Google Ads Transparency MCP: Competitor Ads

io.github.GeminiGeorge22Published by GitHub account GeminiGeorge22v1.0.1Updated Nov 4, 2026

Competitor Google ads from the Ads Transparency Center: new, running and stopped, with shown dates.

VerifiedStreamable HTTPWeb executable

Overview

Google Ads Transparency MCP: Competitor Ads's hosted MCP server (mcp.apify.com); OAuth sign-in or API key required; Streamable HTTP; 1 tool.

No AI overview yet: these facts come from the registry entry and the server itself.

Endpoint
mcp.apify.com
Last checked

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open Google Ads Transparency MCP: Competitor Ads in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. Connect the required credentials. They are stored privately and never shown on public pages.
  3. Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Web executable via Streamable HTTP. Remote servers run from the web runtime once configured in a workspace.

Use with an agent

Paste this prompt into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or another agent — or into SourceWeft chat. The agent reads this server's install guide, shows you its publisher, endpoint and sign-in, and adds it to your client once you agree. Keys never go into a command.

Read https://sourceweft.com/mcp/io.github.GeminiGeorge22%2Fgoogle-ads-transparency-mcp/install.md and connect the MCP server it describes to my client. Before changing any config, show me its publisher, endpoint and sign-in method and wait for my OK. Never put an API key in a command or in a file I would commit; ask me where it should come from.

Read the install guide the agent follows

Other MCP clients

Add this to your client's mcpServers config. The client completes OAuth sign-in on first connect.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google-ads-transparency-competitor-ads": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=publicrecords/google-ads-transparency-scraper"
    }
  }
}

README

Google Ads Transparency MCP: Competitor Ads

An MCP server that tells your AI assistant which Google ads a competitor is running. Give it a website domain (nike.com), a Google advertiser ID, an Ads Transparency Center link or an exact advertiser name, and it returns the ads Google lists for that advertiser: which are new, still running or stopped in your look-back window, with first and last shown dates, days shown and links to each ad. Filter by country, or leave it on "anywhere". No Google login and no proxy setup.

Built on the public Google Ads Transparency Center data, via the Apify Actor Google Ads Transparency Scraper.

Example prompts

  • "Which Google ads did nike.com start running in the last 7 days in the US?"
  • "Compare the ads running right now for hubspot.com and salesforce.com."
  • "List the ads my competitor stopped this month, with first and last shown dates."

Tool

ToolInputOutput
publicrecords--google-ads-transparency-scrapertargets (domains, advertiser IDs, Transparency Center links or names), sinceDays, region, statusesOne row per ad: advertiser, ad ID, format (text, image, video), status, first and last shown dates, days shown, target domain and the ad link

The full input schema is in tools.json, generated from the Actor's public input schema and checked for drift daily.

MCP endpoint

https://mcp.apify.com?tools=publicrecords/google-ads-transparency-scraper

Transport: Streamable HTTP (hosted by Apify, see https://docs.apify.com/mcp).

Auth

Sign in with Apify OAuth when your client prompts you, or send the header Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN> where <APIFY_TOKEN> is your own Apify API token. Never commit a real token.

Client setup

Claude

Claude Code:

claude mcp add --transport http google-ads-transparency "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=publicrecords/google-ads-transparency-scraper"

Claude Desktop / claude.ai: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the MCP endpoint URL above.

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json:

json
{  "mcpServers": {    "google-ads-transparency": {      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=publicrecords/google-ads-transparency-scraper"    }  }}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json:

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

To use a token instead of OAuth, add "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN>" } next to "url".

Disclosure: I maintain this Actor.

Local stdio server (open source)

This repo also ships a small MCP server in src/ for clients that only run local stdio servers. It answers initialize and tools/list locally from tools.json, which is generated from each Actor's public input schema and checked for drift in CI and weekly, so any client or directory can inspect the tools with no token. tools/call is forwarded to the hosted Apify MCP endpoint above with your own APIFY_TOKEN; without a token a call returns a clear error instead of running anything. The token is only sent in the Authorization header and is never logged.

json
{  "mcpServers": {    "google-ads-transparency": {      "command": "npx",      "args": ["-y", "github:GeminiGeorge22/google-ads-transparency-mcp"],      "env": { "APIFY_TOKEN": "YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" }    }  }}

Or from a clone:

bash
git clone https://github.com/GeminiGeorge22/google-ads-transparency-mcp.gitcd google-ads-transparency-mcp && npm installAPIFY_TOKEN=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN node src/server.js

Optional env: APIFY_ACTORS (comma-separated subset of the Actors above) and APIFY_MCP_URL (full endpoint override).

Tests run against an in-memory mock server, with no network and no token: npm test. Requires Node.js 18+.

Python (uvx/pip)

A matching Python version of this server lives in python/, built on the official mcp Python SDK: same tools, same APIFY_TOKEN, same hosted endpoint. Requires Python 3.10+.

json
{  "mcpServers": {    "google-ads-transparency": {      "command": "uvx",      "args": ["google-ads-transparency-mcp-server"],      "env": { "APIFY_TOKEN": "YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" }    }  }}

Or with pip: pip install google-ads-transparency-mcp-server, then run google-ads-transparency-mcp-server. Python tests: cd python && pip install -e ".[test]" && env -u APIFY_TOKEN python -m pytest.

See also

  • Awesome Ad Intelligence MCP: a curated list of MCP servers and tools for competitor ads, ad libraries and ad intelligence, from many providers.
  • ecommerce-search-rankings-mcp: E-commerce search results and product rankings across Amazon, eBay, Walmart, Google Shopping, AliExpress, Shopify and Etsy.
  • ecommerce-sales-mcp: E-commerce sales signals: Amazon bestsellers and reviews, eBay sold prices, TikTok Shop and Etsy shop sales.
  • forecast-accuracy-mcp: Forecast accuracy and track records: forecasts vs actuals, earnings beats, prediction markets, archived pages and news.
  • ats-jobs-mcp: New job postings from Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby and SmartRecruiters.
  • gov-tenders-mcp: Government tenders, grants, awards and council meetings.

Source: README.md at commit ad3e917

Tools

1

publicrecords--google-ads-transparency-scraper

Google Ads Transparency Scraper: Competitor Ads

Google Ads Transparency Scraper: Competitor Ads. Track competitors' Google ads by website or advertiser ID: new, running and stopped ads with first and last shown dates, days shown and ad links. No login, no proxy. When to use: Use when you need the Google ads a competitor runs (by website domain, Google advertiser ID, Ads Transparency Center link or advertiser name): which ads are new, still running or stopped in a look-back window, with first and last shown dates, days shown and ad links, optionally for one country. Good for weekly competitor ad monitoring; not for ad spend, clicks or keyword bids. Returns: the run's dataset rows as structured JSON (one row per result), plus the run and dataset IDs for paging the full dataset. Behavior: starts one run of the Apify Actor "publicrecords/google-ads-transparency-scraper" through Apify's hosted MCP gateway (mcp.apify.com) with your own APIFY_TOKEN; the run uses your Apify account. Read-only: it only reads public web data and changes nothing on the source site. Docs: https://apify.com/publicrecords/google-ads-transparency-scraper

ParametersregiontargetsrequiredstatusessinceDaysmaxAdsPerTargetincludeRegionStats

Version history

1
  1. v1.0.1LatestNov 4, 2026

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