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SwapBacklinks – a free link exchange you run from your coding agent

SwapBacklinks launched a free, one-for-one link exchange that users operate from a coding agent through a single HTTP MCP endpoint, added with the command `claude mcp add --transport http swap-backlinks https://swapbacklinks.com/api/mcp`. The service exposes six tools — submit_site, list_matches, respond_to_match, get_link_brief and mark_link_placed — pairs sites within a category and similar Domain Rating, and re-checks placed links after a week, a month, and then monthly, notifying one side if the other removes its link. The company says a person reviews each new site before pairing, which then runs immediately and again every 15 minutes, and keeps a site's URL private until both sides accept a match.

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SwapBacklinks – a free link exchange you run from your coding agent
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Your agent handles the step that stalls deals

Many exchanges stop at an introduction. Getting the link onto a page is the dull part, and your agent already has that codebase open.

Agreeing to a link swap is the easy bit; publishing the link is where most deals quietly die. Your coding agent already has the repo open, so the entire swap happens right there.

claude mcp add --transport http swap-backlinks https://swapbacklinks.com/api/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer bb_live_..."

That page gives you this exact command with your key already filled in.

Append --scope user if you want the server in every project, not only this one.

$ claude mcp add --transport http swap-backlinks \      https://swapbacklinks.com/api/mcp \      --header "Authorization: Bearer bb_live_..." Added HTTP MCP server swap-backlinks $ claude> /mcp   swap-backlinks   ✓ connected  tools  submit_site · list_matches · respond_to_match         get_link_brief · mark_link_placed   No local install: it is just an HTTP endpoint.

A single HTTP endpoint: nothing to install and nothing left running on your computer.

Connect it once, then ask for a link swap in any session: “swap a link for my site”.

Be among the first builders swapping links from their agents

I · Why

Sites are paired within a category and a similar Domain Rating. If a category runs thin we look one neighbouring category over, and we tell you when we did.

When you report a link live we fetch both pages and record how each one sits. We look again after a week, a month, and then monthly. If one side takes theirs down, the other side is told.

II · Process

Paste a URL. We write the first draft of your listing (category, description, anchor ideas, DR) and keep your address private until a pairing is accepted.

A person reviews each new site first. Pairing then runs right away and again every 15 minutes. What you see is an anonymous profile: category, DR range and the anchors they are after.

Say yes and you are introduced to each other. Place your link, report it, and we verify it and keep re-checking it.

III · Rules

Four rules, applied the same way to every member.

IV · Start

Free and one-for-one, with your URL kept private until both sides agree. Use your agent or the web form: it is the same exchange either way.

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