Connect Search Console to an AI assistant

Connect Google Search Console to Claude, ChatGPT, Codex or any MCP client, what to ask it once it is connected, and the 18 tools behind the answers.

Both readings are on this page.

For you

What the answer looks like, and what to type to get it.

Search Analytics, cannibalisation, query clustering, indexation watchlists, sitemaps.

Connect itLink to this section

Open the dashboard and choose this platform.
Approve the consent screen. The gateway stores an encrypted refresh token, never a password.
Tick the accounts to expose. Nothing is readable until you do.
Paste the endpoint into your assistant, or use the shared one for every platform at once.

textSearch Console on its own endpoint

https://mcp.getmcpads.com/search-console/mcp

What to askLink to this section

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Where did we lose clicks between this month and last?
Which of our pages are competing against each other?
Cluster last quarter's queries by intent.
Compare Web, Image and Discover for this property.
Is anything in the sitemap not indexed?

What answers each oneLink to this section

Question	Tools
Where did we lose clicks between this month and last?	`gsc_query_search_analytics`, `gsc_find_losses_gains`
Which of our pages are competing against each other?	`gsc_detect_cannibalization`
Cluster last quarter's queries by intent.	`gsc_cluster_queries`
Compare Web, Image and Discover for this property.	`gsc_query_search_analytics`
Is anything in the sitemap not indexed?	`gsc_monitor_indexation_freshness`

What it can changeLink to this section

Search Console is read only here. The gateway exposes no tool that changes anything on it.

For your agent

The tool sequence, the parameters that matter, and what will be refused.

Both readings as Markdown: /guides/sources/search-console.md

Platform id: search_console
Tool prefix: gsc_
Account parameter: siteUrl
Dedicated endpoint: https://mcp.getmcpads.com/search-console/mcp
Tools: 18, 0 of which write
Announced by default: gsc_find_losses_gains, gsc_health_check, gsc_inspect_url, gsc_list_sites, gsc_query_search_analytics
Metrics: 4, see /docs/sources/search-console/metrics
Dimensions: 6, see /docs/sources/search-console/dimensions

Scope requested from the platformLink to this section

Scope	Grants	Allows writes
`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/webmasters.readonly`	Read Search Console performance, index coverage and sitemaps. Cannot modify anything.	No

Reaching a tool that is not announcedLink to this section

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search_tools({ task: "..." })      find it
describe_tool({ name: "..." })     read its schema
run_tool({ name, args })           execute, with the same checks

What will refuse youLink to this section

An account not ticked by the owner. Call list_accounts and use a siteUrl from it.
Any write. Search Console is read only here.
A call to this platform on another platform's dedicated endpoint. The refusal names the URL that serves it.

Questions this source answersLink to this section

Question	Tools, in order
Where did we lose clicks between this month and last?	`gsc_query_search_analytics` then `gsc_find_losses_gains`
Which of our pages are competing against each other?	`gsc_detect_cannibalization`
Cluster last quarter's queries by intent.	`gsc_cluster_queries`
Compare Web, Image and Discover for this property.	`gsc_query_search_analytics`
Is anything in the sitemap not indexed?	`gsc_monitor_indexation_freshness`