Google Business

Read-only MCP server for Google Merchant Center, Google Search Console, Google Drive, Google Analytics (GA4), and selected Google Workspace surfaces.

Use google_business as the only enabled day-to-day Google business MCP in Codex. Separate docs MCPs and the Google Ads MCP can stay configured but disabled unless they are needed later.

Setup

1. Create OAuth credentials in Google Cloud for a desktop app.
2. Enable these APIs in the same project:
   • Merchant API
   • Search Console API
   • Google Drive API
   • Gmail API
   • Google Calendar API
   • People API
   • Google Analytics Admin API
   • Google Analytics Data API
3. Create ~/.codex/secrets/google/google-business-mcp.env from .env.example.
4. Run the OAuth helper:

python3 scripts/oauth_authorize.py

The helper writes a refresh token to the token path configured in the env file.

Merchant API currently requires the https://www.googleapis.com/auth/content OAuth scope. The MCP only exposes read-only tools, but Google does not provide a separate Merchant API read-only OAuth scope.

Analytics tools use the read-only https://www.googleapis.com/auth/analytics.readonly scope and require both the Google Analytics Admin API and the Google Analytics Data API to be enabled in the project.

Local account labels

Optional local labels can be set in your private env file. Keep real account IDs, project numbers, login hints, and token paths out of git.

• GOOGLE_BUSINESS_MERCHANT_ACCOUNT
• GOOGLE_BUSINESS_MERCHANT_DISPLAY_NAME
• GOOGLE_BUSINESS_SEARCH_CONSOLE_SITE
• GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_PROPERTY_ID
• GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT_NUMBER

Merchant notes

• Product status and product issue data comes from issueresolution/v1/{account}/aggregateProductStatuses.
• merchant.list_product_issues flattens the itemLevelIssues returned by aggregate product statuses.
• Valid Merchant reports queries use lowercase MCQL view names, for example:

SELECT date, impressions, clicks
FROM product_performance_view
WHERE date DURING LAST_7_DAYS
LIMIT 5

Read-only tools

• google.help_overview
• google.docs_links
• merchant.list_accounts
• merchant.list_products
• merchant.get_product
• merchant.list_product_statuses
• merchant.list_product_issues
• merchant.query_reports
• merchant.query_examples
• gsc.list_sites
• gsc.search_analytics
• gsc.inspect_url
• gsc.list_sitemaps
• gsc.get_sitemap
• drive.list_recent_files
• drive.search_files
• drive.get_file_metadata
• drive.get_file_permissions
• drive.read_file_content
• drive.download_file_content
• gmail.list_labels
• gmail.search_threads
• gmail.get_thread
• calendar.list_calendars
• calendar.list_events
• calendar.get_event
• people.get_user_profile
• people.search_contacts
• people.search_directory
• analytics.list_account_summaries
• analytics.list_properties
• analytics.get_property
• analytics.get_metadata
• analytics.run_report
• analytics.run_realtime_report

Google Workspace MCP note

Google's official Workspace MCP servers are live as a Developer Preview as of July 2026. This local MCP remains a durable Codex-side, read-only Google business and Workspace surface for Merchant Center, Search Console, Drive, Gmail, Calendar, and People.