# Free keyword research tool: run it free, or from your agent

Twenty keyword ideas for a seed, with US search volume, difficulty, CPC and intent from DataForSEO Labs.

## Prompt

Use looot to research keywords for [topic]. 1. Set up https://looot.ai/skill.md. 2. Find a keyword suggestions endpoint in the catalog and check its price before you call. 3. Run it for each seed keyword, Google United States, English. 4. Return a table of keyword, monthly search volume, difficulty and intent sorted by volume, group the ones that share a topic, and give the total cost.

## What it needs

One seed keyword, such as cold email

## What comes back

- keyword
- monthly searches in the United States
- keyword difficulty from 0 to 100
- cost per click
- ad competition
- search intent

## Endpoints and providers

- dataforseo: dataforseo-dataforseo-labs-google-keyword-suggestions-live
- dataforseo: dataforseo-dataforseo-labs-google-keyword-ideas-live

## What it costs

The tool on the web page runs live at no cost to you and is limited per hour. The results come from public data through looot. For heavier or repeated use, run the same job from your own looot account: looot bills per call and charges nothing while your agent is idle. The live price comes from the catalog and shows on the web page.

## Plan a blog post

Find the phrases people really type around your topic and pick the one with volume and low difficulty.

## Price ad keywords

Read the cost per click and the ad competition before you bid on a keyword.

## Find long tail terms

See the longer phrases around a head term, which are often easier to rank for.

## Agent keyword plans

Let your agent research ten seeds and group the keywords into topics for a content plan.

## How do I do keyword research for free?

Type a seed keyword in the box at the top of this page and run it. You get 20 related keywords with their monthly search volume, difficulty and cost per click, sorted from the most searched.

## Where does the search volume come from?

From DataForSEO Labs, which takes it from Google Ads data for the United States in English. The number is the average monthly searches over the last 12 months.

## What is keyword difficulty?

DataForSEO's estimate, from 0 to 100, of how hard it is to reach the top 10 for the keyword, based on the link strength of the pages that rank now. Lower is easier.

## What does the intent column mean?

What most searchers want: informational (learn something), navigational (reach a site), commercial (compare options) or transactional (buy or sign up). It comes from DataForSEO's classifier.

## Why do some keywords show the same volume?

Google Ads groups close variants, such as a plural and a singular, and reports one volume for the group. DataForSEO passes that number on for each variant.

## Can I research another country?

This page covers Google in the United States. Your agent can run the same endpoint with another location and language.

## How many keywords do I get?

Twenty per run on this page, the most searched first. The title shows how many ideas DataForSEO has in total, and your agent can page through more.

## Is this keyword research tool free?

Yes. Each run on this page costs you nothing and is limited per hour. For many seeds, your agent runs the same endpoint on your own looot account at the per-call price shown above.

## How do I run this from an agent?

Copy the prompt above into your agent with the looot skill.md link. It picks the keyword suggestions endpoint, checks the price and returns one table per seed.

## Related tools

- /free-tools/google-autocomplete-tool
- /free-tools/keyword-rank-checker
- /free-tools/website-traffic-checker
- /free-tools/google-trends-explorer

## Last reviewed

2026-10-28. The price per call is read live from the catalog on the web page.

## Agent skill for this page

https://looot.ai/free-tools/free-keyword-research-tool/skill.md sets an agent up for exactly the jobs on this page, with the live price of each, and offers the page's starter task once the user has picked a job and seen the price. The line to give an agent is under "Give this to your agent" below.

## For agents

### Give this to your agent

```text
set up looot for Free keyword research tool - https://looot.ai/free-tools/free-keyword-research-tool/skill.md
```