G Maps Crawl’s Google Maps Scraper MCP server exposes a single streamable HTTP endpoint (https://gmapscrawl.com/api/mcp) that lets compatible AI agents perform synchronous Google Maps business searches and receive structured JSON results (up to 20 businesses per request). Clients authenticate with an Authorization: Bearer <API_KEY> header; OAuth and browser cookies are not supported. The server returns listing attributes such as addresses, contact details, ratings, and review counts via a search_google_maps operation. Supported MCP-aware clients include Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code and Codex, and the site includes example prompts for extracting pages of businesses and formatting results for tables or analysis.
The product is positioned for workflows like prospecting, local market analysis and listing enrichment, letting agents move from a query to a dataset usable in CRMs or reports. Integration details include adding the MCP server to a client .mcp.json configuration and keeping GMSCRAPER_API_KEY in a secure environment variable; the provider stresses never placing keys in prompts or URLs. Live use requires an API entitlement or cloud service (an Online subscription alone doesn’t cover API access), but test credentials and simulated fixtures are available for validation. The page offers setup guides, docs, and a call to create an API key and connect an agent.
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