GSC Opportunities — High-Impression Low-CTR Finder

@skills/seo/references/mcp-degradation.md @skills/seo/references/gsc-api-reference.md

Finds keywords with significant impressions but low click-through rates — indicating ranking positions where optimization can quickly increase organic traffic without new content creation.

MCP Check

Before calling any GSC tool, verify the MCP is connected:

1. Use ToolSearch with query

   +google-search-console

2. If tools returned — note the actual tool name prefix, proceed to Inputs
3. If no tools returned — display the GSC MCP error template from

   references/mcp-degradation.md

   and stop:

## Google Search Console MCP Not Available

The `/seo gsc opportunities` command requires the GSC MCP, which is not currently connected.

**What you can do:**
- Use `/seo technical <url>` for crawlability and indexability analysis (no live data)
- Use `/seo audit <url>` for a full static SEO audit

**To connect GSC MCP:**
- Install and configure a Google Search Console MCP server (see README for setup)
- Add it to ~/.claude/mcp.json at user scope (NOT project scope)
- Verify GSC property access before running commands (domain vs URL prefix format)
- See references/gsc-api-reference.md for property format details

Inputs

• site

  : The GSC property URL. Accept both formats:
  • Domain property:

    sc-domain:example.com

  • URL prefix:

    https://example.com

    or

    https://www.example.com

  • If user provides a bare domain (no prefix), call

    list_sites

    to identify the correct property format registered in GSC.

Date Calculation

Use Bash to calculate dates (GSC has ~3 day delay):

endDate=$(date -v-3d +%Y-%m-%d)
startDate=$(date -v-31d +%Y-%m-%d)
echo "endDate: $endDate | startDate: $startDate"

Execution

Step 1 — Find keyword opportunities: Call

find_keyword_opportunities

with:

• siteUrl

  : the site property

• startDate

  : calculated startDate

• endDate

  : calculated endDate

• minImpressions

  : 100 (keywords need at least 100 impressions to matter)

• maxCtr

  : 0.05 (5% CTR threshold — keywords below this are underperforming)

• maxPosition

  : 20 (only keywords ranking in top 20 positions)

Post-processing: Sort results by impressions descending (highest opportunity volume first).

For each keyword, add a "Potential" action recommendation:

• Position 1-3 and CTR < 3%: "Review snippet — may have featured snippet competing"
• Position 4-10 and CTR < 3%: "Optimize title tag and meta description"
• Position 4-10 and CTR 3-5%: "A/B test title variations"
• Position 11-20: "Content expansion to move into top 10"

CTR display rule: API returns CTR as decimal (0.0523) — multiply by 100 for display (show 5.23%).

Output Format

## GSC Opportunities: [site property]
**Period:** [startDate] to [endDate] (28 days)
**Filters:** Impressions >= 100, CTR < 5%, Position <= 20

### Keyword Opportunities
| Keyword | Impressions | Clicks | CTR | Position | Recommended Action |
|---------|------------|--------|-----|----------|--------------------|
| [keyword] | [n] | [n] | [X.XX%] | [X.X] | [action] |
...

**Total opportunities found:** [count]

### Quick Wins Summary
- **Title/meta optimization candidates:** [count] keywords in positions 4-10
- **Content expansion candidates:** [count] keywords in positions 11-20

If no opportunities found with default thresholds, note: "No keywords found with

=100 impressions and <5% CTR in top 20 positions for this period."