# Send Google Maps Grounding MCP to your agent
Hand the extracted package to your coding agent with a concrete install brief instead of figuring it out manually.
## Fast path
- Download the package from Yavira.
- Extract it into a folder your agent can access.
- Paste one of the prompts below and point your agent at the extracted folder.
## Suggested prompts
### New install

```text
I downloaded a skill package from Yavira. Read SKILL.md from the extracted folder and install it by following the included instructions. Tell me what you changed and call out any manual steps you could not complete.
```
### Upgrade existing

```text
I downloaded an updated skill package from Yavira. Read SKILL.md from the extracted folder, compare it with my current installation, and upgrade it while preserving any custom configuration unless the package docs explicitly say otherwise. Summarize what changed and any follow-up checks I should run.
```
## Machine-readable fields
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    "validation": {
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        "Use the Yavira download entry.",
        "Review SKILL.md after the package is downloaded.",
        "Confirm the extracted package contains the expected setup assets."
      ],
      "postInstallChecks": [
        "Confirm the extracted package includes the expected docs or setup files.",
        "Validate the skill or prompts are available in your target agent workspace.",
        "Capture any manual follow-up steps the agent could not complete."
      ]
    }
  },
  "links": {
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```
## Documentation

### Grounding Lite

Google Maps Grounding Lite MCP provides AI-grounded location data. Experimental (pre-GA), free during preview.

### Setup

Enable the API: gcloud beta services enable mapstools.googleapis.com
Get an API key from Cloud Console
Set env: export GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY="YOUR_KEY"
Configure mcporter:
mcporter config add grounding-lite \\
  --url https://mapstools.googleapis.com/mcp \\
  --header "X-Goog-Api-Key=$GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY" \\
  --system

### Tools

search_places: Find places, businesses, addresses. Returns AI summaries with Google Maps links.
lookup_weather: Current conditions and forecasts (hourly 48h, daily 7 days).
compute_routes: Travel distance and duration (no turn-by-turn directions).

### Commands

# Search places
mcporter call grounding-lite.search_places textQuery="pizza near Times Square NYC"

# Weather
mcporter call grounding-lite.lookup_weather location='{"address":"San Francisco, CA"}' unitsSystem=IMPERIAL

# Routes
mcporter call grounding-lite.compute_routes origin='{"address":"SF"}' destination='{"address":"LA"}' travelMode=DRIVE

# List tools
mcporter list grounding-lite --schema

### Parameters

search_places: textQuery (required), locationBias, languageCode, regionCode

lookup_weather: location (required: address/latLng/placeId), unitsSystem, date, hour

compute_routes: origin, destination (required), travelMode (DRIVE/WALK)

### Notes

Rate limits: search_places 100 QPM (1k/day), lookup_weather 300 QPM, compute_routes 300 QPM
Include Google Maps links in user-facing output (attribution required)
Only use with models that don't train on input data
## Trust
- Source: tencent
- Verification: Indexed source record
- Publisher: ryanbaumann
- Version: 1.0.0
## Source health
- Status: healthy
- Source download looks usable.
- Yavira can redirect you to the upstream package for this source.
- Health scope: source
- Reason: direct_download_ok
- Checked at: 2026-04-30T16:55:25.780Z
- Expires at: 2026-05-07T16:55:25.780Z
- Recommended action: Download for OpenClaw
## Links
- [Detail page](https://openagent3.xyz/skills/google-maps-grounding-lite-mcp)
- [Send to Agent page](https://openagent3.xyz/skills/google-maps-grounding-lite-mcp/agent)
- [JSON manifest](https://openagent3.xyz/skills/google-maps-grounding-lite-mcp/agent.json)
- [Markdown brief](https://openagent3.xyz/skills/google-maps-grounding-lite-mcp/agent.md)
- [Download page](https://openagent3.xyz/downloads/google-maps-grounding-lite-mcp)