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How to Connect Search Console to ChatGPT?

Published August 4, 2026 · Written by Aanart

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Contents

  1. 1Before you start
  2. 2Connect Search Console to SourcetoMCP
  3. 3Add SourcetoMCP as a connector in ChatGPT
  4. 4Ask ChatGPT about your search performance
  5. 5Troubleshooting
  6. 6Revoking access
  7. 7Still stuck?

This is a two-part setup: first link Search Console to SourcetoMCP like any other source, then add SourcetoMCP itself as a custom app inside ChatGPT's developer mode. Once both are done, ChatGPT can pull real clicks, impressions, CTR and position data straight from your verified sites instead of guessing. For what the connector covers, see the Google Search Console MCP server page.

Before you start

You'll need a SourcetoMCP account with at least one brand created, a Google account with owner or full access on at least one verified Search Console property, and a ChatGPT account on a Pro, Plus, Business, Enterprise or Education plan. Custom MCP connectors run through developer mode, which works on ChatGPT on the web only.

Connect Search Console to SourcetoMCP

  1. 1From your dashboard, go to Connectors → Add a connection.
  2. 2Find the Google Search Console card and select Connect.
  3. 3Sign in with the Google account that has access to the property you want. This opens Google's own consent screen on accounts.google.com and asks you to approve read-only access to your Search Console data.
  4. 4Back in SourcetoMCP, choose which verified site(s) to connect, then confirm. Each one shows up on your Connections page.

Add SourcetoMCP as a connector in ChatGPT

  1. 1In SourcetoMCP, open Connect an agent from the dashboard sidebar and copy your server address (it looks like https://sourcetomcp.com/api/mcp).
  2. 2In ChatGPT, open Settings, then Security and login, and turn on Developer mode. Custom MCP connectors sit behind this toggle, and it only appears on ChatGPT on the web.
  3. 3Open the Plugins menu and select the “+” button to create a developer-mode app.
  4. 4Enter the name SourcetoMCP, paste in your server address, and pick OAuth as the authentication type.
  5. 5Save. The app now sits under Drafts in your app settings, where you can switch individual tools on or off.
  6. 6The first time ChatGPT calls it, you'll be asked to sign in to SourcetoMCP and approve access, the same OAuth approval you'd see connecting any other app. After that it reconnects on its own.

Once approved, the connection appears under Active connections on the Connect an agent page in SourcetoMCP, so you can see exactly what has access at any time.

Ask ChatGPT about your search performance

A developer-mode app stays off until you pick it. In a chat, open the Plus menu, choose Developer mode, and select SourcetoMCP for that conversation. Naming the app in your question helps ChatGPT reach for the right tool, as in “Use the SourcetoMCP app to get my top queries last month”.

Anything that writes back to a connected account asks you to confirm first, and ChatGPT shows you the JSON payload it plans to send. Read it before you approve.

With both pieces connected, ChatGPT can query clicks, impressions, CTR and average position for a site, broken down by date, query, page, country or device. Try something like:

  1. 1What were my top 10 search queries by clicks last month?
  2. 2Compare clicks and impressions for the last 4 weeks, broken down by page.
  3. 3Which pages have high impressions but a low click-through rate?

Search Console data typically lags a day or two behind real time, so very recent dates may come back thin. That's expected, and the connection is working normally.

Troubleshooting

My site isn't in the list when connecting: the signed-in Google account isn't a verified owner or user of that property in Search Console. Add the account under Search Console's own Settings → Users and permissions, then reconnect.

Developer mode is missing from Settings: it is available on Pro, Plus, Business, Enterprise and Education accounts, and only on ChatGPT on the web. The mobile apps do not show it.

The app never appears in a chat: developer-mode apps sit under Drafts and stay off until you pick them. Open the Plus menu, choose Developer mode, and tick SourcetoMCP for that conversation.

ChatGPT says it can't find the tool or has no data: open the app's details page and use Refresh to pull the current tool list from the server. If that changes nothing, check the connection still shows under Active connections in SourcetoMCP.

Revoking access

You can disconnect from either side. In SourcetoMCP, remove the site from your Connections page, or revoke ChatGPT's access entirely from the Connect an agent page. In ChatGPT, open your app settings, find SourcetoMCP under Drafts, and delete it. Turning Developer mode back off hides every custom app at once without deleting any of them.

Still stuck?

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