Apify Google Ads Transparency API MCP

An MCP server that wraps the Apify Actor for the Google Ads Transparency Center, allowing AI agents to retrieve competitor ad details such as dates, images, and YouTube links by domain, brand, or advertiser ID.

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Endpoint and access

OAuth sign-in: the first time you connect, your client opens the vendor's own authorization prompt in a browser.

Community listingStreamable HTTPOAuth sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-11-06Published by Apify

You need:token : 'YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN'

MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)

https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=sauliusautomatesit/google-ads-transparency-api

Vendor documentation

Checks and signals

Each line is separate evidence, not a trust score.

Passed Endpoint answered the live check · Nov 6, 2026, 7:20 PM UTC
Availability 1 of 1 checks passed in 30 days

What you can do with it

Retrieve competitor ad details by domain or brand
Monitor weekly competitor ad activity
Fetch video ad scripts and metadata for AI analysis

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 1.0.0

mcp-registry: io.github.saulius876-lgtm/google-ads-transparency@1.0.0 Project website

Tools

Reported by the attributed source; not independently observed by Koskamo.

No tool definitions available.

90-day uptime

A lightweight connection check about every six hours, sampled on hosts with many listings. It shows the server answered, not that its tools work.

Too few checks for a percentage yet (1 of 1 answered).

2026-11-07: 1 of 1 checks answered

30-day availability

Aggregated from read-only remote checks; this is not a tool-execution or security guarantee.

Successful checks: 1 of 1 (100%)
Average latency: 544 ms
95th percentile latency: 544 ms

Maintenance history

Public check and source-refresh events. Editorial and ownership records remain private.

Nov 6, 2026, 7:20 PM UTC · probe · passed · 544 ms · metadata changed · refuses unauthenticated initialize (HTTP 401)

Connect from your client

Each snippet registers the same endpoint; pick the client you use.

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Claude Code

Run this once in a terminal. It registers the remote server. Use --scope project to write .mcp.json for the repo.

Claude Code configuration

claude mcp add --transport http google-ads-transparency-api-mcp https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=sauliusautomatesit/google-ads-transparency-api

Codex

Run this once. Codex stores MCP servers in ~/.codex/config.toml (or .codex/config.toml in a trusted project).

Codex configuration

codex mcp add google-ads-transparency-api-mcp --url https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=sauliusautomatesit/google-ads-transparency-api

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable google-ads-transparency-api-mcp in your MCP settings.

Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google-ads-transparency-api-mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=sauliusautomatesit/google-ads-transparency-api"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure).

Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google-ads-transparency-api-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=sauliusautomatesit/google-ads-transparency-api",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start google-ads-transparency-api-mcp and inspect its tools.

VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "google-ads-transparency-api-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=sauliusautomatesit/google-ads-transparency-api"
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLI

Run this once. It writes .gemini/settings.json in the current project; pass --scope user for ~/.gemini/settings.json.

Gemini CLI configuration

gemini mcp add --transport http google-ads-transparency-api-mcp https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=sauliusautomatesit/google-ads-transparency-api

Claude Desktop

Open Claude Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector, enter this server URL and enable it for the conversation. This is a manual remote-connector handoff, not a desktop JSON configuration.

Claude Desktop configuration

https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=sauliusautomatesit/google-ads-transparency-api

Windsurf

Merge this into ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, then refresh MCP in Cascade. Windsurf remote servers use serverUrl, not url.

Windsurf configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google-ads-transparency-api-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=sauliusautomatesit/google-ads-transparency-api"
    }
  }
}

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