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# mcp-google-server A MCP Server for Google Custom Search and Webpage Reading
[](https://smithery.ai/server/@adenot/mcp-google-search)
A Model Context Protocol server that provides web search capabilities using Google Custom Search API and webpage content extraction functionality.
## Setup
### Getting Google API Key and Search Engine ID
1. Create a Google Cloud Project:
- Go to [Google Cloud Console](https://console.cloud.google.com/)
- Create a new project or select an existing one
- Enable billing for your project
2. Enable Custom Search API:
- Go to [API Library](https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/library)
- Search for "Custom Search API"
- Click "Enable"
3. Get API Key:
- Go to [Credentials](https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/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](https://programmablesearchengine.google.com/create/new)
- 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
Install dependencies:
\`\`\`bash
npm install
\`\`\`
Build the server:
\`\`\`bash
npm run build
\`\`\`
For development with auto-rebuild:
\`\`\`bash
npm run watch
\`\`\`
## Features
### Search Tool
Perform web searches using Google Custom Search API:
- Search the entire web or specific sites
- Control number of results (1-10)
- Get structured results with title, link, and snippet
### Webpage Reader Tool
Extract content from any webpage:
- 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
To install Google Custom Search Server for Claude Desktop automatically via [Smithery](https://smithery.ai/server/@adenot/mcp-google-search):
\`\`\`bash
npx -y @smithery/cli install @adenot/mcp-google-search --client claude
\`\`\`
To use with Claude Desktop, add the server config with your Google API credentials:
On MacOS: \`~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json\`
On Windows: \`%APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json\`
\`\`\`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
\`\`\`json
\{
"name": "search",
"arguments": \{
"query": "your search query",
"num": 5 // optional, default is 5, max is 10
\}
\}
\`\`\`
### Webpage Reader Tool
\`\`\`json
\{
"name": "read_webpage",
"arguments": \{
"url": "https://example.com"
\}
\}
\`\`\`
Example response from webpage reader:
\`\`\`json
\{
"title": "Example Domain",
"text": "Extracted and cleaned webpage content...",
"url": "https://example.com"
\}
\`\`\`
### Debugging
Since MCP servers communicate over stdio, debugging can be challenging. We recommend using the [MCP Inspector](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/inspector), which is available as a package script:
\`\`\`bash
npm run inspector
\`\`\`
The Inspector will provide a URL to access debugging tools in your browser.