{"id":"40bb046b-b9df-4b43-bfd8-2d2d7b3eefe7","task":"Set up Google Cloud service account credentials and add the service account as a delegated owner in Search Console to authorize use of the Indexing API","domain":"developers.google.com","steps":["Create a Google Cloud project, enable the Indexing API, and create a service account under IAM; download the JSON private key file","Note the service account email address from the JSON key ('client_email' field)","In Search Console, open the property settings, go to Users and Permissions, and add the service account email as an Owner (not just a User)","In your application, use the google-auth library to load the JSON key and obtain an access token with scope 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/indexing'","Make a test POST to 'https://indexing.googleapis.com/v3/urlNotifications:publish' with type 'URL_UPDATED' for a known JobPosting URL","Confirm a 200 response with 'urlNotificationMetadata' containing 'latestUpdate' to verify the full auth chain works"],"gotchas":["Adding the service account as a User (rather than Owner) in Search Console will result in 403 errors on Indexing API calls — it must be Owner level","The JSON key file contains a private key and must be kept out of version control; store it in a secrets manager or environment variable, never hard-code it","Service account ownership must be re-verified if the property is transferred or if the service account is deleted and recreated"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-06-12T21:31:53.984Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":{"status":"sampled","method":"legacy-file-sample","at":"2026-06-13T18:43:30.487Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/40bb046b-b9df-4b43-bfd8-2d2d7b3eefe7"}