TrueSource GEO MCP Server

AI-Readiness auditing as an MCP tool surface — for Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code Copilot, and 70+ other MCP clients.

What is this?

This is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that exposes TrueSource's GEO-Audit methodology as standardized tools. Any MCP-compatible AI assistant can:

• Audit websites for AI-readiness (robots.txt, llms.txt, schema markup, E-E-A-T signals)
• Generate GEO files (AI-optimized robots.txt, llms.txt)
• Create VibeTags for emotional AI brand resonance
• Check robots.txt for AI bot allow/block status

Quick Start

Option A: npx (Recommended)

⚠️ The -y flag is critical — without it, npx silently waits for install confirmation in the background and the server freezes.

Claude Desktop

Edit ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "truesource": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "truesource-geo-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "TRUESOURCE_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor / VS Code

Add to .cursor/mcp.json or VS Code MCP settings:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "truesource": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "truesource-geo-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "TRUESOURCE_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Option B: Local Build

cd packages/geo-mcp
npm install
npm run build

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "truesource-geo": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/packages/geo-mcp/build/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "TRUESOURCE_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

3. Restart Your MCP Host & Use

Ask your AI assistant:

• "What's the AI-readiness score for my-website.com?"
• "Generate a robots.txt for https://example.com"
• "Check which AI bots are blocked on competitor.com"
• "Create VibeTags for our brand at my-website.com"

Available Tools

| Tool | Trigger | Description | |------|---------|-------------| | geo_score | "audit", "score", "check AI readiness" | Full AI-readiness audit → 0-100 score, grade, checks, recommendations | | geo_inject | "generate robots.txt", "create llms.txt" | Generate AI-optimized robots.txt + llms.txt (ready to deploy) | | vibetags_generate | "brand perception", "VibeTags", "how AI sees" | Emotional AI brand resonance analysis (4-layer VibeGap Bridge) | | geo_check_robots | "robots.txt", "which bots blocked" | Quick robots.txt AI bot status check (9 bots) |

Environment Variables

| Variable | Required | Default | Description | |----------|----------|---------|-------------| | TRUESOURCE_API_KEY | Yes | — | API key for Railway backend authentication | | TRUESOURCE_API_URL | No | Railway production URL | GEO-Inject API base URL | | TRUESOURCE_TIMEOUT | No | 30000 | Request timeout in ms (MCP hosts timeout at ~60s) |

Testing with MCP Inspector

npm run inspect

This opens the interactive MCP Inspector at http://localhost:6274, where you can:

• See all registered tools and their schemas
• Invoke tools with test data
• Inspect JSON-RPC request/response pairs

Architecture

┌─────────────────────────────┐
│  MCP Host (Claude Desktop)  │
│  User: "Audit example.com"  │
└─────────────┬───────────────┘
              │ Stdio (JSON-RPC 2.0)
              ▼
┌─────────────────────────────┐
│  truesource-geo-mcp v1.2.0  │
│  (TypeScript MCP Server)    │
│                             │
│  Tools:                     │
│  ├── geo_score              │
│  ├── geo_inject             │
│  ├── vibetags_generate      │
│  └── geo_check_robots       │
└─────────────┬───────────────┘
              │ HTTPS + Bearer Auth
              ▼
┌─────────────────────────────┐
│  Railway API                │
│  (FastAPI / Python)         │
│  truesource-mcp-api         │
│                             │
│  POST /audit/robust         │
│  POST /activate/robots      │
│  POST /activate/llms        │
│  POST /semantize            │
│  GET  /check/robots         │
└─────────────────────────────┘

Changelog

v1.2.0 (2026-03-29) — Gemini Review Release

• Security: API key authentication (Bearer token via TRUESOURCE_API_KEY)
• Performance: Timeout reduced 180s → 30s (MCP host compatibility)
• Performance: HTML streaming with </head> early-abort for Schema/OG checks
• DX: Improved tool descriptions with explicit trigger words for better LLM routing
• DX: npx -y install flow documented (prevents silent freeze)

v1.1.0 (2026-03-29) — Optimization Release

• Performance: Parallelized 5 checks with Promise.allSettled (3s → ~1s)
• Bugfix: Register geo_check_robots tool
• Bugfix: Fix {{HOST}} placeholder in generated robots.txt
• Bugfix: Fix response format mismatch in check-robots

v1.0.0 (2026-03-28) — Initial Release

• 3 tools: geo_score, geo_inject, vibetags_generate
• Stdio transport, Railway API integration

License

MIT — TrueSource AI / Sascha Deforth