wp_seo_generate_metadata

Instructions

Implementation Reference

• src/tools/seo/SEOHandlers.ts:54-80 (handler)

  MCP handler function that executes the wp_seo_generate_metadata tool logic by extracting parameters from args and delegating to SEOTools.generateMetadata

  export async function handleGenerateMetadata(client: WordPressClient, args: Record<string, unknown>): Promise<unknown> {
    const logger = LoggerFactory.tool("wp_seo_generate_metadata");
  
    try {
      const seoTools = getSEOToolsInstance();
      const params: SEOToolParams = {
        postId: args.postId as number,
        site: args.site as string,
      };
  
      // Add custom title/description if provided
      if (args.title) {
        params.title = args.title as string;
      }
      if (args.description) {
        params.description = args.description as string;
      }
      if (args.focusKeyword) {
        params.focusKeywords = [args.focusKeyword as string];
      }
  
      return await seoTools.generateMetadata(params);
    } catch (error) {
      logger.error("Failed to generate metadata", { error, args });
      throw error;
    }
  }

• src/tools/seo/SEOToolDefinitions.ts:48-78 (schema)

  Input schema and definition for the wp_seo_generate_metadata tool

  export const generateMetadataTool: Tool = {
    name: "wp_seo_generate_metadata",
    description:
      "Generate SEO-optimized metadata including title tags, meta descriptions, OpenGraph, and Twitter Card data",
    inputSchema: {
      type: "object",
      properties: {
        postId: {
          type: "number",
          description: "WordPress post ID",
        },
        title: {
          type: "string",
          description: "Custom title to optimize (optional, uses post title if not provided)",
        },
        description: {
          type: "string",
          description: "Custom description to optimize (optional, uses excerpt if not provided)",
        },
        focusKeyword: {
          type: "string",
          description: "Primary keyword to include in metadata",
        },
        site: {
          type: "string",
          description: "Site identifier for multi-site setups",
        },
      },
      required: ["postId"],
    },
  };

• src/tools/seo/SEOTools.ts:378-399 (registration)

  Registration mapping in getHandlerForTool that associates 'wp_seo_generate_metadata' with handleGenerateMetadata handler. Used by getTools() for MCP tool registration.

  private getHandlerForTool(toolName: string): unknown {
    const handlers: Record<string, unknown> = {
      wp_seo_analyze_content: handleAnalyzeContent,
      wp_seo_generate_metadata: handleGenerateMetadata,
      wp_seo_bulk_update_metadata: handleBulkUpdateMetadata,
      wp_seo_generate_schema: handleGenerateSchema,
      wp_seo_validate_schema: handleValidateSchema,
      wp_seo_suggest_internal_links: handleSuggestInternalLinks,
      wp_seo_site_audit: handlePerformSiteAudit,
      wp_seo_track_serp: handleTrackSERPPositions,
      wp_seo_keyword_research: handleKeywordResearch,
      wp_seo_test_integration: handleTestSEOIntegration,
      wp_seo_get_live_data: handleGetLiveSEOData,
    };
  
    return (
      handlers[toolName] ||
      (() => {
        throw new Error(`Unknown SEO tool: ${toolName}`);
      })
    );
  }

• src/tools/seo/SEOTools.ts:150-170 (helper)

  Core generateMetadata method in SEOTools class that orchestrates metadata generation by calling createMetadata (which uses MetaGenerator).

  async generateMetadata(params: SEOToolParams): Promise<SEOMetadata> {
    const siteLogger = LoggerFactory.tool("wp_seo_generate_meta", params.site);
  
    return await siteLogger.time("Generate SEO metadata", async () => {
      try {
        validateRequired(params, ["postId"]);
        const client = this.getSiteClient(params.site);
  
        // Implementation will be added in generators
        const metadata = await this.createMetadata(client, params);
  
        return metadata;
      } catch (_error) {
        handleToolError(_error, "generate metadata", {
          site: params.site,
          postId: params.postId as number,
        });
        throw _error;
      }
    });
  }

• src/tools/seo/generators/MetaGenerator.ts:71-145 (helper)

  The core implementation logic in MetaGenerator.generateMetadata that generates title, description, OpenGraph, Twitter Card, applies safety filters, and validates the SEO metadata.

  async generateMetadata(
    post: WordPressPost,
    params: SEOToolParams,
    options: MetaGenerationOptions = {},
  ): Promise<SEOMetadata> {
    const siteLogger = LoggerFactory.tool("seo_generate_metadata", params.site);
  
    return await siteLogger.time("Generate SEO metadata", async () => {
      // Extract content for analysis
      const content = this.extractPostContent(post);
      const focusKeyword = params.focusKeywords?.[0] || "";
  
      // Generate title tag
      const title = await this.generateTitle(post, content, focusKeyword, options);
  
      // Generate meta description
      const description = await this.generateDescription(post, content, focusKeyword, options);
  
      // Generate OpenGraph metadata
      const openGraph = await this.generateOpenGraph(post, title, description, options);
  
      // Generate Twitter Card metadata
      const twitterCard = await this.generateTwitterCard(post, title, description, options);
  
      // Create canonical URL
      const canonical = this.generateCanonicalUrl(post);
  
      // Set robots directives
      const robots = this.generateRobotsDirectives(post, options);
  
      const metadata: SEOMetadata = {
        title,
        description,
      };
  
      if (focusKeyword) {
        metadata.focusKeyword = focusKeyword;
      }
  
      if (canonical) {
        metadata.canonical = canonical;
      }
  
      if (robots) {
        metadata.robots = robots;
      }
  
      if (openGraph) {
        metadata.openGraph = openGraph;
      }
  
      if (twitterCard) {
        metadata.twitterCard = twitterCard;
      }
  
      // Apply safety filters
      this.applySafetyFilters(metadata);
  
      // Re-optimize description length after safety filters may have shortened it
      metadata.description = this.optimizeDescriptionLength(metadata.description);
  
      // Validate required fields
      this.validateMetadata(metadata);
  
      siteLogger.info("Generated SEO metadata", {
        titleLength: title.length,
        descriptionLength: description.length,
        hasOpenGraph: Boolean(openGraph),
        hasTwitterCard: Boolean(twitterCard),
        focusKeyword,
      });
  
      return metadata;
    });
  }