Google Search MCP Server
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOOGLE_CX | Yes | Your Custom Search Engine ID | |
| GOOGLE_API_KEY | Yes | Your Google Custom Search API key |
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.
Capabilities
Server capabilities have not been inspected yet.
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| searchA | Google Programmable Search (CSE) via MCP. |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
TDQS
Scored across 1 tool
With only one tool, there is no possibility of confusion or overlap between tools. The single 'search' tool has a clearly defined and distinct purpose that cannot be mistaken for any other tool in this server.
The naming is trivially consistent as there is only one tool named 'search'. This follows a simple verb pattern and there are no other tools to create inconsistency or mixed conventions.
A single tool is too few for a server named 'Google Search MCP Server', which suggests broader search functionality. While the tool is feature-rich, the server lacks complementary tools like image_search, news_search, or advanced filtering tools that would make the set more complete and appropriate for the domain.
The server is severely incomplete for a Google Search domain. It only provides a general web search tool, missing obvious gaps such as image search, video search, news search, or specialized search types that agents would expect from a comprehensive search interface. This will likely cause agent failures when trying to perform common search-related tasks beyond basic web queries.