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Google Ads MCP for Gemini CLI

Connect burn-r8 to Google Gemini CLI and manage Google Ads campaigns from your terminal. 65 tools for audits, keywords, and budget optimization.

Why burn-r8 + Gemini CLI

Google's Gemini CLI is a terminal-based AI assistant with MCP server support. Adding burn-r8 gives you 65 Google Ads tools accessible through natural language prompts in your terminal. Run account audits, research keywords with real CPC data, manage budgets, and launch campaigns, all without opening the Google Ads UI. burn-r8's hosted proxy injects your encrypted Google Ads credentials per-request, so there is no local SDK setup and no developer token required.

Setup

Get burn-r8 running in Gemini CLI in under two minutes. Config file: ~/.gemini/settings.json

  1. 1

    Sign up at burnrate.sh and connect your Google Ads account.

  2. 2

    Generate an API key from the dashboard settings page.

  3. 3

    Open your Gemini CLI config at ~/.gemini/settings.json.

  4. 4

    Add the MCP server config JSON below, replacing br8_your_api_key_here with your key.

  5. 5

    Restart Gemini CLI to load the new server.

  6. 6

    Ask Gemini to list your Google Ads campaigns to verify the connection.

MCP config

Add this to your ~/.gemini/settings.json. Replace the placeholder with your burn-r8 API key.

mcp config
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "burnr8": {
      "url": "https://mcp.burnrate.sh/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer br8_your_api_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

What you can do

Every burn-r8 tool works natively in Gemini CLI through the MCP protocol.

65 Google Ads tools across 14 categories

Real-time keyword research with CPC data

Works with multiple Google Ads accounts

Google-native AI meets Google Ads

Terminal-first workflow for power users

Batch operations across multiple accounts

Example prompts

Try these prompts in Gemini CLI to get started.

>

Compare my impression share against competitors

Competitive insights from auction data

>

Which ad groups have the lowest quality scores?

Find quality score issues dragging down performance

>

Audit my Google Ads account and flag wasted spend.

Full account audit from your terminal

>

Pause all keywords with a quality score below 4.

Batch-pause low-quality keywords automatically

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Try burn-r8 free

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