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gads_get_distance_report

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. Get performance breakdown by distance from business location (distance_view).

This is a read-only tool: it retrieves distance report from your Google Ads account. It changes nothing.

Ask Claude

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

Get distance report in my Google Ads account for [start date], [end date].

It takes 2 required and 3 optional parameters.

Parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
start_datestringYesStart Date
end_datestringYesEnd Date
campaign_idstringNoCampaign Id
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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