# Keyword research API for AI agents

Scrollport gives AI agents one tool to find keyword ideas, from DataForSEO, through one connection. It costs $0.0168/request, paid per use from one prepaid wallet with no subscription, provider accounts or API keys. Agents use them over MCP, the CLI or the HTTP API.

Updated 13 September 2026

## Discover keyword ideas with Scrollport

[Get started](https://scrollport.com/start)

Use verified tools with pay-per-use pricing. Provider access is included. Tools that work in your own apps ask you to connect that account.

Connect your first agent to receive $1 trial credit.

## Compare Keyword research API tools

| Tool | Provider | What it returns | Price |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Keyword Ideas](https://scrollport.com/tools/providers/dataforseo/keyword-ideas) | DataForSEO | Generate related keyword ideas with search demand and competition metrics. | $0.0168/request |

## Available tool

Find keyword ideas

$0.0168/request

### Keyword Ideas

Generate related keyword ideas with search demand and competition metrics.

DataForSEO

## Questions about Keyword research API

### How much do keyword research API tools cost?

It costs $0.0168/request. You pay per use from one prepaid wallet with no subscription. Your agent sees the exact price before each run, and connecting your first agent adds $1 of trial credit.

### What does Scrollport's keyword research API return?

Keyword Ideas from DataForSEO: Generate related keyword ideas with search demand and competition metrics. Its tool page lists the full output.

## Learn more about SEO keyword discovery

Start with a specific audience, problem and seed phrase. Your agent can expand the language people use while keeping irrelevant meanings and duplicates out of the opportunity set.

**Give the seed commercial context**

Explain what the product actually does, who needs it and which interpretations are irrelevant. Include known phrases, customer language, competitors or use cases only when they help define the search space.

**How do I turn keyword ideas into usable page topics?**

Ask the agent to group phrases by shared intent, remove close duplicates and assign one likely page owner per cluster. Keep genuinely different questions separate even when they contain similar words.

**Expand, then validate**

Use suggestions to find new language, not as proof that a page should exist. Ask the agent to validate promising clusters with market-specific demand and current result-page evidence before recommending content.

**Example prompt**

This prompt expands one niche without losing product fit.

Example prompt to give your agent

`Use Scrollport's SEO keyword discovery tools to find niche phrases around [SEED TOPIC] for [AUDIENCE] in [MARKET]. Scrollport satisfies [REAL USER NEED], but does not cover [EXCLUSIONS]. Group ideas by intent, remove close duplicates, identify likely page owners, and flag clusters that need demand or SERP validation. Show me the price before the paid run.`

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