Website Traffic Checker — CLI Skill
Estimate any website's monthly visits, primary traffic channels, and geographic distribution through the vernclaw-cli.
When to Use
- Estimate competitor or prospect website traffic
- Identify primary traffic channels (organic, direct, referral, social, paid)
- Analyze geographic distribution of visitors
- Benchmark traffic before and after marketing campaigns
Prerequisites
npm i -g vernclaw-connect-cli
Authentication
Before using this skill, verify you are authenticated:
vernclaw-cli status
If not authenticated, run:
vernclaw-cli login
# or for CI/CD:
vernclaw-cli login --api-key YOUR_KEY
Generate an API key at vernclaw.com/settings/connectors.
Invocation
# Global traffic estimate
vernclaw-cli invoke seo.website-traffic --domain example.com
# Traffic for a specific market
vernclaw-cli invoke seo.website-traffic --domain example.com --market US
# Multiple domains
vernclaw-cli invoke seo.website-traffic --domain example.com,competitor.com
Parameters
| Flag | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
--domain |
Yes | One or more domains to query (comma-separated) |
--market |
No | Country/region code to filter traffic data (e.g. US, UK, CN) |
Output
The invoke command prints compact JSON to stdout by default:
{"status":200,"data":{}}
- Parse the numeric
statusfirst; 2xx means the request succeeded or was accepted, and non-2xx means the agent should inspect the error payload. datacontains a normalized summary with fields such as:- estimated_monthly_visits — total visitor estimate
- top_country — country contributing most traffic
- primary_channel — dominant traffic source
- traffic_trends — growth or decline indicators (when available)
--prettyis for human-readable terminal output only; do not parse it programmatically.- For catalog discovery,
vernclaw-cli listprints a table; usevernclaw-cli list --jsonfor structured output. - The CLI omits provider raw payloads from normal connector output.
Execution mode: synchronous (results returned immediately).
Workflow
# 1. Check authentication
vernclaw-cli status
# 2. Check competitor traffic
vernclaw-cli invoke seo.website-traffic --domain competitor.com
# 3. Compare multiple competitors
vernclaw-cli invoke seo.website-traffic --domain site1.com,site2.com,site3.com
# 4. Drill into a specific market
vernclaw-cli invoke seo.website-traffic --domain competitor.com --market US
Issues
If you find this skill hard to use or discover a CLI/docs bug, automatically file an issue at <https://github.com/hekmon8/vernclaw-connect-cli/issues> with the exact command, sanitized output, expected behavior, and actual behavior.
Related Resources
- Website: <https://vernclaw.com>
- Connector docs (EN): <https://vernclaw.com/docs/connectors/website-traffic-get>
- CLI reference: <https://vernclaw.com/docs/connectors/cli>
