gmaps: fix missing dependency install + wire verify (v6 / 1.1.0)

The connector shipped no requirements.txt, so ensure_installed_host()
installed nothing and every tool call failed with "No module named
'googlemaps'" while the server still answered tools/list — skald logged
"connected — 6 tool(s)" on a connector that could not work.

- add requirements.txt (googlemaps>=4.10.0); deps were declared in the
  manifest's `dependencies` field, which skald only uses for the card
- wire the shipped verify.py through a `verify` manifest block, so a
  broken install fails visibly at enable time instead of silently
- verify.py puts .pydeps on sys.path: skald sets PYTHONPATH only for the
  server process, not for the `sh -c "python3 verify.py"` verify step
- drop the inert mcp_config.env {SECRET:…} placeholder — those tokens are
  substituted in the URL only, never in env values
- realign manifest/fragment versions (were 2/1.0.1 vs 5/1.0.4); skald
  prefers the manifest, so "update available" could never appear
- requires ENV -> API_KEY; drop deprecated secrets/ path from error text
- regenerate the index

connectors/gmaps/connector.json

@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 {
   "id": "gmaps",
   "name": "Google Maps",
-  "version": 2,
-  "version_string": "1.0.1",
-  "version_release_date": "2026-07-23",
+  "version": 6,
+  "version_string": "1.1.0",
+  "version_release_date": "2026-08-10",
   "type": "mcp_local",
   "scope": "global",
   "launch_command": "python3 gmaps_mcp_server.py",
   "transport": "stdio",
   "requires": [
     "PYTHON",
-    "ENV"
+    "API_KEY"
   ],
   "tags": [
     "maps",
@@ -36,8 +36,12 @@
   "setup_instructions": [
     "Ensure the Google Maps APIs are enabled in your GCP project: Directions, Geocoding, Places, Distance Matrix.",
     "Create an API key in Google Cloud Console \u2192 Credentials, restricting it to those four APIs.",
-    "Install the Python package: pip install googlemaps"
+    "Paste the key into the connector form; the googlemaps package is installed automatically from requirements.txt."
   ],
+  "verify": {
+    "command": "python3 verify.py",
+    "timeout_secs": 20
+  },
   "docs": [
     {
       "lang": "en",
@@ -84,9 +88,7 @@
     "args": [
       "gmaps_mcp_server.py"
     ],
-    "env": {
-      "GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY": "{SECRET:GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY}"
-    }
+    "transport": "stdio"
   },
   "homepage": "https://maps.google.com",
   "icon_small": "icon_sm.svg",

connectors/gmaps/fragment.json

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   "user_description": "Get transit, driving, walking and cycling directions, geocode addresses, search nearby places, and compute distance matrices \u2014 powered by Google Maps Platform.",
   "requires": [
     "PYTHON",
-    "ENV"
+    "API_KEY"
   ],
   "tags": [
     "maps",
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@
     "param": "GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY"
   },
   "folder": "gmaps",
-  "version": 5,
-  "version_string": "1.0.4",
-  "version_release_date": "2026-07-23",
+  "version": 6,
+  "version_string": "1.1.0",
+  "version_release_date": "2026-08-10",
   "tools": [
     {
       "name": "status",

connectors/gmaps/gmaps_mcp_server.py

@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ Capabilities (callable as `mcp__gmaps__<tool>`):
   distance_matrix  — travel time & distance between multiple origins/destinations
 
 Auth:
-  API key is read from env var GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY, or from the file at
-  GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY_FILE (default: ./secrets/gmaps_api_key.txt).
+  API key is read from env var GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY, injected by Skald from the
+  connector's `env[]` form field. A file fallback (GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY_FILE)
+  exists for standalone runs only.
 
 Required Google Cloud APIs to enable:
   - Directions API
@@ -81,8 +82,8 @@ def _get_client():
     if not api_key:
         _init_error = (
             "Google Maps API key not found. "
-            "Set GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY env var or create secrets/gmaps_api_key.txt "
-            "with just the key on the first line."
+            "Open the Google Maps connector in Skald and paste the API key into "
+            "the 'Google Maps API key' field, then re-enable it."
         )
         log(_init_error)
         return None
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ def _format_gmaps_error(e: Exception, api_label: str) -> str:
         if status == "REQUEST_DENIED":
             return (
                 f"Error: {api_label} API request denied (REQUEST_DENIED). "
-                "Verify that the API key in secrets/gmaps_api_key.txt is valid and that "
+                "Verify that the API key configured for this connector is valid and that "
                 f"the {api_label} API is enabled in the Google Cloud Console."
             )
         if status == "INVALID_REQUEST":
@@ -163,8 +164,9 @@ def _maps_status(args: dict) -> str:
     if not api_key:
         return (
             "Error: Google Maps API key not found. "
-            "Set GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY env var or create secrets/gmaps_api_key.txt "
-            "with the key on the first line. No Google Maps tool will work until this is fixed."
+            "Ask the administrator to open the Google Maps connector in Skald and paste "
+            "the API key into the 'Google Maps API key' field. "
+            "No Google Maps tool will work until this is fixed."
         )
 
     # Step 2: dependency present + client built?

connectors/gmaps/requirements.txt

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+googlemaps>=4.10.0

connectors/gmaps/verify.py

@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@ import json
 import os
 import sys
 
+# Skald installs our deps with `pip install --target .pydeps` beside this file and
+# puts that dir on PYTHONPATH for the *server* process only — the verify step gets
+# a bare `sh -c "python3 verify.py"`, so `import googlemaps` would fail here even
+# on a correctly installed connector. Put .pydeps on sys.path ourselves.
+_PYDEPS = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), ".pydeps")
+if os.path.isdir(_PYDEPS):
+    sys.path.insert(0, _PYDEPS)
+
 
 def main() -> None:
     api_key = os.environ.get("GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY", "").strip()