Steps

1 Setup an API key for Google Maps in Argolis

Related MCP server: Google Maps MCP Server

2 Clone the gitlab repo

3 Setup the virtual env

1. cd talk-building-your-own-mcp-server

2. python3 -m venv .venv

3. source .venv/bin/activate

4. pip install -r requirements.txt

4 Create a .env file within each of the agent subdirectories

The .env file should have the following entries -

GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_VERTEXAI=TRUE
GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT=<Your Project Name>
GOOGLE_CLOUD_LOCATION=us-central1

5 Create a .env file within each of the mcp subdirectories

The .env file should have the following entries -

GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY=<Your API Key>

4 Running the agent

1. Make sure to auth with gcloud auth application-default login

2. Run cd agent

3. Run adk web

5 Running the MCP Server

1. Change path cd mcpserver

2. Run python google_maps_server.py

6 Run the MCP Inspector

1. Make sure you have node installed - [https://nodejs.org/en/download/]

2. Run npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector

3. Connect to your MCP Server over 'HTTP' using the MCP Serer URL - which is usually :/mcp