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familylink-mcp

by jantoebes

familylink-mcp

MCP server for Google Family Link. Lets an AI assistant read and change the parental controls of your supervised children: downtime (bedtime), daily screen time limits, app rules, device lock, extra time and contacts.

It talks to the same private API as familylink.google.com, using the Google session of the parent account in Chrome. No browser automation.

Unofficial. The API is not public and can change without notice.

Tools

Tool

What it does

list_children

Supervised children

get_settings

Devices, downtime, daily limit, apps, contacts, website filter, Google services, location sharing, device restrictions (developer options, unknown sources, ...)

get_usage

Screen time per day, app and device; today's lock state and remaining time

list_apps

Installed apps and their status (blocked, unlimited, limit, default)

set_downtime

Weekly downtime schedule on/off

set_downtime_days

Start/end time and on/off per weekday

set_daily_limit

Daily limit on/off

set_daily_limit_minutes

Daily minutes per weekday

set_app

Block, always allow, limit or reset an app

lock_device

Lock or unlock a device now

add_time / remove_extra_time

Give or withdraw extra time today

set_contacts

Who the child can call and text

Every write reads the state back from Google and returns it.

Related MCP server: sansan-chrome-mcp

Setup

Requirements: uv, Google Chrome signed in to the parent account (open familylink.google.com once). On macOS the first run asks for Keychain access to "Chrome Safe Storage" so the cookies can be read.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "familylink": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["--from", "git+https://github.com/jantoebes/familylink-mcp", "familylink-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Not (yet) supported

School time, website allow/block lists, Google Play and YouTube settings, and changing device restrictions are read-only or missing. Apple Screen Time has no API and is out of scope.

Development

uv sync
uv run pytest

Credits

Request formats are based on the reverse engineering in noiwid/HAFamilyLink (MIT), plus own captures of the web app.

License

MIT

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