Google Search MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides Google Custom Search functionality.

Installation

Installing via Smithery

To install google-search-mcp-server for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install @gradusnikov/google-search-mcp-server --client claude

Manual Installation

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/gradusnikov/google-search-mpc-server.git cd google-search-mpc-server

Install dependencies:

pip install fastmcp google-api-python-client python-dotenv

Related MCP server: MCP Web Research Server

Configuration

Create a .env file in the project root with the following variables:

GOOGLE_API_KEY=your_google_api_key GOOGLE_CSE_ID=your_custom_search_engine_id

To obtain these credentials:

Create a Google Cloud project and enable the Custom Search API
Generate an API key from the Google Cloud Console
Create a Custom Search Engine at https://cse.google.com/cse/all and get its ID

Usage

Start the server using MCP:

mcp run google_search_mcp_server.py

or add the server to Claude Desktop app CLAUDE_DIRECTORY/claude_desktop_config.json. For example if you are using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) it may look like this:

"google-search": { "command": "wsl.exe", "args": [ "bash", "-c", "source /home/[user]/anaconda3/etc/profile.d/conda.sh && conda activate mcp && /home/[user]/anaconda3/bin/mcp run /home/[user]/google-search-mpc-server/google_search_mcp_server.py" ] },