Google Ads MCP

Install from the author’s instructions

Before connecting

• Install pipx and configure one of the README’s authentication methods.
• For the ADC example, enable the Google Ads API and use credentials with access to the advertising account.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google-ads-mcp": {
      "command": "pipx",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--spec",
        "git+https://github.com/googleads/google-ads-mcp.git",
        "google-ads-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS": "PATH_TO_CREDENTIALS_JSON",
        "GOOGLE_PROJECT_ID": "YOUR_PROJECT_ID",
        "GOOGLE_ADS_DEVELOPER_TOKEN": "YOUR_DEVELOPER_TOKEN"
      }
    }
  }
}

Sources: Author README · Checked 2026-10-14.

This example is the README’s ADC configuration. Replace the credential path, project ID, and developer-token placeholders as appropriate. Tool names can be prefixed through tools_config.yaml.

Sources: Author README · Checked 2026-10-14.

Tools and capabilities

Sources: Author README · Checked 2026-10-14.

Workflow examples

Suggested prompts for your own client. These are examples, not recorded tool executions.

List the Google Ads customer accounts I can access; let me choose one before querying campaigns.

Inspect campaign resource metadata, then report campaign performance for my requested dates.

Sources and verification

Official documentation and repository metadata reviewed; no third-party software installed and no MCP or hosted service executed.

Recent activity refers to the repository push timestamp. It does not establish the product’s original release date. Stars are a dated snapshot of the entire repository.

1. GitHub repository metadataVerified 2026-10-14
2. Author READMEVerified 2026-10-14

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