CrustAPI MCP Server ★ New (July 12)¶

MCP server for CrustAPI - live Google Search, Maps, News, Images, and Reviews for AI agents. Pay-as-you-go pricing (pay only for results, no subscription). Brings real-time web intelligence into any MCP-compatible client.

Source: mcp.so (submitted July 12, 2026)

What It Is¶

A hosted MCP server connecting AI agents to Google Search, Maps, News, Images, and Reviews via CrustAPI. Unlike web-scraping MCPs that parse HTML, CrustAPI returns structured search results optimized for agent consumption. The pay-per-result model means no monthly subscription - ideal for operators who need occasional live search without ongoing cost.

Business Relevance¶

Research operators can pull live web data into analysis workflows
Sales teams can research prospects with real-time company/news/address data
Marketing operators can monitor brand mentions and competitor activity
CorpusIQ complement for businesses needing live search alongside structured business data

Tools Available¶

Tool	Description
`google_search`	Live Google web search with structured results
`google_maps`	Place search, details, reviews, and geocoding
`google_news`	News search by topic, source, date range
`google_images`	Image search with metadata
`google_reviews`	Business reviews and ratings

Quick Start¶

# Remote MCP server - connect via URL
# Add to MCP client config
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "crustapi": {
      "url": "https://api.crustapi.com/mcp",
      "env": {
        "CRUSTAPI_KEY": "your-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Business Use Cases¶

Prospect research: "Search for news about [company] and show me their Google Maps listing with reviews"
Market intelligence: "Find recent news articles about [industry trend] and summarize the top 5"
Competitive monitoring: "Search for [competitor name] reviews - what are customers complaining about?"
Location intelligence: "Show me all [business type] within 5 miles of [address] with ratings above 4.0"

Integration with CorpusIQ¶

CorpusIQ is the connector layer that lets AI assistants read the systems a business already runs on - accounting, payments, CRM, email, files and analytics - and answer with the source named. It is read-only by design: it retrieves data and never writes to, or acts in, a connected system, which is what makes it safe to point at live accounts.

This page is part of the CorpusIQ directory, the reference we maintain for the MCP server and agent-skill ecosystem. Run alongside CorpusIQ, a third-party server like this one can be combined with a company's own business data in a single answer.

See what CorpusIQ connects

Limitations¶

Pay-per-result pricing - costs scale with usage (budget-aware deployment needed)
Requires CrustAPI account and API key
Google Search results may differ from consumer Google experience
Rate limits apply based on CrustAPI plan tier
Third-party API (not Google official); service continuity depends on CrustAPI