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# Manage Tracked Competitors

> Add competitor domains or pages to an Ahrefs Rank Tracker project or remove them

Add competitor domains or pages to an Ahrefs Rank Tracker project or remove them. Free: does not consume API units. Competitors power the share of voice reports in ahrefs\_get\_rank\_tracker\_competitors.

| | |
| - | - |
| **App** | Ahrefs |
| **Operation ID** | `ahrefs_manage_tracked_competitors` |
| **Type** | Action |
| **Connection** | `ahrefs` (required) |
| **Credits per run** | Free |
| **Agent / MCP tool** | Yes |
| **Requires approval** | Yes (write operation) |

## Inputs

| Field | Type | Required | Default | Description |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| `project_id` | string or SelectItem | Yes | - | The Rank Tracker project (numeric ID from the Ahrefs project URL). Use ahrefs\_list\_projects to find it. |
| `action` | string or SelectableOption | No | `add` | 'add' (default) starts tracking the competitors in the project; 'remove' stops tracking them. |
| `competitors` | array of string or string | Yes | - | Competitor domains or URLs. Accepts a list or a newline/comma-separated string. |
| `mode` | string or SelectableOption | No | `subdomains` | How each competitor is interpreted: 'subdomains' (default), 'domain', 'prefix' or 'exact'. To remove a competitor, use the mode it was added with. |

### SelectItem

| Field | Type | Required | Default | Description |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| `value` | string | Yes | - | The value of the selectable item. |
| `label` | string | Yes | - | The label of the selectable item, used for display purposes. If not provided, defaults to the value. |

### SelectableOption

| Field | Type | Required | Default | Description |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| `value` | string | Yes | - | |
| `label` | string | Yes | - | |

## Output

**Type**: `List[Dict]`

Returns the tracked competitors of the project after the change (empty after removing the last one): url, mode.

**Fields**: `url`, `mode`

**Example**:

```json theme={"dark"}
[
  {
    "url": "semrush.com/",
    "mode": "subdomains"
  }
]
```


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