Set up Google Ads MCP in Claude Code

Read-only access to Google Ads campaign data, performance reporting, and account discovery. Official Google implementation.

Locate the config file

Claude Code reads MCP server configuration from the following file:

~/.claude.json

Create this file if it does not already exist.

Add the configuration

You can configure Google Ads MCP using the CLI command or by editing the config file directly.

Option A: CLI command

bash

claude mcp add google-ads-mcp -e GOOGLE_ADS_DEVELOPER_TOKEN=YOUR_GOOGLE_ADS_DEVELOPER_TOKEN -e GOOGLE_ADS_LOGIN_CUSTOMER_ID=YOUR_GOOGLE_ADS_LOGIN_CUSTOMER_ID -- python -m google_ads_mcp

Option B: Config file

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google-ads-mcp": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": [
        "-m",
        "google_ads_mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_ADS_DEVELOPER_TOKEN": "YOUR_GOOGLE_ADS_DEVELOPER_TOKEN",
        "GOOGLE_ADS_LOGIN_CUSTOMER_ID": "YOUR_GOOGLE_ADS_LOGIN_CUSTOMER_ID"
      }
    }
  }
}

Set up environment variables

Google Ads MCP requires the following environment variables:

GOOGLE_ADS_DEVELOPER_TOKENRequired

Google Ads API developer token

GOOGLE_ADS_LOGIN_CUSTOMER_IDRequired

Google Ads manager account ID

Verify it works

Restart Claude Code. Google Ads MCP should appear in your MCP server list with 2 tools available.

This server adds approximately 1,030 tokens to your context window for tool definitions.

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