mcp-google-server A MCP Server for Google Custom Search and Webpage Reading

A Model Context Protocol server that provides web search capabilities using Google Custom Search API and webpage content extraction functionality.

Setup

Getting Google API Key and Search Engine ID

1. Create a Google Cloud Project:

   • Go to Google Cloud Console

   • Create a new project or select an existing one

   • Enable billing for your project

2. Enable Custom Search API:

   • Go to API Library

   • Search for "Custom Search API"

   • Click "Enable"

3. Get API Key:

   • Go to Credentials

   • Click "Create Credentials" > "API Key"

   • Copy your API key

   • (Optional) Restrict the API key to only Custom Search API

4. Create Custom Search Engine:

   • Go to Programmable Search Engine

   • Enter the sites you want to search (use www.google.com for general web search)

   • Click "Create"

   • On the next page, click "Customize"

   • In the settings, enable "Search the entire web"

   • Copy your Search Engine ID (cx)

Related MCP server: MCP Server for Google Search

Development

Install dependencies:

npm install

Build the server:

npm run build

For development with auto-rebuild:

npm run watch

Features

Search Tool

Perform web searches using Google Custom Search API:

• Search the entire web or specific sites

• Control number of results (1-10)

• Get structured results with title, link, and snippet

Webpage Reader Tool

Extract content from any webpage:

• Fetch and parse webpage content

• Extract page title and main text

• Clean content by removing scripts and styles

• Return structured data with title, text, and URL

Installation

Installing via Smithery

To install Google Custom Search Server for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

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

To use with Claude Desktop, add the server config with your Google API credentials:

On MacOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json On Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google-search": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@adenot/mcp-google-search"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here",
        "GOOGLE_SEARCH_ENGINE_ID": "your-search-engine-id-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Usage

Search Tool

{
  "name": "search",
  "arguments": {
    "query": "your search query",
    "num": 5  // optional, default is 5, max is 10
  }
}

Webpage Reader Tool

{
  "name": "read_webpage",
  "arguments": {
    "url": "https://example.com"
  }
}

Example response from webpage reader:

{
  "title": "Example Domain",
  "text": "Extracted and cleaned webpage content...",
  "url": "https://example.com"
}

Debugging

Since MCP servers communicate over stdio, debugging can be challenging. We recommend using the MCP Inspector, which is available as a package script:

npm run inspector

The Inspector will provide a URL to access debugging tools in your browser.