Google Custom Search MCP

An async Python MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that provides access to Google Custom Search API using service account authentication.

Local serverstdio

What is the Google Custom Search MCP Server?

Google Custom Search MCP is an MCP project maintained in the fbettag/google-custom-search-mcp repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “An async Python MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that provides access to Google Custom Search API using service account authentication”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Local setup

The project provides a local client configuration using uv. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.

Configuration values

The example declares GOOGLE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_FILE, GOOGLE_SEARCH_ENGINE_ID. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.

How to install the Google Custom Search MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google-custom-search": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "google-custom-search-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_FILE": "/path/to/your/service-account-key.json",
        "GOOGLE_SEARCH_ENGINE_ID": "your-search-engine-id"
      }
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.

Configuration

Variable	Description	Required
GOOGLE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_FILE	Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration.	Check documentation
GOOGLE_SEARCH_ENGINE_ID	Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration.	Yes