Discover backlinks

discover_backlinks Query a configured owned corpus for bounded candidates with dated evidence. Candidates remain unchecked and coverage stays limited to that corpus. No supplier spending or monitoring enrollment. Reuse idempotencyKey for retries. Where owned discovery is not configured, the error names the operator change required; retrying cannot configure it, and import_backlinks remains available for exports you already own.

Available in the deployed MCP and HTTP bundle. Confirm access and inputs with your connected catalog. Workspace scopes and enabled providers still apply.

Access	Behavior
`discovery:write`	Writes or admits work

Provider-backed admission requires enabled configuration and available allowance; registration alone does not make retrieval available. Inspect usage and the run’s coverage before interpreting results.

Example request

Connect through MCP, CLI, or HTTP. Replace example identifiers with records from your workspace.

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "discover_backlinks",
    "arguments": {
      "projectId": "project_example",
      "targetKind": "domain",
      "target": "example.com",
      "includeSubdomains": false,
      "backlinksStatus": "live",
      "excludeInternalBacklinks": false,
      "pageLimit": 1,
      "rowLimit": 1,
      "idempotencyKey": "docs-request-001"
    }
  }
}

agentlinkops call discover_backlinks --args '{"projectId":"project_example","targetKind":"domain","target":"example.com","includeSubdomains":false,"backlinksStatus":"live","excludeInternalBacklinks":false,"pageLimit":1,"rowLimit":1,"idempotencyKey":"docs-request-001"}'

curl "$AGENTLINKOPS_API_URL/v1/commands/discover_backlinks" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AGENTLINKOPS_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{"projectId":"project_example","targetKind":"domain","target":"example.com","includeSubdomains":false,"backlinksStatus":"live","excludeInternalBacklinks":false,"pageLimit":1,"rowLimit":1,"idempotencyKey":"docs-request-001"}'

Returned result

Illustrative data validated against the documented response schema. IDs and dates are examples, not a live account capture. MCP returns this data in structuredContent and in a text content block; generic HTTP and CLI return the JSON result directly.

Full response example

{
  "v": 1,
  "id": "dr_example",
  "workspace_id": "ws_example",
  "project_id": "project_example",
  "provider": "linktrail_corpus",
  "data_mode": "owned_corpus",
  "query": {
    "target_kind": "domain",
    "target": "example.com",
    "include_subdomains": false,
    "backlinks_status_type": "live",
    "exclude_internal_backlinks": false,
    "mode": "as_is",
    "filters": null,
    "order_by": [
      "first_seen,desc"
    ],
    "rank_scale": null,
    "page_limit": 1,
    "row_limit": 1
  },
  "status": "queued",
  "created_at": "2026-09-13T12:00:00.000Z",
  "started_at": null,
  "finished_at": null,
  "coverage": "pending",
  "coverage_reason": null,
  "provider_total_count": null,
  "usage": {
    "unit": "discovery",
    "currency": "USD",
    "quote_id": "owned_example",
    "max_cost_microusd": 0,
    "reserved_cost_microusd": 0,
    "provider_reported_cost_microusd": null,
    "request_count": 0,
    "returned_rows": 0,
    "accepted_candidates": 0,
    "rejected_rows": 0,
    "duplicate_rows": 0
  },
  "operation": "backlinks",
  "coverage_scope": "corpus_subset",
  "whole_web_coverage": false,
  "replayed": false
}

Input fields

Omit optional fields when you do not want to supply them. Null is accepted only where listed. Unknown input properties are rejected.

Field	Type	Presence	Meaning and constraints
`projectId`	string	Required	Identifier of the project returned by its create or list operation. pattern: ”^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,128}$“
`targetKind`	string	Required	Whether target identifies an exact URL or a domain. values: “domain”, “exact_url”
`target`	string	Required	Exact URL or domain to query, interpreted according to targetKind. minLength: 1; maxLength: 4096
`includeSubdomains`	boolean	Required	Include subdomains of the selected domain in this query.
`backlinksStatus`	string	Required	Supplier-reported backlink status filter; this is not AgentLinkOps verification. values: “live”, “lost”, “all”
`excludeInternalBacklinks`	boolean	Required	Exclude supplier rows linking within the queried site.
`pageLimit`	integer	Required	Maximum supplier rows requested per page, within the total row limit. minimum: 1; maximum: 1000
`rowLimit`	integer	Required	Maximum total supplier rows admitted for this discovery run. minimum: 1; maximum: 1000
`idempotencyKey`	string	Required	Caller-generated key reused only for retries of the same operation and arguments in this workspace. pattern: ”^[\x21-\x7e]{1,200}$“

Validation and omitted values

includeSubdomains, backlinksStatus, excludeInternalBacklinks, pageLimit and rowLimit are required explicit choices. Provider and ordering are selected by server configuration, not request fields. Owned-corpus query order is first_seen descending with no authority-rank scale. Supplier fixture order uses rank descending with its provider scale; that fixture branch does not activate hosted supplier admission.

Output fields

Fields inside optional or nullable parents apply only when that parent exists. Common schema conventions explain evidence states, empty lists and extensions.

v (number, required): must equal 1
id (string, required): Resource identifier returned by the operation. minLength: 1; maxLength: 128; pattern: ”^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$”
workspace_id (string, required): Workspace that owns this record. minLength: 1; maxLength: 128; pattern: ”^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$”
project_id (string, required): Project that owns this record. minLength: 1; maxLength: 128; pattern: ”^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$”
provider (string, required): values: “linktrail_corpus”, “dataforseo”, “imported”
data_mode (string, required): values: “synthetic”, “owned_corpus”, “provider_index”, “imported”
query (object, required): additional fields rejected
status (string, required): Resource lifecycle status. values: “queued”, “running”, “succeeded”, “partial”, “failed”, “reconciliation_required”
created_at (string, required): UTC timestamp when the record was created. format: “date-time”; pattern: ”^(?:(?:\d\d[2468][048]|\d\d[13579][26]|\d\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d:[0-5]\d\.\d{3}(?:Z))$”
started_at (string / null, required).
finished_at (string / null, required).
coverage (string, required): Dataset scope and completeness, including limits on what these results establish. values: “pending”, “complete_for_query”, “capped”, “partial”, “unknown”
coverage_reason (string / null, required).
provider_total_count (integer / null, required).
usage (object, required): additional fields rejected
operation (string, required): must equal “backlinks”
coverage_scope (string, required): values: “customer_import”, “corpus_subset”, “provider_query”
whole_web_coverage (boolean, required): False: these results do not measure the whole web. must equal false
replayed (boolean, optional): True when the response reuses an earlier request with the same idempotency value.

All fields and nested objects

Field	Type	Presence	Meaning and constraints
`v`	number	Required	must equal 1
`id`	string	Required	Resource identifier returned by the operation. minLength: 1; maxLength: 128; pattern: ”^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$“
`workspace_id`	string	Required	Workspace that owns this record. minLength: 1; maxLength: 128; pattern: ”^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$“
`project_id`	string	Required	Project that owns this record. minLength: 1; maxLength: 128; pattern: ”^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$“
`provider`	string	Required	values: “linktrail_corpus”, “dataforseo”, “imported”
`data_mode`	string	Required	values: “synthetic”, “owned_corpus”, “provider_index”, “imported”
`query`	object	Required	additional fields rejected
`query.target_kind`	string	Required	values: “domain”, “exact_url”
`query.target`	string	Required	minLength: 1; maxLength: 4096
`query.include_subdomains`	boolean	Required
`query.backlinks_status_type`	string	Required	values: “live”, “lost”, “all”
`query.exclude_internal_backlinks`	boolean	Required
`query.mode`	string	Required	must equal “as_is”
`query.filters`	null	Required
`query.order_by`	array	Required	minItems: 1; maxItems: 1
`query.rank_scale`	string / null	Required
`query.page_limit`	integer	Required	minimum: 1; maximum: 1000
`query.row_limit`	integer	Required	minimum: 1; maximum: 1000
`status`	string	Required	Resource lifecycle status. values: “queued”, “running”, “succeeded”, “partial”, “failed”, “reconciliation_required”
`created_at`	string	Required	UTC timestamp when the record was created. format: “date-time”; pattern: ”^(?:(?:\d\d[2468][048]\|\d\d[13579][26]\|\d\d0[48]\|[02468][048]00\|[13579][26]00)-02-29\|\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]\|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]\|[12]\d\|3[01])\|(?:0[469]\|11)-(?:0[1-9]\|[12]\d\|30)\|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]\|1\d\|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\d\|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d:[0-5]\d\.\d{3}(?:Z))$“
`started_at`	string / null	Required
`finished_at`	string / null	Required
`coverage`	string	Required	Dataset scope and completeness, including limits on what these results establish. values: “pending”, “complete_for_query”, “capped”, “partial”, “unknown”
`coverage_reason`	string / null	Required
`provider_total_count`	integer / null	Required
`usage`	object	Required	additional fields rejected
`usage.unit`	string	Required	must equal “discovery”
`usage.currency`	string	Required	must equal “USD”
`usage.quote_id`	string	Required	Identifier returned by the related operation. minLength: 1; maxLength: 128; pattern: ”^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$“
`usage.max_cost_microusd`	integer	Required	minimum: 0; maximum: 9007199254740991
`usage.reserved_cost_microusd`	integer	Required	minimum: 0; maximum: 9007199254740991
`usage.provider_reported_cost_microusd`	integer / null	Required
`usage.request_count`	integer	Required	minimum: 0; maximum: 9007199254740991
`usage.returned_rows`	integer	Required	minimum: 0; maximum: 9007199254740991
`usage.accepted_candidates`	integer	Required	minimum: 0; maximum: 9007199254740991
`usage.rejected_rows`	integer	Required	minimum: 0; maximum: 9007199254740991
`usage.duplicate_rows`	integer	Required	minimum: 0; maximum: 9007199254740991
`operation`	string	Required	must equal “backlinks”
`coverage_scope`	string	Required	values: “customer_import”, “corpus_subset”, “provider_query”
`whole_web_coverage`	boolean	Required	False: these results do not measure the whole web. must equal false
`replayed`	boolean	Optional	True when the response reuses an earlier request with the same idempotency value.

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Errors and retries

The command is annotated idempotent. Reuse an accepted idempotency key when the input provides one; changing the payload under a reused key can conflict. See error recovery for status, scope, cooldown, cursor and retry handling. Unknown observations are result data and do not establish loss.

HTTP resource routes

These existing resource routes share the operation’s domain behavior. Their parameter placement, status and response envelope can differ from generic invocation. See HTTP route details.

Method and route	Success	Details
`POST /v1/discovery/runs`	202	Remaining arguments go in a JSON object body. Supply idempotencyKey as the Idempotency-Key header on this resource route.

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