Google Maps Places runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 93 installs a week from npm. Last commit 26 Oct 2026.
Allow AI systems to search for places and get business info via Google Maps Places API.
Nothing serious here today
Today is the operative word: we check Google Maps Places every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
Connect this server
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 google-maps-places-mcp -e 'MCP_TRANSPORT=<MCP_TRANSPORT>' -e 'GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=<GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID>' -e 'GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET=<GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET>' -- npx -y google-maps-places-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"google-maps-places-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"google-maps-places-mcp"
],
"env": {
"GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID": "<GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID>",
"GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET": "<GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET>",
"MCP_TRANSPORT": "<MCP_TRANSPORT>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.google-maps-places-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "google-maps-places-mcp"]
env = { MCP_TRANSPORT = "<MCP_TRANSPORT>", GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID = "<GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID>", GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET = "<GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"google-maps-places-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"google-maps-places-mcp"
],
"env": {
"GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID": "<GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID>",
"GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET": "<GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET>",
"MCP_TRANSPORT": "<MCP_TRANSPORT>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"google-maps-places-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"google-maps-places-mcp"
],
"env": {
"GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID": "<GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID>",
"GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET": "<GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET>",
"MCP_TRANSPORT": "<MCP_TRANSPORT>"
}
}
}
}Put your own values in place of
<MCP_TRANSPORT> (Transport type), <GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID> (Google OAuth client ID), <GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET> (Google OAuth client secret).
The author’s registry entry marks them as required.
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Google Maps Places — questions
Answers built from our own checks of this server.