google-search-mcp

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

🚀 Features

• StreamableHTTP Transport: High-performance and scalable HTTP communication

• Google Custom Search: Real-time web search capabilities

• Secure: Proper authentication and error handling

• Health Check: Standard health check endpoint support

Related MCP server: searchAPI-mcp

🛠 Requirements

• Node.js 18 or higher

• Google Custom Search API key

📦 Setup

1. Install dependencies

npm install

2. Set environment variables

GOOGLE_SEARCH_API_KEY=your_actual_google_search_api_key
GOOGLE_CSE_ID=your_actual_custom_search_engine_id

cp env.example .env

3. Local development

npm run dev

🔧 API Endpoints

Once the server is running, the following endpoints are available:

🔌 Client Configuration

Cursor IDE / Claude Desktop Configuration

Example configuration for using the server from MCP clients:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google_search": {
      "url": "http://localhost:3000/mcp"
    }
  }
}

📊 Monitoring

Health Check

curl http://localhost:3000/health

🧪 Available Tools

search

Performs a web search using the Google Search API.

Parameters:

• query (string, required): Search query

• num (number, optional): Number of results to return (1-10, default: 5)

Example:

{
  "name": "search",
  "arguments": {
    "query": "artificial intelligence",
    "num": 5
  }
}

🔑 Google Custom Search Setup

1. Go to Google Cloud Console

2. Create a new project or select an existing one

3. Enable the Custom Search API

4. Create credentials (API Key)

5. Set up a Custom Search Engine

6. Get your Search Engine ID

📝 Development

Build

npm run build

Lint

npm run lint

Format

npm run format

Note: This server is designed for StreamableHTTP mode only. It does not support stdio mode.