A Model Context Protocol server for Google Search
Most developer tooling work still happens through a UI a human drives. MCP Google Search MCP server moves it into the conversation instead. A Model Context Protocol server for Google Search.
A Model Context Protocol server that provides web search capabilities using Google Custom Search API and webpage content extraction functionality.
The server publishes 1 tool. What each one is for:
Debugging — Since MCP servers communicate over stdio, debugging can be challenging. We recommend using the [MCPInstallation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at @smithery/cli on npm and it is fetched when the client starts. The copy-paste blocks for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are further down this page.
Configuration is passed through the environment: GOOGLE_API_KEY, GOOGLE_SEARCH_ENGINE_ID. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.
Among the developer tooling options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. MCP Google Search's toolset — Debugging — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by adenot; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
This entry was verified against MCP Google Search's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Debugging | Since MCP servers communicate over stdio, debugging can be challenging. We recommend using the [MCP Inspector](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/inspector), which is available as a package script: |
{
"mcpServers": {
"google-search": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@smithery/cli"],
"env": {
"GOOGLE_API_KEY": "your-value",
"GOOGLE_SEARCH_ENGINE_ID": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| GOOGLE_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| GOOGLE_SEARCH_ENGINE_ID | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
The simplest web tool that matters — fetch any URL and get model-ready markdown back.
Industrial-strength web extraction — render, scrape, crawl and search entire sites into clean markdown.
Puppeteer-powered browser control that drives pages from the accessibility tree instead of pixels.
Search built for AI, not humans — semantic web search that returns model-ready content, plus code context.
Answers, not links — delegate questions to Perplexity's search-grounded models and get cited responses back.
Put 6,000+ pre-built scrapers at your assistant's fingertips through one MCP endpoint.