How to Add Google Maps Search to OpenClaw

OpenClaw is a capable local agent, but it has no built-in way to look up places or businesses. If you ask it to find a coffee shop near you or check whether a restaurant is open, it has to guess. Adding Google Maps through AgentPatch changes that.

Why This Matters

A lot of practical questions involve location: where to eat, which businesses are nearby, what hours a place keeps. These aren’t questions a locally-running model can answer from training data — they require live data. Google Maps has it.

The usual path is to sign up for a Google Maps API key, deal with billing setup, and figure out the SDK. AgentPatch shortcuts all of that. Connect once and your OpenClaw bot can search Maps directly — no separate API key to manage.

Setup

Add AgentPatch to ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json:

{
  "mcp": {
    "servers": {
      "agentpatch": {
        "transport": "streamable-http",
        "url": "https://agentpatch.ai/mcp",
        "headers": {
          "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your actual key from the AgentPatch dashboard. Restart OpenClaw and it discovers all AgentPatch tools automatically.

Example

You’re chatting with your OpenClaw bot on Telegram and ask:

“Find me a highly rated sushi restaurant in downtown Austin that’s open for lunch.”

With AgentPatch connected, the bot searches Maps directly:

Searching Google Maps for "sushi restaurant downtown Austin open lunch"...

Here are some top results:

1. Uchi (4.7★) — 801 S Lamar Blvd, open 11am–2pm for lunch Tue–Fri
2. Otoko (4.6★) — 1603 S Congress Ave, omakase lunch Sat–Sun only
3. Sushi Junai (4.5★) — 523 E 6th St, open daily 11:30am–2:30pm

Uchi is probably your best bet for a weekday lunch with high ratings.

The bot pulled real business listings with ratings, addresses, and hours — all from a single chat message.

Wrapping Up

Once AgentPatch is connected, your OpenClaw bot can look up places and businesses on demand. Google Maps is one tool; the same connection also gives your agent access to web search, image generation, email, and everything else on the marketplace. Check out agentpatch.ai to see what’s available.

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