Add GSC PAP to Google's Gemini CLI

Steps

1. 1

   Install Gemini CLI

   Follow the install instructions at https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli (or `npm install -g @google/gemini-cli` if available for your version). Sign in with `gemini auth login` using your Google account.

2. 2

   Sign in to GSC PAP and copy your token

   Visit gscpap.com → Sign in with Google → grant the Search Console + GA4 scopes → copy the bearer token shown on the connect page.

3. 3

   Add gsc-pap to your Gemini settings

   Edit `~/.gemini/settings.json` (path may vary across versions; check the Gemini CLI docs for `mcp_servers` config location). Register the gsc-pap server with the URL and Authorization header.

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   {
     "mcp_servers": {
       "gsc-pap": {
         "url": "https://mcp.gscpap.com/mcp",
         "transport": "http",
         "headers": {
           "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN_HERE"
         }
       }
     }
   }

4. 4

   Restart Gemini CLI and test

   Quit any open Gemini session and reopen. Ask: "List my Google Search Console sites and pull the top 5 queries from last week." Gemini calls list_sites then search_analytics_query and returns the answer in chat.

Common gotchas

• ·Gemini CLI's MCP config path/format varies between releases. If the example above doesn't work for your version, run `gemini mcp --help` and check the official docs at https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli for the current syntax.
• ·Bearer tokens with environment-variable substitution may be supported in newer versions, prefer that over inline pasting if available.
• ·If you hit `gsc-pap` connection errors, verify the URL is exactly https://mcp.gscpap.com/mcp (with /mcp suffix). Without /mcp the request hits the wrong endpoint and silently fails.