Google Ads MCP Server

What it does

Google's open-source MCP server for the Google Ads API, kept in the googleads GitHub organisation and described in the Google Ads API developer guide. Agents can run GAQL queries against an account, list the customer accounts a login can reach and look up resource metadata, and can read reference resources such as the API discovery document, metrics, segments and release notes. A small set of write tools creates assets, uploads videos and manages labels, each through a propose-then-confirm step tied to a checksum; a tools config file can switch them off. It runs locally with pipx over stdio or as a self-hosted Streamable HTTP service, using Application Default Credentials or a Google OAuth client.

Capabilities

Run GAQL queries against a Google Ads account
List accessible customer accounts
Look up API resource metadata, metrics and segments
Create assets and upload videos after confirmation
Create, update and apply labels

Install

Follow the project's install instructions

Add this to Any client's configuration:

{
  "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"
      }
    }
  }
}

From the project's documentation · Add to a config file with the config builder

Details

Fact	Value	Source
Type	MCP server
Tool	Google Ads
Publisher	Google Ads	source
Official status	OfficialGoogle Ads API developer guide documents it and links the googleads/google-ads-mcp repository; no 'not an officially supported Google product' line found in the README or on the docs page	source
Connection	Local or remote	source
Can change data	Yes	source
Needs an API key or sign-in	Yes	source
Platforms	Not stated in its documentation
AI clients	Claude Code, Cursor, Visual Studio Code, Codex	source
Licence	Apache-2.0	source
Pricing	Not stated in its documentation
Activity	Last commit Nov 10, 2026Version 0.0.61,149 GitHub starsDownload data not available (not on npm or PyPI)	source
Links	Repository pypi: google-ads-mcp

Sources

GitHub repositorygithub.com/googleads/google-ads-mcp · Backs: AI clients, Publisher, Activity, LicenceNov 11, 2026
Web pagedevelopers.google.com · Backs: Can change data, Connection, Needs an API key or sign-in, Official statusNov 12, 2026
Licence file (LICENSE)github.com/googleads/google-ads-mcp · Backs: LicenceNov 12, 2026
PyPI package recordpypi.org/project/google-ads-mcpNov 10, 2026

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