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Write Tools — 62 Mutation Operations

All write operations use the execute_google_ads_action tool with confirmed: true. The agent always previews changes and asks for confirmation before executing.

Campaign Management

Action Description Required Params
create_campaign Create a new campaign (SEARCH, DISPLAY, SHOPPING, PMAX, VIDEO, DEMAND_GEN) name, budgetAmountDollars
update_campaign_status Pause or enable a campaign campaignId, status
remove_campaign Remove a campaign campaignId
update_campaign_targeting Update campaign name, target CPA/ROAS campaignId
update_bidding_strategy Change bidding strategy campaignId, biddingStrategy

Budget Management

Action Description Required Params
update_budget Change campaign budget budgetId, amountDollars
create_shared_budget Create a shared budget name, amountDollars
update_shared_budget Update shared budget amount budgetId
assign_shared_budget Assign campaign to shared budget campaignId, budgetId

Ad Group Management

Action Description Required Params
create_ad_group Create a new ad group campaignId, name
update_ad_group Update ad group status/bid/name adGroupId
remove_ad_group Remove an ad group adGroupId

Ad Management

Action Description Required Params
create_ad Create a Responsive Search Ad adGroupId, headlines, descriptions, finalUrl
create_display_ad Create a Responsive Display Ad adGroupId
update_rsa Update RSA headlines/descriptions adGroupId, adId, headlines, descriptions, finalUrl
update_ad_status Pause or enable an ad adGroupId, adId, status
remove_ad Remove an ad adGroupId, adId

Keyword Management

Action Description Required Params
create_keyword Add keyword(s) to an ad group adGroupId, keyword
update_keyword_status Pause or enable a keyword criterionId, adGroupId, status
update_keyword_bid Change keyword CPC bid adGroupId, criterionId, cpcBidMicros
remove_keyword Remove a keyword adGroupId, criterionId
create_negative_keyword Add campaign negative keyword campaignId, keyword
remove_negative_keyword Remove campaign negative keyword campaignId, criterionId

Extensions (Assets)

Action Description Required Params
create_sitelink Create sitelink extension campaignId, linkText, finalUrl
create_callout Create callout extension calloutText
create_structured_snippet Create structured snippet header, values (3+ items)
create_call_extension Create call extension phoneNumber, countryCode
create_price_extension Create price extension type, priceOfferings (3+ items)
create_promotion_extension Create promotion extension promotionTarget, finalUrl
create_lead_form_extension Create lead form extension headline, businessName, description, privacyPolicyUrl, fields
create_image_extension Create image extension imageUrl

Labels

Action Description Required Params
create_label Create a label name
apply_label Apply label to campaign/ad group labelId, campaignId or adGroupId

Audiences & Targeting

Action Description Required Params
create_user_list Create audience list name, listType
add_audience_to_campaign Add audience targeting campaignId, userListId
remove_audience_from_campaign Remove audience targeting campaignId, criterionId
add_placement Add display placement adGroupId, url
remove_placement Remove display placement adGroupId, criterionId
add_topic Add topic targeting adGroupId, topicId
remove_topic Remove topic targeting adGroupId, criterionId
add_content_exclusion Exclude content label campaignId, contentLabelType

Bid Modifiers

Action Description Required Params
add_device_bid_modifier Set device bid adjustment campaignId, deviceType, bidModifier
add_location_bid_modifier Set location bid adjustment campaignId, geoTargetId
remove_campaign_criterion Remove campaign criterion campaignId, criterionId

Scheduling

Action Description Required Params
create_ad_schedule Set ad schedule campaignId, dayOfWeek, startHour, endHour
remove_ad_schedule Remove ad schedule campaignId, criterionId
update_ad_schedule_bid Adjust schedule bid modifier campaignId, criterionId, bidModifier

IP Exclusions

Action Description Required Params
add_ip_exclusion Exclude an IP address campaignId, ipAddress
remove_ip_exclusion Remove IP exclusion campaignId, criterionId

Conversions

Action Description Required Params
create_conversion_action Create conversion action name, type, category
update_conversion_action Update conversion action conversionActionId

Recommendations

Action Description Required Params
apply_recommendation Apply Google's recommendation recommendationResourceName
dismiss_recommendation Dismiss a recommendation recommendationId

Experiments

Action Description Required Params
create_experiment Create A/B test experiment name, campaignId, trafficSplitPercent
start_experiment Start an experiment experimentId
end_experiment End/promote experiment experimentId

Performance Max

Action Description Required Params
create_asset_group Create PMax asset group campaignId, name
add_asset_to_group Add asset to PMax group assetGroupId, assetId, fieldType
remove_asset_from_group Remove asset from PMax group assetGroupId, assetId, fieldType
upload_image_asset Upload image asset imageData, name
create_text_asset Create text asset text

Merchant Center (Content API v2.1)

Action Description Required Params
mc_insert_product Add product to Merchant Center merchantId, product
mc_list_products List products merchantId
mc_update_product Update product merchantId, productId, updates
mc_delete_product Delete product merchantId, productId
mc_get_product_status Get product statuses merchantId

Batch Operations

Action Description Required Params
batch_operations Execute multiple operations in phases operations (array, max 20)

Batch execution order: create_ad_groupcreate_keywordcreate_adcreate_negative_keyword → other mutations.

Write Safety Protocol (CEP)

All write operations follow the Confirm → Execute → Post-check protocol:

  1. Confirm: Agent describes what will change, shows preview, asks for user approval
  2. Execute: Only runs with confirmed: true
  3. Post-check: Pre-write snapshot is compared against post-write state for validation

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