Show HN: I built my first MCP to manage Google Ads

MichalKrk 15 points 10 comments September 03, 2026
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My co-founder and I tried running Google Ads for our Shopify store, but we could not get a positive ROAS (we spent 150USD on a single conversion). As we also could not afford an agency, we turned to AI (IMO Codex >>> Claude Code). We found that Google’s Ads MCP could only read data, but it could not make changes. So we built our own hosted MCP with read and write access. It can inspect performance, find wasted spend, create or update campaigns, and work with Google Analytics and Tag Manager.

Discussion Highlights (5 comments)

semiosemeno

I will definitely try this, how much experience with ads do i need to have to use it?

lukaskr777

Interesting, can I make it do scheduled tasks, for example sending xampaign performance report every monday?

nomanWasTaken

Does it automatically create campaigns + organize them (proper naming conventions). I am lazy when it comes to organizing my ads.

DylanMerigaud

Good luck with the launch!

whitmojm

This is really cool, I do such a terrible job managing my ad campaigns... too time consuming.

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