flin-google-search-console-mcp

Read-only MCP server for Google Search Console, built to work well in Claude Desktop with a browser-based OAuth flow and local token storage.

Claude Desktop Quickstart

If your goal is simply "make this work in Claude Desktop", follow these steps in order.

1) Make sure the Google account has Search Console access

The Google account you use during login must already have access to at least one Search Console property.

Accepted access levels for the API include owner, full, and read access.

2) Create or choose a Google Cloud project

In Google Cloud:

1. Create a new project or select an existing one.
2. Enable the Google Search Console API for that project.

Official references:

• Search Console API overview
• Search Console API quickstart

3) Configure the OAuth consent screen

In Google Cloud, configure the OAuth consent screen for the same project.

For most personal or team setups:

• choose External
• keep the app in Testing while you validate the integration
• add your own Google account as a test user

Important:

• If the app is External and still in Testing, users must be listed as test users
• Google documents that test-user authorizations in testing mode can expire after 7 days

This MCP only requests one read-only scope:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/webmasters.readonly

Official references:

• OAuth 2.0 for Desktop Apps
• OAuth consent screen configuration
• Publishing status and test users

4) Create OAuth credentials of type Desktop app

Create an OAuth client in the same Google Cloud project:

1. Go to Credentials
2. Click Create client
3. Choose Desktop app
4. Copy the generated:
   • client ID
   • client secret

You do not need to manually wire redirect URIs into Claude Desktop for this MCP. The desktop OAuth flow uses a local loopback callback handled by the running MCP process.

5) Add the MCP to Claude Desktop

The minimum Claude Desktop configuration is:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "flin-google-search-console-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["flin-google-search-console-mcp@latest"],
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID": "your_oauth_client_id",
        "GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET": "your_oauth_client_secret"
      }
    }
  }
}

If you want a default property so you do not have to pass site_url every time:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "flin-google-search-console-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["flin-google-search-console-mcp@latest"],
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID": "your_oauth_client_id",
        "GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET": "your_oauth_client_secret",
        "GOOGLE_SEARCH_CONSOLE_SITE_URL": "sc-domain:example.com"
      }
    }
  }
}

For local development from a checkout:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "flin-google-search-console-mcp-local": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--directory",
        "/absolute/path/to/flin-google-search-console-mcp",
        "flin-google-search-console-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID": "your_oauth_client_id",
        "GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET": "your_oauth_client_secret"
      }
    }
  }
}

Replace /absolute/path/to/flin-google-search-console-mcp with your local checkout path.

6) Restart Claude Desktop

After saving the MCP configuration, fully restart Claude Desktop so it reloads the local server definition.

7) Complete the first login inside Claude

Start with these prompts:

Run health_check for the Google Search Console MCP and show the full result.

List my Search Console sites.

On the first authenticated tool call, the MCP opens a browser window. Sign in with the Google account that has Search Console access and approve the request.

After that:

• the token is stored locally
• future access tokens refresh automatically
• you do not need to paste a refresh token into Claude Desktop config

What the MCP stores locally

The MCP stores a local token JSON file after the first successful login.

Default locations:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/flin-google-search-console-mcp/token.json
• Linux: ~/.config/flin-google-search-console-mcp/token.json
• Windows: %APPDATA%\flin-google-search-console-mcp\token.json

If you want to override the location:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "flin-google-search-console-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["flin-google-search-console-mcp@latest"],
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID": "your_oauth_client_id",
        "GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET": "your_oauth_client_secret",
        "GOOGLE_SEARCH_CONSOLE_TOKEN_PATH": "/absolute/path/to/flin-google-search-console-mcp-token.json"
      }
    }
  }
}

First Prompts To Verify Everything Works

Use these in Claude Desktop after the server is configured.

Health check

Run health_check for the Google Search Console MCP and show the full result.

Confirm available properties

List my Search Console sites and tell me whether sc-domain:example.com is available.

Quick summary

Run get_site_summary for site_url sc-domain:example.com from 2026-04-01 to 2026-04-20 and show clicks, impressions, ctr, and position.

Top queries

Run get_top_queries for site_url sc-domain:example.com from 2026-04-01 to 2026-04-20 with row_limit 25 and show the top queries by clicks.

Top pages

Run get_top_pages for site_url sc-domain:example.com from 2026-04-01 to 2026-04-20 with row_limit 25 and show the top pages by clicks.

URL inspection

Run inspect_url for site_url sc-domain:example.com and inspection_url https://example.com/.

Property Format: Domain vs URL-prefix

This is one of the most common setup mistakes.

Examples:

• Domain property: sc-domain:example.com
• URL-prefix property: https://www.example.com/

Use the exact property string returned by list_sites. Do not guess.

What This MCP Exposes

• health_check
• list_sites
• get_site_summary
• query_performance
• get_top_queries
• get_top_pages
• get_dimension_breakdown
• inspect_url

Which Tool To Use

Recommended call order:

1. health_check
2. list_sites
3. get_site_summary
4. get_top_queries or get_top_pages
5. query_performance for custom dimensions and filters
6. inspect_url for indexability and canonical checks on a specific URL

Search Analytics Notes

• query_performance uses the Search Analytics API under the hood
• Search Analytics returns top rows, not guaranteed full exports
• The MCP maps Google's positional keys[] rows into named dimensions objects

Supported knobs include:

• dimensions
• filters
• search_type
• aggregation_type
• data_state
• row_limit
• start_row

Example Tool Calls

Site summary

{
  "tool": "get_site_summary",
  "args": {
    "site_url": "sc-domain:example.com",
    "start_date": "2026-04-01",
    "end_date": "2026-04-20"
  }
}

Top queries

{
  "tool": "get_top_queries",
  "args": {
    "site_url": "sc-domain:example.com",
    "start_date": "2026-04-01",
    "end_date": "2026-04-20",
    "row_limit": 25
  }
}

Query performance with filters

{
  "tool": "query_performance",
  "args": {
    "site_url": "sc-domain:example.com",
    "start_date": "2026-04-01",
    "end_date": "2026-04-20",
    "dimensions": ["page"],
    "filters": [
      {
        "dimension": "device",
        "operator": "equals",
        "expression": "MOBILE"
      }
    ],
    "row_limit": 50
  }
}

URL inspection

{
  "tool": "inspect_url",
  "args": {
    "site_url": "sc-domain:example.com",
    "inspection_url": "https://example.com/blog/seo-agent"
  }
}

Source Setup

If you want to run the MCP from source:

uv sync --extra dev
cp .env.example .env
# Fill .env values
uv run flin-google-search-console-mcp

Published Package

Run the latest published package directly:

uvx flin-google-search-console-mcp@latest

Troubleshooting

missing_configuration

• GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID or GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET is missing from the MCP config

oauth_required

• no usable token exists yet
• the first browser-based login has not been completed
• the stored refresh token is no longer usable and the browser flow must run again

permission_denied

• the Google account used during login does not have access to the Search Console property

No sites returned

• verify that the Google account really has Search Console access
• confirm you logged into the correct Google account in the browser

Google shows an unverified or testing warning

• this is usually expected while the app is in testing mode
• make sure your Google account is added as a test user on the OAuth consent screen

More Docs

• Operational guide
• Testing guide
• Release checklist

Release on GitHub + PyPI

This repository publishes automatically with GitHub Actions:

• CI: .github/workflows/ci.yml
• Release: .github/workflows/release.yml triggered by git tags v*

1) Configure PyPI Trusted Publisher

In PyPI project settings for flin-google-search-console-mcp, add a Trusted Publisher with:

• Owner: flin-agency
• Repository: flin-google-search-console-mcp
• Workflow: release.yml
• Environment: pypi

2) Cut a release

git add -A
git commit -m "release: v0.1.0"
git tag v0.1.0
git push origin main --tags