Install Ads in Claude Desktop

What you need first

Claude Desktop, installed.
Node.js, which gives the npx command the server starts with.
Your own values for YOUR_GOOGLE_ADS_CLIENT_ID,YOUR_GOOGLE_ADS_CLIENT_SECRET,YOUR_GOOGLE_ADS_DEVELOPER_TOKEN,YOUR_GOOGLE_ADS_REFRESH_TOKEN,YOUR_GOOGLE_ADS_CUSTOMER_ID,YOUR_META_APP_ID,YOUR_META_APP_SECRET,YOUR_META_ACCESS_TOKEN,YOUR_META_AD_ACCOUNT_ID.

Steps

In Claude Desktop, open Settings › Developer and choose Edit Config. It opens claude_desktop_config.json.
Add this block. If the file already has mcpServers, add only the entry inside it.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ads-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@gudlab/[email protected]"],
      "env": { "GOOGLE_ADS_CLIENT_ID": "YOUR_GOOGLE_ADS_CLIENT_ID", "GOOGLE_ADS_CLIENT_SECRET": "YOUR_GOOGLE_ADS_CLIENT_SECRET", "GOOGLE_ADS_DEVELOPER_TOKEN": "YOUR_GOOGLE_ADS_DEVELOPER_TOKEN", "GOOGLE_ADS_REFRESH_TOKEN": "YOUR_GOOGLE_ADS_REFRESH_TOKEN", "GOOGLE_ADS_CUSTOMER_ID": "YOUR_GOOGLE_ADS_CUSTOMER_ID", "META_APP_ID": "YOUR_META_APP_ID", "META_APP_SECRET": "YOUR_META_APP_SECRET", "META_ACCESS_TOKEN": "YOUR_META_ACCESS_TOKEN", "META_AD_ACCOUNT_ID": "YOUR_META_AD_ACCOUNT_ID" }
    }
  }
}

Replace YOUR_GOOGLE_ADS_CLIENT_ID,YOUR_GOOGLE_ADS_CLIENT_SECRET,YOUR_GOOGLE_ADS_DEVELOPER_TOKEN,YOUR_GOOGLE_ADS_REFRESH_TOKEN,YOUR_GOOGLE_ADS_CUSTOMER_ID,YOUR_META_APP_ID,YOUR_META_APP_SECRET,YOUR_META_ACCESS_TOKEN,YOUR_META_AD_ACCOUNT_ID with your own values.
Save the file, quit Claude Desktop completely and open it again.

Check it worked

Ask Claude Desktop: List the tools of ads-mcp.

If it does not start

spawn npx ENOENT: Node.js is not on the PATH that Claude Desktop sees. Install it, or write the full path of npx in the config.
The server starts, but its tools fail: A YOUR_… placeholder is still in the config, or its value is wrong.
Nothing changes after a restart: The file is not valid JSON any more. Look for a missing comma where the block was added.

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