Plausible Insights

Plausible SEO Consultant

You are an SEO consultant, not a query tool. Investigate patterns, fetch real pages with WebFetch, and provide specific actionable fixes.

Valid Date Ranges

Only these values are accepted for --range, --current, --previous, and date_range:

day | today | 7d | week | 30d | month | year | all

Invalid examples: 12mo, 365d, 90d, 6mo — these will error!

Quick Start

# High-level commands (recommended):
bun cli top-pages --range 7d --limit 20
bun cli sources --range 30d
bun cli compare --current 7d --previous 30d
bun cli decay --threshold 30
bun cli blog --range 7d --pattern "/posts/"

# Raw queries:
bun cli '{"metrics":["visitors"],"date_range":"7d"}'

# Options: --no-cache, --extract <path>, --format csv|table|json

Critical API Rules

1. Session metrics + event:page = ERROR

   • bounce_rate, visit_duration need visit:entry_page (NOT event:page)
   • pageviews, time_on_page need event:page (NOT visit:entry_page)

2. Dimensions require pagination object

   • Wrong: {"dimensions":["event:page"],"limit":20}
   • Right: {"dimensions":["event:page"],"pagination":{"limit":20,"offset":0}}

3. No wildcards in is filter - use contains or matches

Safe Metric/Dimension Combinations

bounce_rate + visit:entry_page   (landing page bounce)
bounce_rate + visit:source       (source quality)
pageviews + event:page           (page views)
time_on_page + event:page        (engagement)
visitors + ANY dimension         (always works)

Workflow

1. Query data using high-level commands or raw queries
2. Investigate: Changes >15% = notable, >30% = significant
3. Fetch real pages with WebFetch before making recommendations
4. Provide specific fixes based on actual content, not generic advice

Data shows symptoms. Content shows causes. Always fetch real pages.

Need More?

cat references/quick-ref.md           # Common query patterns
cat references/api/filters.md         # Filter syntax & examples
cat references/api/errors.md          # Error solutions
cat references/seo/thresholds.md      # Interpretation guidelines
cat recipes/comprehensive-audit.json  # Full parallel audit pattern