Ad group performance with campaign context. Optional campaign_id filter. Default last 28 days, enabled ad groups.
AI agents call gads_ad_group_performance to retrieve information from Google Ads without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves performance data for ad groups with optional filtering. It is purely a read/query operation with no side effects — it fetches historical metrics over a time window and does not create, modify, or delete any data.
From the tool's definition Ad group performance with campaign context. Optional campaign_id filter. Default last 28 days, enabled ad groups.
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Ad group performance with campaign context. Optional campaign_id filter. Default last 28 days, enabled ad groups. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Google Ads MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Google Ads MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for gads_ad_group_performance: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Google Ads. Nothing to install.
gads_ad_group_performance is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the gads_ad_group_performance rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for gads_ad_group_performance. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
gads_ad_group_performance is provided by the Google Ads MCP server (zleventer/google-ads-mcp-npm). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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