An MCP server for nearby place searches with IP-based location detection.
An MCP server for nearby place searches with IP-based location detection. That is what the nearbysearch mcp server brings to an AI assistant: the same capability, reachable through the Model Context Protocol rather than a separate app or dashboard.
Installation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at mcp on PyPI 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. 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.
Plenty of developer tooling servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. It is maintained by kukapay; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.
{
"mcpServers": {
"nearby-search": {
"command": "uv",
"args": ["--directory", "path/to/nearby-search-mcp", "run", "main.py"],
"env": {
"GOOGLE_API_KEY": "your google api key"
}
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| GOOGLE_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
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