# `io.googlemapsapi/mcp-server` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.googlemapsapi/mcp-server
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.googlemapsapi/mcp-server
- Version: 1.0.1 (active)
- Publisher: io.googlemapsapi (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-11-05T15:18:17.871Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Google Maps Places, Reviews & Local Leads API MCP Server
Real-time Google Maps local business leads, reviews, places & emails MCP. OAuth or API key.
```

Scanned 2026-11-05T15:18:23.173Z over streamable-http.

**8 tools: 5 change things and 3 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 5 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 3 | allow |

## Exfil surface

No private-data -> untrusted-input -> outbound path in this server alone: no tool is tagged private-data or outbound.

| Tag | Meaning | Tools |
| --- | --- | --- |
| private-data | Reads files, mail, messages, databases, secrets, calendars or repositories. | none |
| untrusted-input | Brings in text someone else can write: web pages, inbound email, messages, issues and comments. | `mcp__googlemapsapi__geocode_reverse` `mcp__googlemapsapi__leads_enrich` `mcp__googlemapsapi__places_autocomplete` `mcp__googlemapsapi__places_details` `mcp__googlemapsapi__places_nearby` `mcp__googlemapsapi__places_photos` `mcp__googlemapsapi__places_reviews` `mcp__googlemapsapi__places_search` |
| outbound | Can carry data to people or systems: it sends, posts or publishes, or takes a recipient, channel or URL. | none |

## Findings

- **warn** Annotations that disagree with the tool in `geocode_reverse` ([annotation-conflict](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#annotation-conflict))

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "geocode_reverse" read-only (readOnlyHint: true), and its own name, description or input give the class "write".

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true,"destructiveHint":false,"idempotentHint":true,"openWorldHint":true}; The description's first verb is "convert": a word for a change.
```


## Changes things (5)

Creates or changes something that can be changed back. Claude Code: ask.

### `geocode_reverse`

- The description's first verb is "convert": a word for a change.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Convert raw GPS latitude and longitude coordinates into structured street addresses, Plus Codes, neighborhoods, and Google Place IDs. Cost: 5 Credits / call.
```

### `leads_enrich`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data. The description's first sentence says "crawl": it reads web pages, which anyone can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Crawl a local business website domain in real time to extract public B2B email addresses, phone numbers, and LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, X/Twitter, YouTube, and TikTok profile URLs. Cost: 20 Credits when emails or social links are found (0 Credits if empty).
```

### `places_autocomplete`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Real-time typeahead place and street address predictions with optional coordinate and country biasing. Cost: 5 Credits / call (0 Credits if empty).
```

### `places_nearby`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Discover Google Maps businesses inside a geographic viewport around exact GPS coordinates (lat, lng, zoom). Cost: 5 Credits / place returned (0 Credits if empty).
```

### `places_reviews`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Extract verified customer reviews for any Google Maps business sorted by newest, most_relevant, highest_rating, or lowest_rating, including reviewer profile, star rating, text, owner reply, and review photos. Cost: 2 Credits / review returned ($0.08–$0.20/1K reviews; 0 Credits if empty).
```

## Only reads (3)

Looks things up and changes nothing. Claude Code: allow.

### `places_details`

- The description's first verb is "retrieve": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data. The description's first sentence says "retrieve" and "website": it reads web pages, which anyone can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Retrieve the complete Google Business Profile by place_id, cid, or hex google_id including 1–5 star rating distribution, E.164 phone, website, categories, weekly work hours, and coordinates. Cost: 20 Credits / place (+20 if enrich_contacts=true and contacts found).
```

### `places_photos`

- The description's first verb is "retrieve": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Retrieve high-resolution storefront, interior, and menu photo URLs and dimensions for any Google Maps place. Cost: 2 Credits / photo returned (0 Credits if empty).
```

### `places_search`

- The name "places_search" says "search": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search Google Maps local businesses in real time by natural-language query (e.g. "HVAC contractors in Austin, TX") and return ratings, review counts, E.164 phone numbers, website domains, street addresses, opening hours, Place IDs, CIDs, and GPS coordinates. Cost: 5 Credits / place returned ($0.20–$0.50/1K places; 0 Credits if empty).
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `googlemapsapi`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__googlemapsapi__places_search",
      "mcp__googlemapsapi__places_details",
      "mcp__googlemapsapi__places_photos"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__googlemapsapi__places_nearby",
      "mcp__googlemapsapi__places_reviews",
      "mcp__googlemapsapi__leads_enrich",
      "mcp__googlemapsapi__places_autocomplete",
      "mcp__googlemapsapi__geocode_reverse"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

Capability tags behind the rules (a read tagged outbound is asked about):

- `mcp__googlemapsapi__places_search`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__googlemapsapi__places_nearby`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__googlemapsapi__places_details`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__googlemapsapi__places_reviews`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__googlemapsapi__places_photos`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__googlemapsapi__leads_enrich`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__googlemapsapi__places_autocomplete`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__googlemapsapi__geocode_reverse`: untrusted-input