A sovereign, local-first MCP server for AI search crawler governance, robots.txt auditing, brand safety guardrails, and IndexNow notifications.
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# seosiri-search-governance-mcp > 📖 **Official Architecture & Documentation:** [SEOSiri Search Governance Guide](https://www.seosiri.com/2026/08/search-governance-mcp.html) | [Central MCP Directory](https://www.seosiri.com/2026/07/seosiri-mcp-servers.html) An open-source, local-first Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for **AI Search Crawler Governance, Brand Safety Guardrails, Canonical Integrity, and IndexNow Notifications**. ## 💖 Sponsorship, B2B Custom Solutions & Attribution ### 👨💻 Lead Architect & Attribution Designed and engineered by **[Momenul Ahmad](https://github.com/MOBILEPHONE)**, Lead Architect and Founder of **[SEOSiri](https://seosiri.com)**. ### 🚀 Capabilities & Tools (10 Production Tools) - **`audit_ai_crawler_directives`**: Parses `robots.txt` for AI search bot access rules (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot). - **`verify_canonical_link_integrity`**: Audits HTML `<link rel="canonical">` self-referential integrity. - **`enforce_brand_safety_guardrails`**: Scans content strings for restricted keywords or unverified claims. - **`audit_xml_sitemap_index`**: Validates XML sitemaps for syntax errors and URL counts. - **`notify_indexnow_search_engines`**: Generates IndexNow API payloads for Bing, Yandex, and Naver. - **`check_http_redirect_chain`**: Traces HTTP redirect loops ($301\text{/}\text{302}$). - **`validate_google_bot_user_agent`**: Simulates Googlebot and ClaudeBot requests. - **`sanitize_governance_payload`**: Strips script injections and malicious tags. - **`get_live_governance_throughput_metrics`**: Monitors system health and processing latency. - **`get_governance_server_specifications`**: Returns protocol specs and capability matrices. ## Quickstart ```bash pip install -e . pytest tests/test_search_governance.py ``` ### 🔌 Claude Desktop / Cursor Configuration Add this block to your `claude_desktop_config.json`: ```json { "mcpServers": { "seosiri-search-governance": { "comm…
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