Google Search MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides web and image search capabilities through Google's Custom Search API. This server follows the MCP specification to integrate with Claude and other…

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What is the Google Search MCP Server?

Google Search MCP Server is an MCP project maintained in the hunter-arton/google_search_mcp_server repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides web and image search capabilities through Google's Custom Search API. This server follows the MCP specification to…”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Local setup

The project provides a local client configuration using node. 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_API_KEY, GOOGLE_CSE_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 Search MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google_search": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "/absolute/path/to/google-search-mcp/dist/index.js"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_API_KEY": "YOUR_GOOGLE_API_KEY",
        "GOOGLE_CSE_ID": "your_search_engine_id_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
GOOGLE_API_KEYDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Yes
GOOGLE_CSE_IDDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Check documentation