Google Search Console shows you how your site performs in search: what queries bring people in, which pages rank, how often you appear in results. Claude Code is Anthropic's AI CLI. Connecting them through Sequel's MCP server means you can interrogate your search performance data from the terminal, in plain English, without exporting a single CSV.
What You'll Accomplish
After this setup, you'll be able to run Claude Code and ask:
- "What are the top 20 queries driving traffic to my site this month?"
- "Which pages have the highest impressions but low click-through rate?"
- "How has our average position for branded queries changed over the past 90 days?"
Claude Code will use Sequel's MCP server to query the Search Console API and return results directly in your terminal.
Prerequisites
- A Sequel account. Sign up free at sequel.sh
- Google Search Console access. You need at least Full User on the property.
- Claude Code installed. Run
npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-codeif needed.
Step 1: Connect Google Search Console to Sequel
Sign in to sequel.sh and click Data Sources in the left sidebar.
Click New Connection. On the "Choose a connector" page, select Google Search Console.
Enter a Connection Name, a label for this property, e.g. sequel.sh GSC.
Then click Connect with Google.
A Google OAuth window will open. Sign in with the Google account that has access to your Search Console property and grant Sequel the requested permissions. You'll be redirected back to Sequel with the connection saved.
Step 2: Get Your Sequel API Key
Click Settings in the left sidebar, then select API Keys from the settings navigation.
Click New key, name it claude-code-gsc, and copy the key (starts with sql_).
Step 3: Configure Claude Code to Use Sequel MCP
In your terminal:
claude mcp add sequel \
--transport http \
https://api.sequel.sh/mcp \
--header "Authorization: Bearer sql_your_api_key"
Replace sql_your_api_key with the key from Step 2. Verify with:
claude mcp list
Step 4: Query Your Search Console Data
Start a Claude Code session:
What are my top 10 queries by clicks this month?
Which pages have more than 1000 impressions but less than 2% CTR?
How has average position changed for my homepage over the past 30 days?
Claude Code will call Sequel's MCP tools, query the Search Console API, and return results in your terminal.
What You Can Do Now
- Keyword research: ask "What are the top 50 queries I rank for but have an average position below 10?" to find quick-win opportunities
- Content audits: ask "Which pages have been losing impressions over the past 3 months?"
- CTR optimization: ask "Which queries have high impressions but low CTR?" to prioritize title and meta description improvements
- Ranking monitoring: ask "Am I ranking for [keyword]? What's the current average position?"
- Site health checks: ask "Are there any pages with indexing issues or zero impressions?"