Google Ads MCP Server

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Google Ads MCP Server is listed as active in the registry but did not answer our last check. 100 installs a week from npm. Last commit 18 Sep 2026.

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

Installs per day peak 83 · avg 25 · +21% w/w

a month agotoday

Uptime history 51 days of history · worst day 0%

51 days agonow

0.0%

Uptime 24h

0 of 91 checks

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Tools

hidden behind auth

1 ms

Response time

average over 24h

100

Installs / week

npm and PyPI

What the code does

We read the source, 18 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

Evidence

Things with no honest explanation: a promise that contradicts the code, code that runs at install time while hiding what it does, data leaving the machine.

Reaches cloud metadata service packages/shared/src/utils/deployment-identity.ts:27

const METADATA_BASE = "http://metadata.google.internal/computeMetadata/v1";

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

We found things in this code

Code changes quietly between releases, and nobody reads the diff of a dependency. We do, on every release — watch Google Ads MCP Server and you get told the day something new turns up.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 3 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

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

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://{host}/gads-mcp/mcp	streamable-http	answering	1 ms	3 min ago

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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 1 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 100 times in the last week. Week over week that is +21%. 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, 7 stars on GitHub and 8 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.