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Google Ads MCP Server

io.github.cesteral/gads-mcp
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Google Ads MCP Server is listed as active in the registry but did not answer our last check. 79 installs a week from npm. Last commit 3 Aug 2026.

Google Ads management — campaign writes, GAQL reporting, bulk mutate, validation, and previews

Installs per day peak 56 · avg 14 · -19% w/w
a month agotoday
Uptime history 41 hours of history · worst hour 0%
41 hours agonow
0.0%
Uptime 24h
0 of 91 checks
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Tools
hidden behind auth
0 ms
Response time
average over 24h
79
Installs / week
npm and PyPI

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 10 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add gads-mcp --transport http https://{host}/gads-mcp/mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gads-mcp": {
      "url": "https://{host}/gads-mcp/mcp"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.gads-mcp]
url = "https://{host}/gads-mcp/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gads-mcp": {
      "url": "https://{host}/gads-mcp/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gads-mcp": {
      "url": "https://{host}/gads-mcp/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://{host}/gads-mcp/mcp streamable-http answering 0 ms 10 min ago

Google Ads MCP Server — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Is Google Ads MCP Server working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 0 of 91 checks got a reply (0.0%), average response time 0 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
The registry lists Google Ads MCP Server as active — why does it not respond?
The official MCP registry stores what the author submitted; it does not verify that the server still runs. We check the endpoint ourselves, and this one does not answer. Catalogues that copy the registry without checking will show it as working.
How do I connect Google Ads MCP Server?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does Google Ads MCP Server need an API key?
No. Google Ads MCP Server completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How many people use Google Ads MCP Server?
The npm package @cesteral/gads-mcp was installed 79 times in the last week. Week over week that is -19%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Google Ads MCP Server open source?
Yes — it is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, written in TypeScript and 4 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.