# Google Ads Transparency MCP: Competitor Ads (pypi · google-ads-transparency-mcp-server)

Competitor Google ads from the Ads Transparency Center: new, running and stopped, with shown dates.

- Trust score: 78/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `mcp.apify.com`: 48/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/geminigeorge22-google-ads-transparency-mcp/mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/geminigeorge22-google-ads-transparency-mcp/mcp)
- pypi · `google-ads-transparency-mcp-server`: 78/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/geminigeorge22-google-ads-transparency-mcp/google-ads-transparency-mcp-server.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/geminigeorge22-google-ads-transparency-mcp/google-ads-transparency-mcp-server)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `pypi`
- Package: `google-ads-transparency-mcp-server`
- Version: `0.1.0`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-11-05.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 100/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - Runs hatchling.build at install time, a recognised build step with no custom scripting around it.
  - 1 of 28 dependencies flagged as unhealthy.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 100/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to GeminiGeorge22/google-ads-transparency-mcp).
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 1 days ago).
  - Publishes a security disclosure policy (SECURITY.md).
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 52/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 540 tokens (~540/item across 1 items; 1 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 7/100
  - Stability observed for 2 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 1 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 2 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).

## Install

### How do I install the Google Ads Transparency MCP: Competitor Ads server?

Google Ads Transparency MCP: Competitor Ads runs locally as a PyPI package, launched with uvx google-ads-transparency-mcp-server. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add geminigeorge22-google-ads-transparency-mcp -- uvx google-ads-transparency-mcp-server
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "geminigeorge22-google-ads-transparency-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "google-ads-transparency-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "geminigeorge22-google-ads-transparency-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "google-ads-transparency-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add geminigeorge22-google-ads-transparency-mcp -- uvx google-ads-transparency-mcp-server
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "geminigeorge22-google-ads-transparency-mcp": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "uvx",
        "google-ads-transparency-mcp-server"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add geminigeorge22-google-ads-transparency-mcp --command uvx --arg google-ads-transparency-mcp-server
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  geminigeorge22-google-ads-transparency-mcp:
    command: "uvx"
    args: ["google-ads-transparency-mcp-server"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "geminigeorge22-google-ads-transparency-mcp": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "uvx",
      "Arguments": [
        "google-ads-transparency-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add geminigeorge22-google-ads-transparency-mcp -t stdio -c uvx -a google-ads-transparency-mcp-server
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "geminigeorge22-google-ads-transparency-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "google-ads-transparency-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-11-05 (score 78, +15)

- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass

### 2026-11-04 (score 63, +1)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-11-03 (score 62)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (1)

### `publicrecords--google-ads-transparency-scraper` (~496 tokens)

Google Ads Transparency Scraper: Competitor Ads

Google Ads Transparency Scraper: Competitor Ads. Track competitors' Google ads by website or advertiser ID: new, running and stopped ads with first and last shown dates, days shown and ad links. No login, no proxy.

When to use: Use when you need the Google ads a competitor runs (by website domain, Google advertiser ID, Ads Transparency Center link or advertiser name): which ads are new, still running or stopped in a look-back window, with first and last shown dates, days shown and ad links, optionally for one country. Good for weekly competitor ad monitoring; not for ad spend, clicks or keyword bids.

Returns: the run's dataset rows as structured JSON (one row per result), plus the run and dataset IDs for paging the full dataset.

Behavior: starts one run of the Apify Actor "publicrecords/google-ads-transparency-scraper" through Apify's hosted MCP gateway (mcp.apify.com) with your own APIFY_TOKEN; the run uses your Apify account. Read-only: it only reads public web data and changes nothing on the source site. Docs: https://apify.com/publicrecords/google-ads-transparency-scraper

Input parameters:

- `includeRegionStats` (boolean): Adds the countries each ad ran in and, for EU countries, Google's impression ranges. Slower: one extra request per ad.
- `maxAdsPerTarget` (integer): 0 means no limit. A website search returns every ad that links to it, which for big marketplaces is millions; use an advertiser ID for one company's own ads.
- `region` (string): Only ads shown in this country. "Anywhere" returns ads from every country.
- `sinceDays` (integer): Ads first shown in this window are "new"; ads that stopped inside it are "stopped". Google lists an ad 2–3 days after it runs, so on a schedule use your interval plus 3 days (10 for weekly) and match…
- `statuses` (array): Leave all selected for every ad Google still lists (about one year back). Select only new, running and stopped for a faster weekly monitor.
- `targets` (array, required): One per line: a website domain (nike.com), a Google advertiser ID (AR…), an Ads Transparency Center link, or an exact advertiser name. Example: ["nike.com"]

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Install scripts, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/geminigeorge22-google-ads-transparency-mcp/google-ads-transparency-mcp-server#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 78
- 2026-11-04: 63
- 2026-11-03: 62

## Common questions

### What is the Google Ads Transparency MCP: Competitor Ads server?

Google Ads Transparency MCP: Competitor Ads is listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.GeminiGeorge22/google-ads-transparency-mcp. Competitor Google ads from the Ads Transparency Center: new, running and stopped, with shown dates. This page covers its PyPI package (google-ads-transparency-mcp-server).

### Is the Google Ads Transparency MCP: Competitor Ads server safe to use?

Google Ads Transparency MCP: Competitor Ads scores 78 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 5 November 2026. Its build provenance is signed and verified. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the Google Ads Transparency MCP: Competitor Ads server expose?

Google Ads Transparency MCP: Competitor Ads exposes 1 tool: publicrecords--google-ads-transparency-scraper. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 496 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Google Ads Transparency MCP: Competitor Ads server still maintained?

Google Ads Transparency MCP: Competitor Ads is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What licence is the Google Ads Transparency MCP: Competitor Ads server under?

Google Ads Transparency MCP: Competitor Ads declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

## Links

- PyPI project: https://pypi.org/project/google-ads-transparency-mcp-server/
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/pypi/package/google-ads-transparency-mcp-server
- Repository: https://github.com/GeminiGeorge22/google-ads-transparency-mcp
- Website: https://apify.com/publicrecords/google-ads-transparency-scraper
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/geminigeorge22-google-ads-transparency-mcp/google-ads-transparency-mcp-server.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/geminigeorge22-google-ads-transparency-mcp/google-ads-transparency-mcp-server.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/geminigeorge22-google-ads-transparency-mcp/google-ads-transparency-mcp-server