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gads_generate_keyword_ideas

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. Generate keyword ideas with monthly search volume and bid estimates from seed keywords or URLs.

This is a write tool: it generates keyword ideas 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:

Generate keyword ideas in my Google Ads account.

It takes 0 required and 6 optional parameters.

Parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
seed_keywordsarrayNoSeed Keywords
seed_urlsarrayNoSeed Urls
language_idstringNoLanguage Id
geo_target_idsarrayNoGeo Target Ids
limitintegerNoLimit
customer_idstringNoCustomer Id

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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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