> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://openrush.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Search Console

> Connect Google Search Console properties to unlock your own measured search data.

Most OpenRush tools work on any domain using live SERPs and a search index. Connecting Google Search Console adds one more thing: your own measured search data, the real clicks, impressions, CTR, and position that Google recorded for a site you own.

Once a property is connected, the `get_search_performance` tool can read it. See [Query your Search Console](/docs/guides/search-console) for the ways to slice that data.

## Connect in the Dashboard

Connect as many Google accounts and Search Console properties as you need, with no limit, even mixing properties from different Google accounts.

1. Open [Connections](https://www.openrush.com/dashboard/connections).
2. Choose to connect Google Search Console.
3. Sign in with the Google account that owns the property and approve access.
4. Pick the property to link to your website.

You can connect one property or several. Each connected website reports its own state.

## Connection states

Each website shows a Search Console connection state:

| State                | Meaning                                                           |
| -------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `connected`          | Ready. `get_search_performance` will return data.                 |
| `reconnect_required` | Google access expired or was revoked. Reconnect in the Dashboard. |
| `not_connected`      | No Search Console property is linked to this website yet.         |

Reading your connected data with `get_search_performance` costs credits; connecting does not. See [Credits and rate limits](/docs/fundamentals/credits-and-rate-limits). Developers can read the same performance data over the API, see [Get search performance](/docs/api-reference/tools#get-search-performance).