previousStartDate
(required): Previous period start date (YYYY-MM-DD)
How to use it
previousStartDate is exposed by the Google Search Console MCP Server MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the previousStartDate tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.
Install Google Search Console MCP Server
npx -y -p google-search-console-mcp-server google-search-console-mcp-setupOther tools in Google Search Console MCP Server (12)
(required): Current period end date (YYYY-MM-DD)
(required): Current period start date (YYYY-MM-DD)
(optional): Array of dimensions ["query", "page", "country", "device", "searchAppearance"]
(required): End date (YYYY-MM-DD)
(required): Full URL to inspect
(required): Previous period end date (YYYY-MM-DD)
(optional): Max rows (default: 100, max: 25000)
(required): Site URL (e.g., "https://example.com/")
(required): Start date (YYYY-MM-DD)
(optional): Starting row for pagination
(optional): Notification type - "URLUPDATED" (default) or "URLDELETED"
(required): Full URL to submit (e.g., "https://example.com/page")