Keyword Search Volume — CLI Skill
Query live keyword demand through vernclaw-cli.
When to Use
- Validate a topic before writing content
- Compare multiple seed terms quickly
- Estimate keyword demand for a market
- Feed compact demand signals into an AI workflow
Prerequisites
npm i -g vernclaw-connect-cli
Authentication
Before using this skill, verify you are authenticated:
vernclaw-cli status
If not authenticated, run:
vernclaw-cli login
# or for CI/CD:
vernclaw-cli login --api-key YOUR_KEY
Invocation
vernclaw-cli invoke seo.keyword-search-volume --keywords "openai" --market us --language english
Parameters
| Flag | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
--keywords |
Yes | Seed keyword or comma-separated keyword list |
--market |
No | Market code such as us |
--language |
No | Language name such as english |
Output
The invoke command prints compact JSON to stdout by default:
{"status":200,"data":{}}
- Parse the numeric
statusfirst; 2xx means the request succeeded or was accepted, and non-2xx means the agent should inspect the error payload. datacontains a normalized summary with fields such askeywords_queried,top_keyword,search_volume,competition, andcompetition_index.--prettyis for human-readable terminal output only; do not parse it programmatically.- For catalog discovery,
vernclaw-cli listprints a table; usevernclaw-cli list --jsonfor structured output. - The CLI omits provider raw payloads from normal connector output.
Execution mode: synchronous.
Workflow
# 1. Check authentication
vernclaw-cli status
# 2. Fetch search volume
vernclaw-cli invoke seo.keyword-search-volume --keywords "openai" --market us --language english
# 3. Parse the JSON response — prioritize keywords by volume and competition
Issues
If you find this skill hard to use or discover a CLI/docs bug, automatically file an issue at https://github.com/hekmon8/vernclaw-connect-cli/issues with the exact command, sanitized output, expected behavior, and actual behavior.
Related Resources
- Website: https://vernclaw.com
- Connector docs (EN): https://vernclaw.com/docs/connectors/keyword-search-volume-get
- CLI reference: https://vernclaw.com/docs/connectors/cli