Gemini CLI · Updated October 16, 2026

Monitor your backlinks from Gemini CLI

Links get removed in redesigns, changed to nofollow by a new editor, or dropped when a post is updated. If nobody checks, you find out months later, if ever.

BacklinkGenie re-checks every won link weekly. From your assistant you can ask what changed, or re-check a specific link right now.

The prompt

Paste this into Gemini CLI and change the details to fit.

Prompt for Gemini CLI

Pull my won links from BacklinkGenie and write them to links-audit.csv with domain, URL, live, followed and last checked. Re-check any marked lost.

What happens

1

List won links

list_links returns each won link with whether it's live, whether it's followed, and when it was last checked.
2

Re-check on demand

check_link fetches the page now and reports live, removed or nofollow.
3

Record new wins

mark_link_won adds a link an editor told you about, so it's monitored from then on.

G Gemini CLI

BacklinkGenie connected

Pull my won links from BacklinkGenie and write them to links-audit.csv with domain, URL, live, followed and last checked. Re-check any marked lost.

Used list_links Used check_link

Wrote links-audit.csv with 12 rows. 11 live and followed. Re-checked the one marked lost (nesslabs.com): the post was updated and the link is back, so it's now live.

Example with fictional product Margin.

Tips

Ask "what changed since last week?" rather than listing everything.
When a link turns nofollow or disappears, a short, friendly note to the editor often gets it restored. Ask your assistant to draft one.

Tools Gemini CLI uses for this

list_links

Links you've won and whether each one is still live and followed.

mark_link_won changes things

Records a link an editor added, so it's monitored from then on.

check_link

Re-checks a won link now: live, removed or nofollow.

Not connected yet?

Create an API key in BacklinkGenie under Settings → MCP, then add the server. The full Gemini CLI setup guide has every step.

Terminal

gemini mcp add -s user --transport http backlinkgenie https://app.backlinkgenie.com/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer bg_live_your_key"

More you can do from Gemini CLI

Monitor your backlinks from another tool

Same rules as the dashboard

Gemini CLI 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

How often are links checked?

Every won link is re-checked weekly, and you get an email if one is lost. check_link re-checks one immediately.

Can I add links I won outside BacklinkGenie?

Yes. mark_link_won records any link to your site on a page you name, and it's monitored the same way.

Do I need an API key to use BacklinkGenie from Gemini CLI?

Yes. Create one in BacklinkGenie under Settings → MCP; keys start with bg_live_. MCP access is on the Growth and Agency plans.

Set up BacklinkGenie in Gemini CLI

gemini mcp add (HTTP). Takes about two minutes.

MCP server reference

Endpoint, auth and every tool in detail.

Prompt library

More prompts for pitching, replies and reporting.

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