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AutoIndexNow MCP server
Everything you can do in the dashboard, available to Claude, ChatGPT and other MCP clients: list sites, start checks, submit URLs and read every IndexNow response. You approve each permission; your plan's limits apply exactly as in the dashboard.
Connect a client
The server speaks MCP over Streamable HTTP at https://autoindexnow.com/mcp. Add it as a remote (custom) MCP server in your client. The client opens an AutoIndexNow sign-in and a consent screen in your browser; there is nothing to copy or paste.
# Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http autoindexnow https://autoindexnow.com/mcpIn Claude, ChatGPT and other apps, add a custom connector with the same URL. Clients that support Client ID Metadata Documents register automatically; others use dynamic client registration.
Permissions
The consent screen lists what the client asked for. Reading, everyday changes and submissions are pre-selected; billing links, credentials and deletions are off unless you tick them. You can connect again later to change the selection.
| Permission | Allows |
|---|---|
Read your sites sites:read | Sites, tracked URLs, checks, submissions with every attempt, alerts, deploy hooks and API key names. |
Manage sites sites:write | Add sites, change settings, verify ownership, track URLs, start checks, dismiss alerts. |
Submit URLs indexing:submit | Send pages to IndexNow within your plan's daily URL quota. |
See your plan billing:read | Plan, limits and subscription state. |
Billing links billing:manage | Stripe checkout and billing portal links for you to open. No payment happens through the client. |
API keys and deploy hooks credentials:manage | Create and revoke them. A new secret is shown to the client once. |
Delete sites sites:delete | Only with a confirmation that names the exact host. |
Delete your account account:delete | Only with a confirmation that gives your account email. |
Tools
get_account: account, plan, limits, subscription and email preferences (billing:read)get_setup_status: setup status and next step (sites:read)export_account: account data export (sites:read)delete_account: delete the account (account:delete)start_checkout: start a plan checkout (billing:manage)open_billing_portal: open the billing portal (billing:manage)list_alerts: list alerts (sites:read)dismiss_alert: mark an alert read or resolved (sites:write)list_api_keys: list api keys (sites:read)create_api_key: create an api key (credentials:manage)revoke_api_key: revoke an api key (credentials:manage)list_sites: list sites (sites:read)add_site: add a site (sites:write)get_site: site details (sites:read)update_site_settings: change site settings (sites:write)delete_site: delete a site (sites:delete)verify_site: verify ownership (sites:write)check_site_now: check a site now (sites:write)list_urls: list tracked urls (sites:read)get_url_details: url history, reasons and submissions (sites:read)add_urls: track urls (sites:write)submit_urls: submit urls to indexnow (indexing:submit)list_submission_batches: list submissions (sites:read)get_submission_batch: submission details (sites:read)list_deploy_hooks: list deploy hooks (sites:read)create_deploy_hook: create a deploy hook (credentials:manage)revoke_deploy_hook: revoke a deploy hook (credentials:manage)
Limits and safety
- The MCP server is part of every plan, Solo included. On Solo, which has no REST API keys,
submit_urlsstill submits explicit URLs, within Solo's limits: 1,000 submitted URLs a day across the dashboard, MCP and deploy hooks, and 1,000 tracked URLs. - Connecting unlocks nothing. Every tool checks your current plan, site ownership and verification, and the same hourly and daily limits as the dashboard; for example Pro allows 12 on-demand checks per site per day across the dashboard, API and MCP together.
- Destructive tools need a confirmation naming the exact target, and every change is recorded without its arguments.
- Changes accept an
idempotencyKey: a retry with the same key never runs twice. - IndexNow acceptance (200 or 202) means the endpoint received the URLs. It is not indexing, and Google does not take part in IndexNow.
Disconnect
Remove the connector in your client. Signing out on every device, resetting your password or deleting your account also ends every connection at once: access is tied to the browser session that approved it. Unused connections lapse after 30 days.