Google Custom Search MCP Server

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This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

claude mcp add mcp-google-custom-search -- npx -y mcp-google-custom-search

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-google-custom-search": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-google-custom-search"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

[mcp_servers.mcp-google-custom-search]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "mcp-google-custom-search"]

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-google-custom-search": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-google-custom-search"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-google-custom-search": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-google-custom-search"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY (Google Cloud API key with the Custom Search API enabled. Treat it as a secret.), GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_ENGINE_ID (Default Programmable Search Engine id (cx). Tools accept a per-call engine_id override.), GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_BASE (API root override.), GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_TIMEOUT_MS (Per-request timeout in milliseconds.), GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_MAX_RETRIES (Retries on transient errors (429, and 5xx/network — the API is idempotent GETs only).). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.