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Google Maps gives your agent access to Google’s location APIs. The agent can geocode addresses, search for places, retrieve place details, calculate routes, and look up time zones when you ask it to.

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What it does

When Google Maps is enabled on an agent, the agent can automatically call Google Maps APIs as part of its reasoning process. You ask a question or give it a task — the agent decides when and how to use your connected account.

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Prerequisites

You must have an active Google Maps connection in your workspace before enabling this tool. If no active connection exists, the tool cannot be added.
  1. Go to Integrations for your workspace.
  2. Find Google Maps in the integrations grid.
  3. Click Connect and complete the OAuth flow.
  4. Return to your agent and enable the tool.

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Adding the tool to an agent

  1. Open an agent in the editor.
  2. Click the button with the tooltip Add MCP Tool or Sub Agent.
  3. In MCP Tools, click Google Maps. The Google Maps node appears on the canvas.
  4. Click the node to open the Settings panel on the right.
  5. In the Authentication field, select the connected Google Maps account the agent should use.
  6. If no active connection is found, the settings panel shows a warning with a link to Integrations to connect first.

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Available actions

Agents can use non-destructive Google Maps actions exposed for your connected account, including:
  • Text Search and Nearby Search
  • Geocoding API and reverse geocoding actions
  • Get Place Details and Autocomplete
  • Get Route, Get Direction, and Compute Route Matrix
  • Get Time Zone and Embed Google Map
Google Maps is also available as a workflow step for curated location lookups in pipelines.

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Use cases

  • Convert a customer address into coordinates for a downstream workflow step.
  • Search for restaurants or stores near a location and summarize the results.
  • Calculate driving distance and duration between two addresses.
  • Look up the time zone for a city before scheduling a meeting.

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Notes

  • The agent uses your connected Google Maps account. Google Maps API quotas and billing apply to agent actions the same as direct API usage.
  • This tool counts as 1 credit per action the agent performs.
  • OAuth may show third-party authorization branding during the connect flow.
See also: Integrations, Creating and Configuring