# Search Console setup

> 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.

[Guides](https://www.getmcpads.com/guides)

## For you

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

## Connect it

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

Search Console on its own endpoint

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

## What to ask

```text
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 one

| Question | Tools |
| --- | --- |
| Where did we lose clicks between this month and last? | [`gsc_query_search_analytics`](https://www.getmcpads.com/docs/sources/search-console/tools/gsc_query_search_analytics), [`gsc_find_losses_gains`](https://www.getmcpads.com/docs/sources/search-console/tools/gsc_find_losses_gains) |
| Which of our pages are competing against each other? | [`gsc_detect_cannibalization`](https://www.getmcpads.com/docs/sources/search-console/tools/gsc_detect_cannibalization) |
| Cluster last quarter's queries by intent. | [`gsc_cluster_queries`](https://www.getmcpads.com/docs/sources/search-console/tools/gsc_cluster_queries) |
| Compare Web, Image and Discover for this property. | [`gsc_query_search_analytics`](https://www.getmcpads.com/docs/sources/search-console/tools/gsc_query_search_analytics) |
| Is anything in the sitemap not indexed? | [`gsc_monitor_indexation_freshness`](https://www.getmcpads.com/docs/sources/search-console/tools/gsc_monitor_indexation_freshness) |

## What it can change

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

- [Search Console reference](https://www.getmcpads.com/docs/sources/search-console): All 18 tools, with their parameters.
- [Metrics](https://www.getmcpads.com/docs/sources/search-console/metrics): 4 metrics you can request.
- [Dimensions](https://www.getmcpads.com/docs/sources/search-console/dimensions): 6 ways to break a report down.
- [Skills](https://www.getmcpads.com/skills): 26 operating procedures use this source.

## For your agent

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| 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 platform

| 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 announced

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

## What will refuse you

- 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 answers

| 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` |

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