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A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for SEO auditing with Google Search Console, Indexing API, Chrome UX Report, PageSpeed Insights, local Lighthouse, robots.txt checks, sitemap analysis, on-page SEO inspection, crawl audits, and live site analysis. Works with Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible client.

Forked from AminForou/mcp-gsc and expanded into a broader technical SEO and performance audit server with 30 tools and a full test suite.


What It Does

Category

Tools

Description

Property Management

list_properties, add_site, delete_site

List, add, and remove GSC properties

Search Analytics

get_search_analytics, get_advanced_search_analytics, get_performance_overview, get_search_by_page_query, compare_search_periods

Query clicks, impressions, CTR, position with filtering, dimensions, and period comparison

URL Inspection

inspect_url, batch_inspect_urls

Check indexing status, crawl info, canonical, robots for one or many URLs

Indexing API

request_indexing, request_removal, check_indexing_notification, batch_request_indexing

Submit/remove URLs from Google's index via the Indexing API

Sitemaps

get_sitemaps, submit_sitemap, delete_sitemap

List, submit, and delete sitemaps

Core Web Vitals

get_core_web_vitals

LCP, FID, CLS, INP, TTFB via the Chrome UX Report (CrUX) API

Performance Audits

get_pagespeed_insights, run_lighthouse_audit

Run PageSpeed Insights and local Lighthouse audits with category scores, failing audit summaries, and automatic Lighthouse fallback when PSI errors or quota fails

Technical SEO

inspect_robots_txt, analyze_sitemap, analyze_page_seo, crawl_site_seo, audit_live_site

Inspect robots.txt, validate sitemaps, extract on-page SEO signals, rank findings by severity, crawl internal pages, and run a live SEO audit without GSC access

SEO Analysis

find_striking_distance_keywords, detect_cannibalization, split_branded_queries

Find keywords at positions 5-20, detect pages competing for the same query, split branded vs non-branded traffic

Site Audit

site_audit

All-in-one report: sitemap health, indexing status, canonical mismatches, performance summary

Auth

reauthenticate

Switch Google accounts by clearing cached OAuth tokens

30 tools total.


Setup

1. Google API Credentials

  1. Go to Google Cloud Console

  2. Enable the Search Console API and Web Search Indexing API

  3. Create an OAuth 2.0 Client ID (Desktop app)

  4. Download client_secrets.json

Service Account

  1. Create a service account in Google Cloud Console

  2. Download the JSON key file

  3. Add the service account email to your GSC properties

2. Install

Option A: PyPI

MCP clients can run the PyPI package directly:

uvx mcp-seo-audit

Or install it as a persistent command:

pipx install mcp-seo-audit

Option B: Source checkout

git clone https://github.com/GiorgiKemo/mcp-seo-audit.git
cd mcp-seo-audit
python -m venv .venv

# Activate:
# macOS/Linux: source .venv/bin/activate
# Windows:     .venv\Scripts\activate

pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Configure Your MCP Client

Claude Code (~/.claude/settings.json)

With the PyPI package:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "seo-audit": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-seo-audit"],
      "env": {
        "GSC_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRETS_FILE": "/path/to/client_secrets.json",
        "PAGESPEED_API_KEY": "your-google-api-key",
        "CRUX_API_KEY": "your-google-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

With a source checkout:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "seo-audit": {
      "command": "/path/to/mcp-seo-audit/.venv/bin/python",
      "args": ["/path/to/mcp-seo-audit/gsc_server.py"],
      "env": {
        "GSC_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRETS_FILE": "/path/to/client_secrets.json",
        "PAGESPEED_API_KEY": "your-google-api-key",
        "CRUX_API_KEY": "your-google-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

Same JSON structure — see Claude Desktop MCP docs for config file location.

4. Optional: Performance API Keys

For field and lab performance data, set CRUX_API_KEY and PAGESPEED_API_KEY in the env block:

"env": {
  "GSC_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRETS_FILE": "/path/to/client_secrets.json",
  "CRUX_API_KEY": "your-google-api-key",
  "PAGESPEED_API_KEY": "your-google-api-key"
}

You can also set GOOGLE_API_KEY; the server uses it as the PageSpeed Insights fallback key.


Environment Variables

Variable

Required

Default

Description

GSC_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRETS_FILE

OAuth

client_secrets.json

Path to OAuth client secrets

GSC_CREDENTIALS_PATH

Service account

service_account_credentials.json

Path to service account key

GSC_SKIP_OAUTH

No

false

Set to true to skip OAuth and use service account only

GSC_DATA_STATE

No

all

all = fresh data matching GSC dashboard, final = confirmed data (2-3 day lag)

CRUX_API_KEY

No

none

Google API key for Core Web Vitals (CrUX)

PAGESPEED_API_KEY

No

none

Google API key for PageSpeed Insights / Lighthouse API calls

GOOGLE_API_KEY

No

none

Fallback source for PAGESPEED_API_KEY

LIGHTHOUSE_CHROME_PATH

No

auto-detect

Optional explicit path to Chrome/Chromium for local Lighthouse CLI

SEO_AUDIT_ENABLE_WRITE_TOOLS

No

false

Enables mutating tools such as adding/removing GSC properties, sitemap submission/deletion, and Indexing API publish calls

SEO_AUDIT_ALLOW_PRIVATE_URLS

No

false

Allows live audit fetches against localhost/private/reserved IPs; keep disabled except trusted local testing

SEO_AUDIT_MAX_FETCH_BYTES

No

5242880

Maximum bytes read from a fetched page, robots.txt, or sitemap response

SEO_AUDIT_MAX_REDIRECTS

No

5

Maximum redirects followed by live audit fetches

SEO_AUDIT_MAX_SITEMAP_URLS

No

50000

Maximum sitemap URLs parsed from one sitemap document

SEO_AUDIT_MAX_CRAWL_PAGES

No

100

Hard upper bound for crawl_site_seo and audit_live_site crawls

LIGHTHOUSE_BINARY

No

auto-detect

Explicit Lighthouse executable path. Preferred over npx for repeatable audits

SEO_AUDIT_ALLOW_NPX_LIGHTHOUSE

No

false

Allows npx --yes lighthouse fallback when no local Lighthouse binary is available

LIGHTHOUSE_NO_SANDBOX

No

false

Adds Chrome --no-sandbox; use only in constrained containers that require it


Example Prompts

"List my GSC properties"
"Show search analytics for cdljobscenter.com last 28 days"
"Find striking distance keywords for my site"
"Detect keyword cannibalization"
"Run a full site audit"
"Check Core Web Vitals for cdljobscenter.com"
"Run PageSpeed Insights for https://example.com"
"Run a local Lighthouse audit for https://example.com"
"Inspect robots.txt for https://example.com"
"Analyze https://example.com/sitemap.xml"
"Analyze on-page SEO for https://example.com/jobs"
"Crawl https://example.com and report duplicate titles"
"Run a live SEO audit for https://example.com"
"Inspect indexing status of these URLs: /jobs, /companies, /pricing"
"Request indexing for https://mysite.com/new-page"
"Compare search performance this month vs last month"

Tests

96 tests covering all 30 tools with mocked Google/API/web-audit calls:

# Activate venv first
python -m pytest test_gsc_server.py -v

What Changed From the Original

  • 30 tools — added PSI, local Lighthouse, robots.txt inspection, sitemap validation, page SEO analysis, crawl audits, and live site audits

  • Robustness fixes — OAuth scope alignment, sort direction mapping, origin/URL detection, sitemap BOM and plain-text handling, external redirect crawl guards, empty rows handling, API key redaction, service caching, and stale cache handling on reauth

  • 96-test QA suite — coverage for GSC, CrUX, PSI, Lighthouse CLI, fallback behavior, robots, sitemaps, crawl audits, safety gates, auth scopes, and live-audit composition

  • Security — private/local network fetches blocked by default, mutating Google tools gated behind an explicit env flag, and API keys redacted from error messages

  • Performance — Google API service objects cached, async sleep instead of blocking, async CrUX HTTP calls, PSI-to-Lighthouse fallback, plus lab-performance tooling on top of CrUX field data

  • Audit quality — local-preview aware canonical warnings, visible-content parsing that ignores noscript duplicates, severity-ranked SEO findings, image alt audits, crawlable-link checks, invalid JSON-LD detection, viewport/lang checks, and stricter canonical/robots diagnostics


License

MIT. See LICENSE.

Based on AminForou/mcp-gsc.

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