01 · Records and state owned
Authorized Google Analytics properties; standard and realtime report requests; dimensions and metrics metadata; and dimension/metric compatibility checks.
Google
Google Analytics
Google Analytics is an anchor because its managed Data API MCP gives agents governed access to property reporting, realtime reporting, metadata, and request compatibility checks while remaining explicitly read-only.
Analytics, SEO & experimentationSystem of intelligenceBYO-UI-ready platform
Concrete capability record
Data, retrieval, actions, identity, and operating limits
A field-by-field summary of what the reviewed first-party references actually support. Publisher update dates and BYO-UI review dates are shown separately below.
02 · Data you can retrieve
Run standard property reports, run realtime reports, retrieve property metadata, and test whether requested dimensions and metrics can be used together.
03 · Actions and write paths
None in the documented Google Analytics MCP surface. Google states that the server is read-only and cannot edit Analytics configuration or settings.
04 · Authentication and permissions
Use Google-supported remote-MCP authentication such as Application Default Credentials, an OAuth 2.0 client, or a bearer token. The principal needs `roles/mcp.toolUser` (or equivalent `mcp.tools.call`) on the Google Cloud project plus permission to the Analytics properties being queried.
05 · Monitoring, approval, and recovery
Google Cloud IAM can allow or deny individual MCP tools by `tool.name`; Data API property quotas apply to MCP calls. BYO-UI should preserve property ID, date range, dimension/metric definitions, and returned quota state with each result.
06 · Limits and caveats
Only four read tools are documented. Data API Core and Realtime quotas apply by property and project, token use varies with query complexity, Google remote MCP does not support Dynamic Client Registration or OAuth Client ID Metadata Documents, and a current Google notice says remote MCP cannot be used with Cursor because of its callback URI.
Agent access
MCP support
Official MCP serverGoogle-managed remote MCP for the Analytics Data APICurrent managed service
Support: Official MCP server
Read scope: Standard reports, realtime reports, metadata discovery, and dimension/metric compatibility checks for authorized Analytics properties.
Write scope: No documented write scope; the first-party Analytics MCP is read-only.
Authentication: Google Cloud remote-MCP authentication using ADC, OAuth 2.0 client credentials, or an OAuth bearer token; Dynamic Client Registration is not supported.
Approval boundary: No Analytics mutation approval boundary is exposed because the current toolset is read-only. Administrators can still restrict individual MCP tool names with IAM allow or deny policies.
Protocol does not erase product boundaries.
Confirm the current tool catalog, plan, region, scopes, rate limits, terms, and write behavior before implementation.
Editorial assessment
Access-maturity dimensions
A comparative architecture lens—not a quality score, market ranking, or buying recommendation. Scale: 1–5.
Data access4
Action access4
Event access4
Identity4
Governance4
Agent access4
UI extensibility3
Portability4
Observability3
Documentation5
Proposed customer-shaped experiences
What customers could create on top.
The output could be an export, report, graph, artifact, application, agent, workflow, or downstream feed. These proposals are derived from documented access—not claims that Google ships them.
Single-platform patterns
- Web-performance and acquisition insight cockpit
- Executive insight brief
- Experiment review board
- Anomaly investigation room
Multi-platform compositions
- Google Analytics + warehouse or semantic layer: executive insight brief
- Google Analytics + CRM or lifecycle platform + work-management system: cross-system decision workspace
Evidence and dates
First-party references, with publisher and review dates separated
“Publisher updated” is shown only when the page exposes an update date. “BYO-UI reviewed” records when this research checked the reference. A missing publisher date is reported as missing—not replaced with the review date.
9 recorded sources
MCP referenceRepresentative source
https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/reporting/data/v1/mcp ↗Hosted endpoint, toolset, and tools/list discovery
- Publisher updated
- Jul 7, 2026
- BYO-UI reviewed
- Jul 22, 2026
Hosted endpoint, toolset, and tools/list discovery reviewed from live first-party material on 2026-07-22.
APISource inventory
https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/reporting/data/v1 ↗First-party API reference or API overview recorded for this platform.
- Publisher updated
- Not stated by publisher
- BYO-UI reviewed
- Jul 10, 2026
Inventory source: structurally normalized; content was not individually reopened in this pass.
Developer docsSource inventory
https://developers.google.com/analytics ↗First-party developer documentation or platform overview.
- Publisher updated
- Not stated by publisher
- BYO-UI reviewed
- Jul 10, 2026
Inventory source: structurally normalized; content was not individually reopened in this pass.
HomepageSource inventory
https://analytics.google.com/ ↗First-party product homepage used to confirm product identity and current positioning.
- Publisher updated
- Not stated by publisher
- BYO-UI reviewed
- Jul 10, 2026
Inventory source: structurally normalized; content was not individually reopened in this pass.
MCPSource inventory
https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/MCP ↗Read-only Analytics MCP behavior and prohibition on editing configuration or settings
- Publisher updated
- Sep 16, 2025
- BYO-UI reviewed
- Jul 22, 2026
Read-only boundary reverified from first-party documentation on 2026-07-22
Webhooks / extensionsSource inventory
https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/protocol/ga4 ↗First-party webhook, event, SDK, embedded-app, or extension documentation.
- Publisher updated
- Not stated by publisher
- BYO-UI reviewed
- Jul 10, 2026
Inventory source: structurally normalized; content was not individually reopened in this pass.
Authentication docsSource inventory
https://docs.cloud.google.com/mcp/set-up-authentication-mcp-servers ↗Remote MCP authentication and two-layer authorization
- Publisher updated
- Jul 17, 2026
- BYO-UI reviewed
- Jul 22, 2026
Remote MCP authentication and two-layer authorization reviewed from live first-party material on 2026-07-22.
Limits and quotasSource inventory
https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/reporting/data/v1/quotas ↗Core and Realtime Data API quota behavior
- Publisher updated
- Not stated by publisher
- BYO-UI reviewed
- Jul 22, 2026
Core and Realtime Data API quota behavior reviewed from live first-party material on 2026-07-22.
ChangelogSource inventory
https://docs.cloud.google.com/mcp/release-notes ↗Remote MCP operational changes and known issues
- Publisher updated
- Jul 17, 2026
- BYO-UI reviewed
- Jul 22, 2026
Remote MCP operational changes and known issues reviewed from live first-party material on 2026-07-22.
Verified fact
Tied to cited first-party evidence reviewed for this profile.
Source inventory
Official links recorded for deeper research but not necessarily reopened endpoint by endpoint.
Editorial assessment
System role, maturity interpretation, and architectural boundary.
Proposed design
Interface patterns and compositions—not vendor product claims.