mcp-google-server A MCP Server for Google Custom Search and Webpage Reading

Setup

Getting Google API Key and Search Engine ID

1. Create a Google Cloud Project:
   • Go to Google Cloud Console
   • Create a new project or select an existing one
   • Enable billing for your project
2. Enable Custom Search API:
   • Go to API Library
   • Search for "Custom Search API"
   • Click "Enable"
3. Get API Key:
   • Go to Credentials
   • Click "Create Credentials" > "API Key"
   • Copy your API key
   • (Optional) Restrict the API key to only Custom Search API
4. Create Custom Search Engine:
   • Go to Programmable Search Engine
   • Enter the sites you want to search (use www.google.com for general web search)
   • Click "Create"
   • On the next page, click "Customize"
   • In the settings, enable "Search the entire web"
   • Copy your Search Engine ID (cx)

Development

npm install

npm run build

npm run watch

Features

Search Tool

• Search the entire web or specific sites
• Control number of results (1-10)
• Get structured results with title, link, and snippet

Webpage Reader Tool

• Fetch and parse webpage content
• Extract page title and main text
• Clean content by removing scripts and styles
• Return structured data with title, text, and URL

Installation

Installing via Smithery

npx -y @smithery/cli install @adenot/mcp-google-search --client claude

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

%APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google-search": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@adenot/mcp-google-search"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here",
        "GOOGLE_SEARCH_ENGINE_ID": "your-search-engine-id-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Usage

Search Tool

{
  "name": "search",
  "arguments": {
    "query": "your search query",
    "num": 5  // optional, default is 5, max is 10
  }
}

Webpage Reader Tool

{
  "name": "read_webpage",
  "arguments": {
    "url": "https://example.com"
  }
}

{
  "title": "Example Domain",
  "text": "Extracted and cleaned webpage content...",
  "url": "https://example.com"
}

Debugging

npm run inspector