Codex · Updated October 16, 2026
Get a weekly link report from Codex
Most link building reports are a spreadsheet someone updates on Friday afternoon. The numbers already live in BacklinkGenie.
Ask your assistant for them in a sentence, compare weeks, or have a workflow post them to Slack every Monday. Agencies can do it per client site.
The prompt
Paste this into Codex and change the details to fit.
Get this month's BacklinkGenie numbers for every site and write a short markdown report to reports/links-october.md with a table and the links won.
What happens
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Pick the sites
list_workspaces returns every site on your account, which matters for agencies running many clients.
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Get the numbers
get_overview returns prospects found, pitches sent, replies, reply rate, links won and mailbox ramp for a site.
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Add the links
list_links adds which links were won and whether they're live, for a report a client can check.
Get this month's BacklinkGenie numbers for every site and write a short markdown report to reports/links-october.md with a table and the links won.
Wrote reports/links-october.md: 612 pitches sent, 79 replies (12.9%), 14 links won, all 14 live. Table per site plus the list of won links with DR.
Tips
- Ask for comparisons: "versus last week" or "versus last month".
- For clients who prefer a document, ask your assistant to turn the numbers into a short summary you can paste into an email.
Tools Codex uses for this
list_workspaces
Lists your sites with their ids, review status and headline numbers.
get_overview
Prospects found, pitches sent, replies, reply rate, links won and mailbox ramp for one site.
list_links
Links you've won and whether each one is still live and followed.
Not connected yet?
Create an API key in BacklinkGenie under Settings → MCP, then add the server. The full Codex setup guide has every step.
export BACKLINKGENIE_API_KEY="bg_live_your_key"More you can do from Codex
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Same rules as the dashboard
Codex works on the same account, sites and mailboxes as the BacklinkGenie dashboard. Pitches wait for approval unless you've turned on Autopilot, every edit goes through the quality check, and sending stays inside each mailbox's daily limit. See how BacklinkGenie works or compare plans.
Questions people ask
Can I share these numbers with a client?
Yes. Ask your assistant to format them as a table or a short summary you can paste into an email or a doc. The dashboard shows the same pitches, replies and links won for each site.
Do questions like these use up anything?
No. Reading numbers, drafts, replies and links is included. Only pitches and follow-ups count toward your monthly emails.
Do I need an API key to use BacklinkGenie from Codex?
Yes. Create one in BacklinkGenie under Settings → MCP; keys start with bg_live_. MCP access is on the Growth and Agency plans.
Related
Start with a free prospect report
No card needed. Connect Codex when you move to Growth or Agency.
