Install the PandaCrawl plugin for Claude Code

The PandaCrawl plugin bundles PandaCrawl MCP and all nine SEO Agent Skills into one install. This is the preferred way to set up PandaCrawl in Claude Code.

Install

Run these two commands in Claude Code:

/plugin marketplace add every-app/open-seo
/plugin install pandacrawl@pandacrawl

If the install summary says Run /reload-plugins to activate., run that command.

Claude Code connects PandaCrawl MCP at https://app.pandacrawl.app/mcp and enables nine skills:

SEO Project Setup
SEO Coach
SEO Audit
Keyword Research
Keyword Clustering
Competitive Landscape
Competitor Analysis
Local SEO
Link Prospecting

Claude Code should prompt you to log in to PandaCrawl right after install. If it doesn't, run /mcp and approve the PandaCrawl connection from there.

Run a skill

Plugin skills are namespaced by the plugin name:

/pandacrawl:seo-project-setup
/pandacrawl:seo-coach
/pandacrawl:seo-audit
/pandacrawl:keyword-research
/pandacrawl:keyword-clustering
/pandacrawl:competitive-landscape
/pandacrawl:competitor-analysis
/pandacrawl:local-seo
/pandacrawl:link-prospecting

Claude Desktop

Claude Desktop doesn't support this plugin format — plugins are a Claude Code feature. For Claude Desktop, add PandaCrawl as an MCP connector instead.

Update or remove

/plugin marketplace update pandacrawl
/plugin uninstall pandacrawl@pandacrawl

Updates land in the cache immediately, but the running session keeps the old version until you run /reload-plugins or restart Claude Code.

Troubleshooting

To check what's actually installed, run /plugin list rather than bare /plugin — /plugin alone opens an interactive panel that doesn't show plain text.

If /reload-plugins reports 0 skills, that's normal, not a failure — its summary only counts a plugin's commands/ directory, not skills/. Confirm the skills loaded by running one directly, for example /pandacrawl:seo-audit.

If /plugin uninstall pandacrawl@pandacrawl reports "not installed in this project," you likely installed to a different scope than the one being checked (User, Project, or Local). Run /plugin list to see the actual scope, or sidestep the picker entirely with the shell form: claude plugin uninstall pandacrawl@pandacrawl --scope user.

If plugin skills don't appear, clear the plugin cache with rm -rf ~/.claude/plugins/cache — this clears every installed plugin's cache, not just PandaCrawl's, so reinstall anything else you have after — then restart Claude Code and reinstall the plugin.

If the PandaCrawl connection doesn't show as authenticated, run /mcp, select PandaCrawl, and complete the login.

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