Google Ads Transparency Monitor MCP Server
An MCP server that lets you query Google's public Ads Transparency Center via Apify's Google Ads Transparency Monitor actor.
Look up Google ads by company domain, advertiser name, or lists of either.
Return one row per ad with advertiser, ad ID, format, first/last shown dates, creative link, and Transparency Center page.
Return a summary row per input with whether the company runs Google ads, Google's total ad count band, and formats seen.
Filter by region, ad format, maximum ads, and recency window (
since_days).Control caching, proxy mode, summary inclusion, and optional USD charge cap.
Return free
row_statusrows for no ads, blocked requests, or changed Google pages.Requires an
APIFY_TOKENand consumes Apify credits for returned ad/summary rows.
Allows monitoring Google Ads Transparency Center data for companies or advertisers. Given a company domain or advertiser name, it retrieves one row per ad with advertiser details, ad ID, format, first and last shown dates, creative link, and Transparency Center page, plus summary rows with Google's total ad count band and ad formats.
Click on "Deploy Server".
Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state.
In the chat, type
@followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@Google Ads Transparency Monitor MCP Server Does notion.so run Google ads? How many, and in which formats?"
That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed.
Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.
Google Ads Transparency Monitor MCP Server
An MCP server for the Mamba Labs Google Ads Transparency Center Scraper by Domain actor on Apify. Give it a company domain or an advertiser name. Each run reads Google's public Ads Transparency Center and returns one row per ad, with the format, first and last shown dates, a creative link, and the ad's page, plus a company summary row with Google's total ad count band.
What's Inside
Related MCP server: google-ads-transparency-mcp
What it does
List the Google ads a company runs. Give a company domain (for example stripe.com) or an advertiser name, or lists of either. You get one row per ad with the advertiser, ad ID, format (text, image, or video), first and last shown dates, a creative link, and the ad's Transparency Center page, plus one summary row per input that says whether the company runs Google ads, how many (Google's own count band, for example 8,000 to 9,000), and in which formats. Rows with no ads, blocked requests, or a changed Google page come back free with a row_status saying so.
All of the work runs on Apify. This package is a thin client that starts the actor run, waits for it, and hands back the dataset rows.
Quick start
You need Node.js 18 or newer and an Apify account with an API token.
Add this to your Claude Desktop config (claude_desktop_config.json), Cursor, or any MCP client:
{
"mcpServers": {
"mamba-google-ads-transparency-monitor": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@mambalabsdev/mcp-google-ads-transparency-monitor"
],
"env": {
"APIFY_TOKEN": "your-apify-token"
}
}
}
}Restart the client. The get_google_ads tool appears.
Prerequisites
Node.js 18 or newer.
An Apify API token from console.apify.com/account/integrations, set as
APIFY_TOKEN. The server lists its tool without a token; a call needs one.
Example prompts
"Does notion.so run Google ads? How many, and in which formats?"
"Show me the 10 most recent video ads HubSpot ran in the US."
"For stripe.com, ramp.com, and brex.com, which ones advertised on Google in the last 30 days?"
Tool
get_google_ads. One tool. Example arguments:
{
"company_domain": "stripe.com",
"max_ads": "20",
"since_days": "90"
}Inputs
Every buyer facing input of the live actor, unchanged. Omitted inputs take the actor's own defaults. Give one of company_domain, advertiser_name, domains, or advertiser_names.
Input | Type | Required | Description |
| string | no | A company website domain, for example stripe.com. |
| string | no | An advertiser name as Google verifies it, for example Stripe, Inc. |
| array | no | Several company domains. Up to 500 inputs per run. |
| array | no | Several advertiser names. |
| string | no | anywhere, or a two letter country code such as US, GB, DE, or FR. Default anywhere. |
| array | no | text, image, video. Omit for all formats. |
| string | no | Ad rows per input, 1 to 1000. Default 50. |
| string | no | Only ads last shown in this many days; 0 for all. Default 90. |
| string | no | true or false. Default true. |
| string | no | Optional cost cap for the run. |
| string | no | true reads fresh results instead of the free 24 hour cache. Default false. |
| string | no | auto, direct, or residential. Default auto. |
Pricing
Pay per event on Apify, billed to your Apify account. Prices in USD.
Event | Free plan | Bronze | Silver | Gold |
| $0.002 | $0.0019 | $0.0018 | $0.0017 |
| $0.003 | $0.00285 | $0.0027 | $0.00255 |
| $0.0005 | $0.0005 | $0.0005 | $0.0005 |
Rows with no ads, blocked rows, changed source rows, error rows, and cached rows are free.
Your keys
The actor needs no provider key. It reads Google's public Ads Transparency Center and holds no key of its own. If a run uses the Apify proxy, that traffic adds nothing to your price: Mamba Labs pays the platform costs of the run. proxy_mode is a reliability setting.
Full actor documentation
apify.com/mambalabs/google-ads-transparency-monitor
License
MIT. See LICENSE.
Available Tools
1 toolget_google_adsGet Google adsARead-onlyIdempotent
List the Google ads a company runs, read from Google's public Ads Transparency Center. Give a company domain (for example stripe.com) or an advertiser name, or lists of either. Returns one row per ad with the advertiser, ad ID, format (text, image, or video), first and last shown dates, a creative link, and the ad's Transparency Center page, plus one company summary row per input with Google's total ad count band, formats seen, and whether the company runs Google ads at all. Rows with no ads, blocked requests, or a changed Google page come back free with a row_status saying so. A run that does not succeed is returned as an error with its run ID. Read-only; requires an APIFY_TOKEN and consumes Apify credits per ad row returned.
Inputs: region, domains, formats, max_ads, +8 more.
Tool Schema Changelog
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TDQS
Scored across 1 tool
There is only one tool, so there is no possibility of selecting the wrong one. Its purpose (fetching Google Ads Transparency Center data) is unambiguous.
The single tool follows a clear verb_noun pattern (get_google_ads). With only one name there is nothing to be inconsistent with.
One tool is thin for a named 'server', though the domain (read-only ad lookup) is narrow enough that a single flexible tool handling domains, names, and lists is defensible. It sits at the borderline where more granular operations (e.g. per-format or per-advertiser queries) might be expected.
For a read-only transparency lookup, the surface covers the key needs: ad rows, per-company summaries, status rows for no-ads/blocked/changed pages, and error reporting with run IDs. Only minor gaps remain, such as no explicit filtering or historical-comparison operation.
Maintenance
Related MCP Connectors
Every ad a brand runs on Google Search, YouTube and Display, from Google's Ads Transparency Center: format, first and last shown, days running, ad text, images and links. Find advertisers by name or domain. Runs on Apify.
Every ad an advertiser runs on Google, from the public Ads Transparency Center. Unofficial tool.
Every Google ad a company runs, by domain: advertiser, format, dates. Runs on Apify.
Google Ads by domain or brand: creatives, formats, dates; or bulk-check which domains advertise.
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