Install Google Webtools MCP in Claude Code
What you need first
- Claude Code, installed.
- Docker, which
gives the
dockercommand the server starts with. - Your own value for
YOUR_GOOGLE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_KEY.
Steps
- Run this in a terminal, in the project folder. It adds the server for you in that
project; put
--scope userafterclaude mcp addto have it in every project.
claude mcp add --env GOOGLE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_KEY=YOUR_GOOGLE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_KEY --transport stdio google-webtools-mcp -- docker run -i --rm -e GOOGLE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_KEY ghcr.io/stufently/google-webtools-mcp:1.2.2 - Replace
YOUR_GOOGLE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_KEYwith your own value. - Start Claude Code and type
/mcp: the server is listed with its state.
Check it worked
Ask Claude Code: List the tools of google-webtools-mcp.
If it does not start
- Cannot connect to the Docker daemon
- Docker is not running. Start it, then restart Claude Code.
- The server starts, but its tools fail
- A
YOUR_…placeholder is still in the config, or its value is wrong.