In this tutorial, I review the official Google Ads MCP, show what the setup requires, and walk through the main limitations you should know before using it.
The official Google Ads MCP currently requires a local setup and technical configuration. It can be useful for testing Google Ads with MCP, but it is limited if you want a hosted setup, campaign creation, write operations, approvals, and access to more than one ad platform.
I also show how to connect the Markifact MCP to Claude and use it to work with Google Ads and 20+ other marketing platforms from one MCP server. You can pull reports, analyze performance, create campaigns, manage ads, pause items, and run hundreds of approved marketing operations across your marketing stack.
⏱️ Chapters
0:00 Intro to Google Ads MCPs
0:36 Official Google Ads MCP setup overview and limitations
3:08 Connect Markifact Google Ads MCP in Claude
5:29 Use Claude to pull reports from Google Ads
8:17 Use Claude Google Ads MCP to manage campaigns and pause items
9:30 Markifact MCP for cross-channel read and write operations
What is the official Google Ads MCP?
The official Google Ads MCP is a Model Context Protocol server that connects Claude to Google Ads. In this video, I show how the setup works, what it can do today, and the main limitations around local setup, technical configuration, and production use.
What is the Markifact Google Ads MCP?
Markifact Google Ads MCP is a hosted MCP server for marketers. It connects Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Manus, and other MCP clients to Google Ads, Meta Ads, TikTok Ads, GA4, DV360, Google Sheets, and 20+ other platforms.
With Markifact MCP, you can pull reports, compare performance across channels, create campaigns and ads, pause underperforming items, manage assets, and run hundreds of approved marketing operations from one MCP server.
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