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gads_update_expanded_text_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. Update an Expanded Text Ad (deprecated format, read-only after June 2022, but existing ads can be paused/enabled/removed).

This is a write tool: it updates expanded text 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:

Update expanded text ad in my Google Ads account for [ad group id], [ad id].

It takes 2 required and 8 optional parameters.

Parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
ad_group_idstringYesAd Group Id
ad_idstringYesAd Id
headline_part1stringNoHeadline Part1
headline_part2stringNoHeadline Part2
headline_part3stringNoHeadline Part3
descriptionstringNoDescription
description2stringNoDescription2
path1stringNoPath1
path2stringNoPath2
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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