How do I research keywords in Agent Studio?#
Open Keyword research in an SEO project, enter your seed keywords and press Find keywords. Each seed returns its own set of ideas, and they merge into one table with a seed column so you can see where each idea came from.
Build a keyword shortlist
Step 1: Open your SEO project
Pick the project and open Keyword research under Research.Open SEO projectsStep 2: Enter seed keywords
Add up to 20 seeds, the plain words a customer types, such asemergency plumberorproject management software.Step 3: Choose a mode and depth
Pick Auto blend, Phrase match, Ideas or Related searches, and 50, 150, 300 or 500 keywords per seed.Step 4: Narrow to your market
The project's market is the default. Add a City or region for local volume instead of the whole country.Step 5: Filter and sort
Set Must include, Exclude and ranges for volume, difficulty and CPC. Sort by any column.Step 6: Save the winners
Select rows, add tags and press Save to project. They land in Saved keywords.
Which keyword metrics does Agent Studio show?#
Every keyword comes back with the numbers you need to decide whether it is worth a page.
| Metric | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| Volume | Average monthly searches in your market or city. |
| Difficulty | How hard the current top results are to beat, 0 to 100. |
| CPC (USD) | What advertisers pay per click, a strong signal of buying intent. |
| Competition | How crowded the paid results are for the term. |
| Intent | Whether the searcher wants to learn, compare, buy or find a place. |
| 12-month trend | Seasonality at a glance, so you publish before the peak. |
How do I see who ranks for a keyword right now?#
Open the live results card on any row. Agent Studio reads the current Google top 10 for that keyword in your market, so you see the pages you would have to beat before you write a word.
How do I find the keywords my competitors rank for?#
Open Domain overview and enter a competitor's domain. You get its estimated organic traffic, its ranked keywords sorted by traffic value, its top pages, the competitors it meets in results and the keyword gap between that domain and yours. The gap is the fastest content plan you will ever write.
Start from what customers type. Best for new pages, new services and content plans.
Start from a competitor. Best for finding proven keywords and the pages that win them.
Your shortlist. Filter by contains, exclude, volume, CPC and difficulty, refresh metrics, retag, export or remove, then send the list to rank tracking.
Can an AI agent do keyword research for me?#
Yes. The SEO Studio: Keyword Research template takes a seed, your site and your audience, pulls keyword ideas with volume, difficulty, intent and trend, saves them to your project, checks the live results and writes the shortlist of keywords to target now. Keyword Clustering groups a long list into pages, and SEO Coach turns the data into next steps. Each one reads your project memory first.
Let an agent build your shortlist
Open the Keyword Research template, test it with a dry run, then run it live.
What does keyword research cost?#
You pay per search from your prepaid credit, and the button shows the price before anything runs. Results tell you exactly what each search cost. A sample-data preview shows the table layout without saving or charging anything. Plan prices are on pricing.
Track the keywords you pick in rank tracking, and find the questions buyers ask AI with the Prompt explorer.