Find businesses, leads, emails, reviews, ratings, and contact details from Google Maps. Use for requests such as "find dentists in Berlin", "scrape Google Maps", "get local business leads", or "collect Google Maps reviews". Runs the open-source scraper locally with Docker and guides nontechnical users through setup, monitoring, and results.
Google Maps Scraper
Google Maps Scraper is an open-source backend skill for Codex, published by gosom. Its author describes it as: “scrape data from Google Maps. Extracts data such as the name, address, phone number, website URL, rating, reviews number, latitude and longitude, reviews,email and more for each place”. The project has 5.3k stars on GitHub and is available under the MIT license. Add it to your setup with `git clone https://github.com/gosom/google-maps-scraper ~/.claude/skills/google-maps-scraper`.
Installation
Add Google Maps Scraper to your agent with:
git clone https://github.com/gosom/google-maps-scraper ~/.claude/skills/google-maps-scraperAlways review a skill's source before installing it. This command comes from the skill's public repository; the linked repo is the source of truth for exact setup steps.
When to use it
Reach for Google Maps Scraper when you want backend help from Codex without writing the same instructions every session. Load the skill and the agent picks it up automatically for relevant tasks.
Strengths
- Clear MIT license — safe to read and adapt
- Ships in gosom/google-maps-scraper, an established project with 5,336 GitHub stars
- Declares compatibility with Codex
- Actively maintained (recent commits)
Topics
Frequently asked questions
- What does Google Maps Scraper do?
- scrape data from Google Maps. Extracts data such as the name, address, phone number, website URL, rating, reviews number, latitude and longitude, reviews,email and more for each place
- How do I install Google Maps Scraper?
- Run git clone https://github.com/gosom/google-maps-scraper ~/.claude/skills/google-maps-scraper in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/gosom/google-maps-scraper before installing.
- Is Google Maps Scraper free to use?
- Yes. Google Maps Scraper is free and open source under the MIT license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Which agents does Google Maps Scraper work with?
- Google Maps Scraper declares compatibility with Codex. Agent Skills use a portable SKILL.md format, so other compatible clients can usually load it too.
- Where does Google Maps Scraper come from?
- Google Maps Scraper ships inside gosom/google-maps-scraper, a repository that contains 2 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 5,336 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.
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