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gads_create_showcase_shopping_ad

Google Ads tool (extended/low-level coverage). For common tasks prefer the RECOMMENDED google_ads_* actions; use these only for advanced operations those don't cover. Create a Showcase Shopping ad (legacy). Mostly replaced by Performance Max; kept for accounts with legacy shopping campaigns that still support it.

This is a write tool: it creates showcase shopping ad in your Google Ads account. Claude asks you to confirm before it runs.

Ask Claude

You do not call this tool yourself. Ask for the outcome and the client picks the tool:

Create showcase shopping ad in my Google Ads account for [ad group id], [headline], [logo asset id].

It takes 3 required and 2 optional parameters.

Parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
ad_group_idstringYesAd Group Id
headlinestringYesHeadline
logo_asset_idstringYesLogo Asset Id
descriptionstringNoDescription
customer_idstringNoCustomer Id

Related Google Ads tools

Before you can call it

This tool needs a connected Google Ads account. The Google Ads connect guide covers the OAuth flow and the permissions it asks for, and the quickstart gets a client talking to the server in about five minutes.

Workflows that use this

Rather than calling tools one at a time, these skills run a whole procedure against the same account:

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