Google Search Console Integration

Use Google Search Console integration to let Dawn query search analytics for a connected site, inspect submitted sitemaps, and check indexing data for specific URLs.

Google Search Console is a workspace integration. A workspace owner or manager connects it, links the verified sites to use as sources, and assigns those sources to the agents that need them. Access is read-only.

Before you start

  • A Google account with access to the verified Search Console sites Dawn should use.
  • The Manager role in the workspace, which is required to create the connection.

Google Search Console connects through Google sign-in and requests read-only access.

Connecting Google Search Console

  1. Open the workspace Integrations screen and add a Google Search Console connection.
  2. Complete the Google sign-in and consent flow.
  3. Discover sites and link the verified sites you want to use.
  4. Assign the linked sources to the agents that should use them.

What Dawn discovers

Dawn lists the verified sites the connected account can access and turns each one into a source. Both domain properties (sc-domain:example.com) and URL-prefix properties (https://example.com/) are supported.

What Dawn can do

Access is read-only. An assigned agent can use these tools:

  • Query search analytics for the connected site, with optional dimensions, search type, date range, and row limit.
  • List sitemaps submitted for the site.
  • Get a sitemap to read its details.
  • Inspect a URL to check Google’s indexing data for it.

This lets a team ask why a page is not getting search traffic, whether a launch page has started appearing for the right queries, or whether Google reports an indexing problem on a specific URL.

Troubleshooting

  • Sign-in fails or is cancelled: start the connection again and approve the Google permissions Dawn requests.
  • No sites appear: the signed-in Google account is likely not verified on the expected sites in Search Console, or the wrong account was used.
  • URL inspection fails: confirm the URL belongs to the connected site property and matches its domain or URL-prefix form.