Google Search Console Skill

Quick Install

curl -sSL https://canifi.com/skills/google-search-console/install.sh | bash

cp -r skills/google-search-console ~/.canifi/skills/

Setup

# First, ensure canifi-env is installed:
# curl -sSL https://canifi.com/install.sh | bash

canifi-env set GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID "your_client_id"
canifi-env set GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET "your_client_secret"
canifi-env set GOOGLE_REFRESH_TOKEN "your_refresh_token"
canifi-env set GSC_SITE_URL "your_site_url"

Privacy & Authentication

Option 1: Manual Browser Login (Recommended)

1. Complete the Browser Automation Setup using CDP mode
2. Login to the service manually in the Playwright-controlled Chrome window
3. Claude will use your authenticated session without ever seeing your password

Option 2: Environment Variables

canifi-env set SERVICE_EMAIL "your-email"
canifi-env set SERVICE_PASSWORD "your-password"

Capabilities

1. Performance Analysis: Track search impressions, clicks, and positions
2. Index Coverage: Monitor indexing status and errors
3. URL Inspection: Check specific URL indexing and crawl status
4. Sitemap Management: Submit and monitor sitemaps
5. Mobile Usability: Check mobile-friendly issues

Usage Examples

Get Search Performance

User: "Show me search performance for the last 28 days"
Assistant: Returns clicks, impressions, CTR, and position

Check Top Queries

User: "What are my top search queries?"
Assistant: Returns top queries by clicks and impressions

Index Status

User: "Are there any indexing issues?"
Assistant: Returns index coverage report

Inspect URL

User: "Is this page indexed by Google?"
Assistant: Returns indexing status for URL

Authentication Flow

1. Create project in Google Cloud Console
2. Enable Search Console API
3. Set up OAuth 2.0 credentials
4. Verify site ownership in Search Console

Error Handling

Notes

• Free tool from Google
• 16 months of historical data
• Core Web Vitals reporting
• Rich results reporting
• Manual actions visibility
• Integrates with Analytics