Documentation: Comprehensive Installation Guide for macOS and Claude Desktop

[displace-agency]

Successful Installation Documentation

I've successfully installed and configured the Google Analytics MCP server on macOS with Claude Desktop and would like to contribute comprehensive installation documentation to help other users.

What I'm Contributing

A detailed installation guide that covers:

• Complete prerequisites and requirements
• Step-by-step installation process
• Google Cloud project setup and API enablement
• Troubleshooting common issues (quota project, API errors, etc.)
• Verification steps
• Usage examples

Why This is Helpful

During installation, I encountered several issues that aren't covered in the current README:

1. Quota project configuration requirements
2. Specific APIs that need to be enabled
3. The need to install the MCP server locally vs using pipx run
4. Environment variable configuration for Claude Desktop

Tested Configuration

• macOS Sequoia
• Claude Desktop (latest)
• Python 3.10.9
• Google Cloud SDK 533.0.0
• Successfully connecting to 6 Google Analytics properties

Documentation Available

I have a complete markdown guide ready that could be added as:

• A new docs/installation-guide-macos.md file
• An expanded section in the README
• A wiki page

The guide includes all the commands, configuration examples, and troubleshooting steps that were needed for a successful installation.

Would you like me to create a PR with this documentation? I'm happy to contribute this to help other users get started more easily with the Google Analytics MCP server.

Key Issues Resolved

• ✅ Quota project configuration
• ✅ API enablement process
• ✅ Authentication setup
• ✅ Claude Desktop configuration
• ✅ Troubleshooting common errors

Let me know how you'd prefer to receive this contribution!

[surejainam]

can you please share the steps to configure for Claude Desktop

[displace-agency]

Hi @surejainam, you can follow the step by step here:

https://github.com/displace-agency/docs-mcp/blob/main/working-mcps/google-analytics-mcp.md

[jradcliff]

Hi @displace-agency ,

Thanks for reaching out! We welcome contributions in the form of pull requests. Please follow the instructions in the Contributor guide to prepare and create your pull request.

Thanks,
Josh, Google Analytics team