelcontextprotocol/server-brave-search"
],
"env": {
"BRAVE_API_KEY": "YOUR_BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY"
}
},
"firecrawl": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"firecrawl-mcp"
],
"env": {
"FIRECRAWL_API_KEY": "YOUR_FIRECRAWL_API_KEY"
}
},
"exa": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"exa-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"EXA_API_KEY": "YOUR_EXA_API_KEY"
}
},
"fetch": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@modelcontextprotocol/server-fetch"
]
},
"filesystem": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem"
]
}
}
}{
"mcp": {
"servers": {
"brave-search": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@modelcontextprotocol/server-brave-search"
],
"env": {
"BRAVE_API_KEY": "YOUR_BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY"
}
},
"firecrawl": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"firecrawl-mcp"
],
"env": {
"FIRECRAWL_API_KEY": "YOUR_FIRECRAWL_API_KEY"
}
},
"exa": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"exa-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"EXA_API_KEY": "YOUR_EXA_API_KEY"
}
},
"fetch": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@modelcontextprotocol/server-fetch"
]
},
"filesystem": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem"
]
}
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"brave-search": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@modelcontextprotocol/server-brave-search"
],
"env": {
"BRAVE_API_KEY": "YOUR_BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY"
}
},
"firecrawl": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"firecrawl-mcp"
],
"env": {
"FIRECRAWL_API_KEY": "YOUR_FIRECRAWL_API_KEY"
}
},
"exa": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"exa-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"EXA_API_KEY": "YOUR_EXA_API_KEY"
}
},
"fetch": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@modelcontextprotocol/server-fetch"
]
},
"filesystem": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem"
]
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"brave-search": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@modelcontextprotocol/server-brave-search"
],
"env": {
"BRAVE_API_KEY": "YOUR_BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY"
}
},
"firecrawl": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"firecrawl-mcp"
],
"env": {
"FIRECRAWL_API_KEY": "YOUR_FIRECRAWL_API_KEY"
}
},
"exa": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"exa-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"EXA_API_KEY": "YOUR_EXA_API_KEY"
}
},
"fetch": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@modelcontextprotocol/server-fetch"
]
},
"filesystem": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem"
]
}
}
}Setup steps
- Install each MCP using the combined config below
- Fill in required env vars for authenticated servers
- Restart your MCP client (Cursor / Claude / VS Code)
- Ask the agent to confirm tools are available
Once set up, try
- Confirm all MCPs in SEO research stack are connected and list available tools
- Walk me through a first workflow using SEO research stack
- What env vars do I still need for SEO research stack?
Share this stack
Set up with your agent
Paste into Cursor, Claude, or any agent that can run multi-step MCP setup.
Install the Averlo stack "SEO research stack" (Brave Search MCP, Firecrawl MCP, Exa MCP, Fetch MCP, Filesystem MCP) for Cursor.
1. For each server, read its README if install fails.
2. Merge this combined config:
{
"mcpServers": {
"brave-search": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@brave/brave-search-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"BRAVE_API_KEY": "YOUR_BRAVE_API_KEY"
}
},
"firecrawl-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"firecrawl-mcp"
],
"env": {
"FIRECRAWL_API_KEY": "YOUR_FIRECRAWL_API_KEY"
}
},
"exa": {
"type": "streamable-http",
"url": "https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp"
},
"fetch": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@modelcontextprotocol/server-fetch"
]
},
"filesystem": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem",
"/path/to/allowed/dir"
]
}
}
}
3. Collect any required API keys from the user; do not invent secrets.
4. Smoke-test each server.
Stack page: https://averlo.xyz/stacks/seo-research-stack.html
