- Overview
- Questions
Questions
What it is, what it can touch, what it keeps, and what happens when something goes wrong.
Questions and answers
What is an MCP server?
Model Context Protocol is an open standard for connecting AI clients to outside systems. An MCP server exposes a set of tools; the client decides when to call them. This one exposes Search Console, so Claude can answer questions about your search data without you exporting anything.
Do I need a Google Cloud project or API keys?
Not for the hosted instance. You add https://gsc.k-o.pro/mcp to your client and sign in with Google; the OAuth client belongs to this server. Running your own copy does need an OAuth client of your own from Google Cloud Console, and the self-hosting guide covers it.
Is there an official Google Search Console MCP server?
Not as of 13 October 2026. Google's list of Google-managed MCP servers and its open-source google/mcp repository do not include Search Console. Servers like this one are built on the public Search Console API.
Do I need to install anything?
No. It runs as a hosted remote MCP server, so you add it by URL and sign in with Google. If you would rather your Google token never left your own machine, the same server runs locally over stdio — the self-hosting guide has the instructions.
Can it change anything in my Search Console?
No. The hosted service requests one Google permission, webmasters.readonly, plus your email address to identify you. It cannot edit properties, change sitemaps, or submit URLs for indexing. Google's own per-property permissions apply on top, so you see exactly the properties Google would show you.
Does it work across all my properties?
Yes — that is the main reason it exists. Every property-scoped tool takes the property as a parameter, so one connection covers your whole account. You never edit a config file and restart to look at a different site.
Is my Search Console data stored anywhere?
No. Each question is answered by fetching live from Google's API and handing the result back to your Claude client; nothing is retained afterwards. What is stored is your email, your Google account identifier, an encrypted refresh token, and your chosen default property.
Does it show charts, or only text?
Both, depending on the client. Ten tools come with an interactive view, cards and sortable tables drawn beside the conversation, in clients that support the MCP Apps extension. Every other client gets the same result as text, and the data Claude reads is identical either way. The tool reference lists which tools have a view.
What happens if Google's API fails, or I ask for too much?
A read that Google answers with a rate-limit or server error is retried twice before it is reported, and the report says what happened in plain words: no access to that property, quota reached, sign-in revoked, or Google's own outage. Inputs are bounded (a date range is 1 to 480 days, the 16 months Search Console keeps), and a deployment allows 60 requests a minute per person unless its operator changes that.
Is it free, and is it open source?
The software is open source under Apache 2.0 and the hosted instance is free to use. You can read exactly what runs here, or run your own copy.
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Version 3.11.0 · page updated 10 November 2026 · changelog