google-ads-api-mcp-setup
A Google-published agent skill that walks a developer through installing Google's open-source Google Ads MCP server.
What the skill teaches
A Google-published agent skill that walks a developer through installing Google's open-source Google Ads MCP server. The agent checks for Python 3.12 or newer and pipx, proposes the right pipx install command for macOS, Windows or Linux, installs the stable google-ads-mcp release from PyPI, explains the stdio transport, sets environment variables, and adds the server to clients such as Claude Desktop and Claude Code with the correct config paths. Before that it asks the user to confirm five credentials: developer token, OAuth client ID and secret, refresh token and customer IDs, sending them to the quickstart skill if any are missing. It has no scripts.
Capabilities
- Check Python and pipx prerequisites
- Install the Google Ads MCP server from PyPI
- Configure credentials as environment variables
- Add the server to Claude Desktop or Claude Code
Install
- Run this to add it to Any client:
npx skills add google/skills/skills/ads
Details
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Skill | |
| Tool | Google Ads | |
| Publisher | source | |
| Official status | OfficialGoogle Ads API developer guide documents these skills in google/skills; SKILL.md author: google-ads-api-team | source |
| Needs an API key or sign-in | Not stated in its documentation | |
| Includes scripts | No | source |
| Platforms | Not stated in its documentation | |
| AI clients | Claude Code, Cursor, Codex | source |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | source |
| Pricing | Not stated in its documentation | |
| Activity | Last commit Nov 11, 202623,842 GitHub starsDownload data not available (not on npm or PyPI) | source |
| Links | Repository |
Sources
- Web pagedevelopers.google.com · Backs: AI clients, Official statusNov 12, 2026
- Skill file (SKILL.md)github.com/google/skillsNov 10, 2026
- Licence file (LICENSE)github.com/google/skills · Backs: LicenceNov 12, 2026
- GitHub repositorygithub.com/google/skills · Backs: Publisher, Activity, LicenceNov 11, 2026
- Folder in the repository (google-ads-api-mcp-setup)github.com/google/skills · Backs: Includes scriptsNov 10, 2026