# mcp

Search Google Maps for businesses and retrieve their details through an MCP client. Use it to gather contact information and ratings for a location or category.

- MCP server · `type=mcp` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Cline, Zed, Gemini CLI · ★ 3
- Author: gmapsscraper
- License: MIT · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/gmapsscraper/gmapsscraper-mcp
- Updated: 2026-08-04
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/gmapsscraper-mcp

## What it does

The server offers tools to search for businesses, start a background job, and fetch its results later. Returned fields can include a business name, address, phone, email, website, rating, review count, category, and coordinates. Another tool checks the remaining credit balance.

You need Node.js 18 or later and a `GMAPSSCRAPER_API_KEY`. The server runs locally over stdio and sends requests to the gmapsscraper.io API. A search uses 2 credits; adding multiple keywords to one call costs the same as a single keyword. Each response is capped at 100 businesses, while the full CSV is available through the dashboard.

## Requirements
- Needs: Node.js (commands run via npx)
- Environment variables: `GMAPSSCRAPER_API_KEY` — keys and tokens: ask the human for the values, never commit them or put them in shared files.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Platform CLI**
```bash
claude mcp add mcp -e GMAPSSCRAPER_API_KEY=<GMAPSSCRAPER_API_KEY> -- npx -y @gmapsscraper/mcp
```
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### Codex

**Platform CLI**
```bash
codex mcp add gmapsscraper-mcp --env GMAPSSCRAPER_API_KEY=<GMAPSSCRAPER_API_KEY> -- npx -y @gmapsscraper/mcp
```
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### Cursor

**Config file**
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "gmapsscraper-mcp": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@gmapsscraper/mcp"
            ],
            "env": {
                "GMAPSSCRAPER_API_KEY": "<GMAPSSCRAPER_API_KEY>"
            }
        }
    }
}
```
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### GitHub Copilot

**Config file**
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "gmapsscraper-mcp": {
            "type": "stdio",
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@gmapsscraper/mcp"
            ],
            "env": {
                "GMAPSSCRAPER_API_KEY": "<GMAPSSCRAPER_API_KEY>"
            }
        }
    }
}
```
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### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini mcp add -e GMAPSSCRAPER_API_KEY=<GMAPSSCRAPER_API_KEY> gmapsscraper-mcp npx -y @gmapsscraper/mcp
```
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## When to use it
- find businesses by category and location
- collect phone numbers and emails from Google Maps listings
- start a search job and retrieve its results later
- check the remaining gmapsscraper credits

## Example prompts
- Find coffee shops in Austin and collect their addresses, phone numbers, and emails.
- Start a search for wedding photographers in Denver; I’ll ask for the results later.
- Check how many gmapsscraper credits remain.

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