IndexMachine MCP server: index pages from Claude, Cursor and any AI assistant

IndexMachine uses Request Indexing in your own Google Search Console and IndexNow, no link farms. So a request is not instant, and the server says so every time:

1. 1

   Your request goes to IndexMachine

   With an honest ETA, never a promise that the page is already on Google.

2. 2

   Google's own Request Indexing, in your Search Console

   Your IndexMachine Chrome extension sends it from the Google account that owns the property, usually within minutes while Chrome is running.

3. 3

   Within Google's daily quota

   Google takes about 10 requests per site per day, resetting at midnight Pacific.

4. 4

   Google decides

   The ETA is for the request, never for indexing, and only check_url says a page is indexed.

You need an IndexMachine account with your sites connected (sign-up is free; requesting indexing needs a paid plan for the site), the Chrome extension, and an API key: open Settings in the dashboard, press Create key under API keys, choose Full or Read only, and copy the key that starts with im_live_. Keep it in your user-level config, never in a repository.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --scope user indexmachine --env INDEXMACHINE_API_KEY=im_live_... -- npx -y indexmachine-mcp

Cursor (~/.cursor/mcp.json) and Claude Desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "indexmachine": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "indexmachine-mcp"],
      "env": { "INDEXMACHINE_API_KEY": "im_live_..." }
    }
  }
}

VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

VS Code asks for the key and keeps it out of the file.

{
  "inputs": [
    { "type": "promptString", "id": "indexmachine-key", "description": "IndexMachine API key", "password": true }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "indexmachine": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "indexmachine-mcp"],
      "env": { "INDEXMACHINE_API_KEY": "${input:indexmachine-key}" }
    }
  }
}

Remote server, no install

URL:    https://mcp.indexmachine.co/mcp
Header: Authorization: Bearer <your key>   (X-API-Key: <your key> works too)

For example, in Claude Code:

claude mcp add --transport http indexmachine https://mcp.indexmachine.co/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $INDEXMACHINE_API_KEY"

claude.ai custom connector

• In claude.ai, open Customize, then Connectors, press + Add, then Add custom connector.
• Enter the name IndexMachine and the URL https://mcp.indexmachine.co/mcp.
• Under Request headers add Authorization with the value Bearer im_live_..., then press Add.
• In a chat, open +, then Connectors, and switch IndexMachine on.

IndexMachine and the Submitator connector can be on in the same chat: no tool name is shared. Submit your launch to directories with Submitator, then ask IndexMachine to get your own new pages on Google and Bing, without leaving the conversation.

• request_indexing previews first, and asks you before a re-index of a page already on Google, a URL that isn't in your sitemap, or your site's last request of the day.
• submit_indexnow asks the same way above 10 URLs.
• Read-only keys fit assistants that only check: sites, pages, URL checks and requests.
• Your key is used only to talk to IndexMachine, and you can revoke any key on the Settings page.