# google-alerts-mcp

> Google Alerts MCP Server for fetching topic-based news and information

Record `google-alerts-mcp` (mcp_server) · JSON: https://wellknown.network/agents/google-alerts-mcp/record.json · HTML: https://wellknown.network/agents/google-alerts-mcp
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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/google-alerts-mcp/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/ycrao/google-alerts-mcp
- repository: https://github.com/ycrao/google-alerts-mcp
- version: 0.1.2
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: google-alerts, mcp, model-context-protocol, news
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:google-alerts-mcp

### Description (declared)

# Google Alerts MCP Server

A Google Alerts plugin based on MCP (Model Context Protocol) that retrieves news articles on specific topics by simulating browser workflows. This plugin dynamically extracts state parameters from Google Alerts pages to avoid detection and blocking.

## Features

- **Dynamic State Extraction**: Automatically extracts `window.STATE` parameters from Google Alerts pages
- **Anti-Detection Mechanism**: Uses fresh tokens and session cookies for each request to avoid blocking
- **Multi-Language Support**: Supports searches in Chinese, English, and other languages
- **Browser Workflow Simulation**: Fully simulates browser access flow: visit homepage → extract cookies/state → build preview URL
- **No Hardcoded Parameters**: All authentication tokens and state parameters are dynamically extracted, no hardcoded values
- **URL Cleaning Feature**: Configurable option to remove Google redirect parameters and get direct news links

## Workflow

1. **Get Initial Cookies**: Visit `https://www.google.com/alerts?hl={language}` to get initial cookies
2. **State Parameter Extraction**: Extract `window.STATE` parameters from the page, including authentication tokens
3. **Build Preview URL**: Use extracted parameters and search query to build preview URL
4. **Get Content**: Use correct cookies and state parameters to get preview page
5. **Article Parsing**: Extract article titles, URLs, snippets, and sources from HTML response

## Installation

Using UV package manager:

```bash
# Clone the project
git clone https://github.com/ycrao/google-alerts-mcp.git
cd google-alerts-mcp

# Install dependencies
uv sync

# Activate virtual environment
source .venv/bin/activate  # Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate
# Or run directly
uv run python src/google_alerts_mcp/server.py
```

## Usage

### Running as MCP Server

Add to your MCP client configuration:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google-alerts": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        …

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- communication.notifications (1, derived)
- data.news (1, declared)
- dev.package-management (0.859, derived)
- dev.version-control (0.745, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/google-alerts-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-09T16:24:24.309Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/google-alerts-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/google-alerts-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:google-alerts-mcp