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Google Ads from Gemini CLI

Configure PaidHelm as an MCP server in Gemini CLI settings.json and manage Google Ads from Google's own terminal agent.

Gemini CLI supports MCP servers over HTTP with OAuth. Add PaidHelm and run Google Ads operations from the same terminal session where you work.

Setup

Edit ~/.gemini/settings.json (or the project's .gemini/settings.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "paidhelm": {
      "httpUrl": "https://mcp.paidhelm.com/googleads/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Start Gemini CLI and run /mcp to see the server; authenticate when prompted and the tool list appears.

Try

List my Google Ads accounts and summarize yesterday's spend for each.
For campaign 123, find search terms with no conversions and more than $25 spent this month. Show me before adding negatives.

Notes

  • Use httpUrl for Streamable HTTP; url is for SSE servers.
  • /mcp auth paidhelm re-runs authentication if a token expires.

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