indexnow

Submit URLs for instant indexing via IndexNow and Google Indexing API.

Works with Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Codex, Windsurf, and all MCP-compatible AI tools.

Features

• IndexNow — Submit URLs to Bing, Yandex, Naver, Seznam simultaneously
• Google Indexing API — Request fast crawling from Google
• Sitemap submission — Parse XML sitemaps and submit all URLs
• API key generator — Generate IndexNow keys and verification files
• Status checker — Check Google indexing notification status
• Batch support — Submit up to 10,000 URLs at once

Tools

Installation

Claude Desktop / Claude Code

Add to your Claude config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "indexnow": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "indexnow-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Cursor

Add to .cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "indexnow": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "indexnow-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Usage Examples

Submit URLs to IndexNow

Submit these URLs to IndexNow:
- https://example.com/new-blog-post
- https://example.com/updated-page

API key: your-api-key-here
Host: example.com

Submit a sitemap

Submit all URLs from https://example.com/sitemap.xml to IndexNow
API key: my-key
Host: example.com

Generate an API key

Generate an IndexNow API key for my site

Submit to Google Indexing API

Submit https://example.com/new-page to Google Indexing API
Access token: ya29.xxx

IndexNow Setup

1. Generate an API key (any UUID — use the indexnow_generate_key tool)
2. Create a verification file: public/{your-key}.txt containing the key
3. Deploy the file so it's accessible at https://yourdomain.com/{your-key}.txt
4. Start submitting URLs

Supported Engines

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License

MIT

Built by Sharoz Dawa — SEO Professional & Digital Marketing Expert