How do I connect Google Ads?

Open Google Ads in ApexGenius Connections, choose Connect, sign in with the Google account that has access to your ads, and enable the customer accounts you want. You do not paste a developer token.

Which ad accounts can my AI reach?

Only the customer accounts you enable in ApexGenius, within the Google account’s own Google Ads permissions.

Can my AI change campaigns or budgets?

Yes, through the full API tool, which is marked destructive because changes can spend money. Enabled writes run immediately. Turn a tool off to block calls.

Can I start with read-only access?

Yes. Choose Read only when you add your AI agent. It keeps the account, report and GAQL reads and never sees the full API tool.

Does it work with a manager account?

Yes. Enable the client accounts under your manager account that your AI should reach. Each call names the account it reads.

Google Ads MCP connector

Google OAuth · Available

Google Ads MCP Connector for AI Agents

Connect your AI agents to Google Ads over MCP: read campaign spend, clicks and conversions, run GAQL queries, and make changes through the full API.

Connect a Google account once in ApexGenius and enable the Google Ads customer accounts you want, then read campaign results, run GAQL queries, and reach the rest of the Google Ads API from compatible AI agents. Each AI agent needs its own ApexGenius setup.

Connect Google Ads Setup guide

1,000 free credits · No card required

Google Ads

App connector

Available

Bring your Google Ads accounts and reusable skills to compatible AI agents. Read campaign results and run GAQL queries, then make changes through the full API.

5
Operations: 4
Read: 1
Write: 3
In context

Authorization: Google OAuth
Cataloged tools: 5 discoverable
Connection scope: The Google Ads customer accounts you enable
Accounts: Connected account

Claude / ChatGPT

MCP client

ApexGenius route

Gateway context

Google Ads

Authorized session

Why the gateway is here

It keeps the Google Ads authorization, tools, and activity behind the same managed route you use for your other supported systems.

Ask it

What people ask Google Ads.

These questions use the Google Ads tools below. Start with a read after connecting your channel or account.

List the Google Ads customer accounts enabled for me. Do not change campaigns or budgets.Read
Show spend, clicks and conversions by campaign for the last 30 days.Read
Which search terms spent money last week without a conversion?Read
Pause the campaign I name. Show me the exact change first.Write

Tools

What Google Ads can do through ApexGenius.

The reviewed catalog contains these 5 Google Ads tools. Search by tool name, job, or access type.

Open the generated tool reference

Accounts

google_ads_list_customers

Read

List the Google Ads customer accounts enabled for you in ApexGenius.

Accounts

google_ads_get_customer

Read

Read one account’s ID, name, currency, time zone and status.

Reports and queries

google_ads_campaign_report

Read

Read each campaign’s status, impressions, clicks, cost and conversions over a date range.

Reports and queries

google_ads_query

Read

Run a GAQL query against an enabled account, such as search terms, ads or keywords.

Full API

google_ads_request

Write

Call any Google Ads API endpoint for an enabled account, including changes to campaigns, ads and budgets.

Connection model

How to connect Google Ads.

The Google Ads connection belongs to your signed-in account. Any Google Ads-native resources stay inside that provider.

Read connection details

Before you start

An account with permission to use the Google Ads resources you intend to connect.

1. Connect Google Ads to ApexGenius

Open Google Ads in Connections. Choose Connect, or Add connection when offered. Give the connection a name if prompted. If Gateway setup pending appears, contact ApexGenius support before continuing.
Gateway setup pending means Google Ads authorization is not available yet. Contact ApexGenius support.Open full-size image (opens in a new tab)
Choose the account and review access. Sign in to the Google account that has access to the intended resources. Review the permissions Google requests, then return to ApexGenius.
Review the connected account and resources. Find Allowed resources on the connection page or its Tools tab. Choose Refresh and enable only the Google Ads customer accounts you want to use. Resource selection does not add permissions to the Google account.
Check the connection. Use Test connection or Check again and read the reported status. Add an AI agent from the AI agents page, choose Read only for the first test, and try the question below.

Connect Google Ads →

2. Choose your AI and finish setup

Each guide includes the AI setup and a first question for Google Ads.

ChatGPT setup →Claude setup →Codex setup →

Current governance

Know the account, tools, and result.

ApexGenius keeps the selected context and current tool surface visible, then records supported write activity for review.

Authorized context

Only the customer accounts you enable can be reached, and the Google account’s own Ads permissions still apply.

Current tool surface

The full API tool can change campaigns, ads and budgets, which can spend money. Keep it off unless you need it.

Reviewable activity

Enabled writes run immediately. Turn a tool off to block calls.

Disconnecting stops future access. It does not undo a change already made in Google Ads.

Why a gateway

5 operations. Three tool definitions.

Your AI starts with three ApexGenius gateway tools. It discovers the Google Ads operations available to its authorization when a task needs them, then runs the selected operation through the gateway.

One saved provider connection

Connect Google Ads to ApexGenius, then authorize each AI client to use the saved connection with its own tool permissions.

Scoped per agent

Give one client read-only and the write operations never appear in its tool list at all.

Every call on the record

Which agent asked, what ran, and whether it succeeded, kept per connection for review.

Use Google Ads with your AI.

Choose your AI client for setup steps and examples using Google Ads.

FAQ

Questions people ask before connecting Google Ads.

How do I connect Google Ads?: Open Google Ads in ApexGenius Connections, choose Connect, sign in with the Google account that has access to your ads, and enable the customer accounts you want. You do not paste a developer token.
Which ad accounts can my AI reach?: Only the customer accounts you enable in ApexGenius, within the Google account’s own Google Ads permissions.
Can my AI change campaigns or budgets?: Yes, through the full API tool, which is marked destructive because changes can spend money. Enabled writes run immediately. Turn a tool off to block calls.
Can I start with read-only access?: Yes. Choose Read only when you add your AI agent. It keeps the account, report and GAQL reads and never sees the full API tool.
Does it work with a manager account?: Yes. Enable the client accounts under your manager account that your AI should reach. Each call names the account it reads.

More connectors

Explore the directory.

MCP-compatible AI agents

Codex starts in Plugins in the ChatGPT desktop app. ChatGPT Chat and Work also use Plugins, with personal setup where Developer Mode is permitted. Each AI client has its own guide and authorization requirements.

App connections

Salesforce keeps connection context. Other providers use your signed-in account.

Connect Google Ads. Start with a safe read.

Use the AI you already work in while ApexGenius keeps the app route visible.

Connect Google Ads

1,000 free credits · No card required

Compatibility does not imply partnership.