How to connect Google Ads to Claude Cowork

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Introduction

Cowork is Anthropic's AI agent for knowledge work. Think of it as Claude Code for everything else. It works autonomously with your computer, local files, and applications to accomplish complex tasks.

This guide walks you through the easiest and most secure way to connect your Google Ads account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to create a new customer list for holiday campaigns, get campaign details by campaign ID, list all current customer lists in your account, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

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Connecting Google Ads to Claude Cowork

1. Open Customize

In Claude Desktop, click Customize in the left sidebar, then select Connectors and click the + icon at the top.

Claude Desktop connectors screen with Add custom connector selected

2. Add the Composio MCP server

Click Add custom connector and paste in the Composio MCP server URL:

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https://connect.composio.dev/mcp
Add custom connector dialog with Composio MCP server URL

3. Authorize in your browser

Click Connect. You'll be redirected to a browser window where you can authorize Composio to continue.

Composio authorization screen for Claude Cowork

4. Connect your Google Ads account

Back in Cowork, ask the agent to connect to Google Ads or give it any Google Ads-related task.

For example, ask Cowork to:

  • "Create a new customer list for holiday campaigns"
  • "Get campaign details by campaign ID"
  • "List all current customer lists in your account"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

That's it. Composio's tools are now available in Cowork, and your Google Ads account is ready to use.

What is Claude Cowork?

Claude Cowork is Anthropic's agent for general knowledge work. It can use your computer, files, and connected applications to complete longer-running tasks across your work tools.

With Composio Connect, Cowork can securely access apps like Google Ads through MCP without you sharing account credentials directly with the agent.

What is the Google Ads MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Google Ads MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Google Ads account. It provides structured and secure access to your advertising data, so your agent can perform actions like creating customer lists, retrieving campaign details, and managing audience segments on your behalf.

  • Automated customer list creation: Instantly have your agent create new customer lists for targeted marketing campaigns, streamlining your segmentation workflows.
  • Campaign insights by ID or name: Let your agent fetch detailed information for any ad campaign using its ID or name, making reporting and optimization a breeze.
  • Customer list management: Ask your agent to retrieve and review all your existing customer lists, so you always know who you're targeting.
  • Add or remove contacts from lists: Seamlessly update audience membership by having your agent add or remove contacts from specified customer lists for more dynamic targeting.

Supported Tools & Triggers

Tools
Create customer listCreatecustomerlist tool will create a customer list in google ads.
Get Campaign By IdGetcampaignbyid tool will return details of a campaign in google ads.
Get campaign by nameGetcampaignbyname tool will run a sql getcampaignbyname in google ads.
Get customer listsGetcustomerlists tool will list all customer lists in google ads.
Add or remove to customer listAddorremovetocustomerlist tool will add a contact to a customer list in google ads.

Available tools and triggers

After setup, the supported Google Ads tools and triggers listed on this page are available to Cowork through Composio Connect.

You can now ask Cowork to handle Google Ads workflows in natural language, from quick summaries and drafting tasks to more complex multi-step work across connected apps.

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FAQ

What are the differences in Tool Router MCP and Google Ads MCP?

With a standalone Google Ads MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Google Ads tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Google Ads and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint.

Can I use Tool Router MCP with Claude Cowork?

Yes, you can. Claude Cowork fully supports MCP integration. You get structured tool calling, message history handling, and model orchestration while Tool Router takes care of discovering and serving the right Google Ads tools.

Can I manage the permissions and scopes for Google Ads while using Tool Router?

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Google Ads scopes and actions are allowed when connecting your account to Composio. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials or API configuration so you keep full control over what the agent can do.

How safe is my data with Composio Tool Router?

All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your Google Ads data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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