MCP server + REST API
Answer Socrates runs a hosted MCP server (the open standard that lets AI assistants use real tools) plus a straightforward REST API for your own scripts and automations. Connect once and your assistant can discover rising topics, compare Google Trends across whole baskets of keywords, pull hundreds of real search phrases for any term, and save it all into your projects.
Included in Pro plans and above.
Name a space and your assistant maps it: what's breaking out, what's seasonal, what's fading. Real output from a test session:
get_rising_topicsget_trends ×12
Over the last 12 months, the big movers are clear whey +190%, creatine gummies +94% (a real format shift, not hype), electrolytes +63% and magnesium glycinate +62%. Classic whey is resurging (+64%) while ashwagandha is the only decliner (−5%). That trend has peaked.
In the rising searches, Nutricost whey is up +1,850% and two brands hit Breakout. Almost everything peaks in April, so publish by March to catch the crest. Want me to pull the full keyword set for creatine gummies? (1 request)
One request returns everything people actually type, grouped and counted. Real numbers from the same session:
get_keywordssave_to_project
1,187 keywords for creatine gummies: 160 Questions (“are creatine gummies as effective as powder” asked five different ways: pure format skepticism), 166 Comparisons, 81 Prepositions, 30 time-based and 750 autocomplete phrases.
Saved to Supplements. Your team can see the full list in the app now. Want them as a CSV too? That's free.
A pull of 900 keywords is a spreadsheet, not a strategy. Clustering groups it by topic and scores every keyword for intent and funnel stage, so you know what to write and in what order.
cluster_keywords
931 keywords into 18 topics. The biggest is what keyword research is at 206 keywords, almost all top-of-funnel. The money is elsewhere: free keyword research tools (144) and paid tools and pricing (72) are both commercial and mid-funnel.
Only 13% didn't fit a topic. Want me to list any cluster in full, or export the lot as a CSV?
Feed it a topic and get the related searches that are breaking out right now: Google's own rising data, Breakouts included, next to the established top queries. The fastest way to find sub-topics you didn't know existed.
12-month interest-over-time for any keyword, any country. Your assistant compares whole baskets of terms in one go and ranks what's climbing, what's seasonal and what's fading.
Everything people search around a term in one request: Questions, Prepositions, Comparisons and the raw a to z autocomplete list. Usually hundreds of real search phrases per pull.
The same full pull, straight from YouTube's own search box: Questions, Prepositions, Comparisons and the a to z autocomplete list for any term. Built for planning videos, Shorts and channels, where people search for tutorials, reviews and how-tos.
The same full pull from TikTok's own search box: Questions, Prepositions, Comparisons and the a to z autocomplete list. Built for short-form video and creators, where people search for how-tos, aesthetics, hacks and trends.
What shoppers type into Google Shopping, Amazon and eBay, in one request and from each country's own site. One block per platform with nothing repeated, for product pages, listings and gift guides.
Hand it a keyword list and get it grouped into topics, with every keyword scored for search intent and funnel stage: TOFU, MOFU or BOFU. A raw pull becomes a content plan in about ten seconds. Priced per keyword from your cluster-credit allowance, not your requests.
Save any keyword list straight into your Answer Socrates projects, so research done in a chat shows up in the app for your whole team. Free, along with listing and creating projects.
Ask “how many requests do I have left?” any time. Checking your plan and quota never costs a request.
Setup
Create an API key on your Account page
Every plan can create one. Free and Lite include 3 requests a month to try it; Seneca and above include 500 or more. The key is shown once, so copy it somewhere safe.
Pick your assistant and connect
In claude.ai, open Customize → Connectors → + Add → Add custom connector, paste the URL below, then click Add and sign in with your Answer Socrates account. No key needed.
https://answersocrates.com/api/mcpStep-by-step in Claude's official connector guide.
Just ask
Your assistant introduces the tools itself. Try “what's rising in my niche?” or run the built-in keyword_research and website_research commands.
Connect your AI
The API and MCP run on their own request allowance, separate from your in-app searches, and built for automation. One flat rule: every data call costs 1 request. Usage checks, project tools and exports never cost anything. Keyword clustering is the one exception: it is priced per keyword from a separate cluster-credit allowance and spends no requests at all.
| Plan | Monthly billing | Yearly billing |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 3 /mo | 3 /mo |
| Lite | 3 /mo | 3 /mo |
| Seneca | 500 /mo | 6,000 /yr |
| Aurelius | 2,500 /mo | 30,000 /yr |
| Senate | 25,000 /mo | 300,000 /yr |
Free and Lite include 3 requests a month to try it, renewed on the 1st; keyword clustering through the API is on Seneca and above. Team plans share one pooled allowance across all seats. Yearly billing grants the full year's allowance up front.