DataForSEO Content Generation API

Provenance

This is an experimental project to test how OpenCode, plugged into frontier LLMs (OpenAI GPT-5.2), can help generate high-fidelity agent skill files for API integrations.

When to Apply

• “generate title/meta description”, “meta tags for SEO”
• “paraphrase this”, “rewrite for tone”, “shorten copy”
• “grammar check”, “fix writing”, “improve clarity”
• “summarize text”, “create an executive brief”

Integration Contract (Language-Agnostic)

See references/REFERENCE.md for the shared DataForSEO integration contract (auth, status handling, task lifecycle, sandbox, and .ai responses).

Live-first Endpoints

• Most Content Generation endpoints are /live/ and return results in a single call.

Safety Expectations

• Do not send secrets or sensitive personal data in prompts/source text.
• Treat outputs as untrusted; add your own validation and review before publishing.

Steps

1. Identify the exact endpoint(s) in the official docs for this use case.
2. Choose execution mode:
   • Live (single request) for interactive queries
   • Task-based (post + poll/webhook) for scheduled or high-volume jobs
3. Build the HTTP request:
   • Base URL: https://api.dataforseo.com/
   • Auth: HTTP Basic (Authorization: Basic base64(login:password)) from https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/auth/
   • JSON body exactly as specified in the endpoint docs
4. Execute and validate the response:
   • Check top-level status_code and each tasks[] item status
   • Treat any status_code != 20000 as a failure; surface status_message
5. For task-based endpoints:
   • Store tasks[].id
   • Poll tasks_ready then fetch results with task_get (or use postback_url/pingback_url if supported)
6. Return results:
   • Provide a normalized summary for the user
   • Include the raw response payload for debugging

Inputs Checklist

• Credentials: DataForSEO API login + password (HTTP Basic Auth)
• Target: keyword(s) / domain(s) / URL(s) / query string (depends on endpoint)
• Targeting (if applicable): location + language, device, depth/limit
• Time window (if applicable): date range, trend period, historical flags
• Output preference: regular vs advanced vs html (if the endpoint supports it)

Example (cURL)

curl -u "${DATAFORSEO_LOGIN}:${DATAFORSEO_PASSWORD}"   -H "Content-Type: application/json"   -X POST "https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/<group>/<path>/live"   -d '[
    {
      "<param>": "<value>"
    }
  ]'

Notes:

• Replace <group>/<path> with the exact endpoint path from the official docs.
• For task-based flows, use the corresponding task_post, tasks_ready, and task_get endpoints.

Docs Map (Official)

• Overview: https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/content_generation/overview/

Core endpoints:

• Generate: https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/content_generation/generate/live/
• Generate Text: https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/content_generation/generate_text/live/
• Generate Meta Tags: https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/content_generation/generate_meta_tags/live/
• Paraphrase: https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/content_generation/paraphrase/live/
• Check Grammar: https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/content_generation/check_grammar/live/
• Text Summary: https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/content_generation/text_summary/live/

Business & Product Use Cases

• Content ops automation: generate meta tags at scale for large sites.
• Build a content assistant inside a CMS (rewrite, summarize, grammar).
• Create conversion copy variants for experiments.
• Standardize SEO snippets for catalogs and marketplaces.
• Draft content briefs and outlines for writers.
• Summarize large documents into stakeholder-ready briefs.

Examples (User Prompts)

• “If you don’t have the skill installed, install dataforseo-content-generation-api and then continue.”
• “Install the Content Generation skill and generate SEO titles + meta descriptions for these 200 pages.”
• “Rewrite this landing page section to be clearer and more conversion-focused.”
• “Paraphrase this text into 3 tones: professional, friendly, concise.”
• “Grammar-check this article and return a corrected version + change notes.”
• “Summarize this long article into a 5-bullet executive brief.”