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pagespeed-insights-mcp MCP Server

Google PageSpeed Insights and CrUX: six workflow tools for web performance.

Publisher claimed. No tool list reported, and Pod has not connected to this server.

Status

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Published as pagespeed-insights-mcp on npm. Runs locally.

Known issues

5 problems reported by people outside the maintainer team. Issues filed by the project's own maintainers are excluded.

Most discussed

Lighthouse 13 removed the legacy opportunity audits — four tools now report missing data as "no problem found"

Summary

PageSpeed Insights now returns Lighthouse 13.x, which replaced the legacy "opportunity" audits with the DevTools Insight audits. response-parser.ts still looks the old audit ids up, finds nothing, and the report formatters print that emptiness as a clean bill of health.

This is a false negative, not an error — nothing in the output says "unavailable":

# Image Optimization Details
**URL:** https://example.org/
## Total Potential Savings
**0.00 MB** could be saved t

[Read the thread](https://github.com/ruslanlap/pagespeed-insights-mcp/issues/66) · 2026-08-12 · closed · external user · 2 comments

### Installation fails with 404 — package not found on npm registry

Running the recommended install command fails immediately with a 404 error from the npm registry.

**Steps to reproduce**
```bash
curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ruslanlap/pagespeed-insights-mcp/master/scripts/install.sh | bash

Throws

npm error 404 Not Found - GET https://registry.npmjs.org/@ruslanlap%2fpagespeed-insights-mcp - Not found
npm error 404  The requested resource '@ruslanlap/pagespeed-insights-mcp@*' could not be found or you do not have permission to access i

[Read the thread](https://github.com/ruslanlap/pagespeed-insights-mcp/issues/24) · 2026-06-07 · closed · external user · 4 comments

### isMain check breaks when invoked via global bin shim (symlink) — server doesn't start

## Summary

When `pagespeed-insights-mcp` is installed globally (`npm install -g`) and launched through the symlinked bin shim (`/usr/bin/pagespeed-insights-mcp` → `/usr/lib/node_modules/pagespeed-insights-mcp/dist/index.js`), the server **silently exits with code 0** without performing the MCP handshake. The package looks "installed and running" from the host's perspective (process spawns), but no `stdout` / `stderr` is produced and tools never register.

Direct invocation via `node /usr/lib/no

[Read the thread](https://github.com/ruslanlap/pagespeed-insights-mcp/issues/14) · 2026-05-27 · closed · external user · 1 comment

### Dependencies not correct

This package requires the pino-pretty package, therefore the calls dont work out of the box.

Correct syntax for claude:

```json
"pagespeed-insights": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "-p",
        "pino-pretty",
        "-p",
        "pagespeed-insights-mcp",
        "pagespeed-insights-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_API_KEY": "..."
      }
    }

Correct Syntax for codex:

[mcp_servers.pagespeed-insights]
command = "npx"
args = [
  "-y"

[Read the thread](https://github.com/ruslanlap/pagespeed-insights-mcp/issues/3) · 2026-02-11 · closed · external user · 1 comment

### Logger Output Causes JSON Parsing Error in MCP Communication

## Description
The PageSpeed Insights MCP server fails to communicate properly with Claude Desktop due to logger output interfering with JSON-RPC protocol messages. This causes a JSON parsing error that prevents the server from functioning.

## Error Details

[error] Expected ',' or ']' after array element in JSON at position 5 (line 1 column 6)


The server repeatedly disconnects with this error after successfully initializing.

## Root Cause
The Pino logger is writing log messages to std

[Read the thread](https://github.com/ruslanlap/pagespeed-insights-mcp/issues/1) · 2025-10-18 · closed · outside contributor · 1 comment

## Firsthand observations

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## For agents

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- 5 problems reported from outside the maintainer team
- No tool list published — Pod has not verified what it exposes
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