# Connect Claude

Source: https://adcopilot.cloud/docs/connect/claude/
Markdown: https://adcopilot.cloud/docs/llms.mdx/docs/connect/claude.md

> Add AdCopilot to Claude on the web or desktop as a custom connector — open Add custom connector, paste the URL, connect and approve, let read-only tools run without asking, then say "Get me started with AdCopilot". Works on Claude's Free plan.

Claude on the web and the desktop app take AdCopilot as a **custom
connector**: a name and one URL. It takes about two minutes, and it worked on
Claude's **Free** plan when we checked.

Every label below is Claude's own, checked click by click on 24 September
2026\. Claude's layout differs between accounts: some open **Customize** as a
full page, others as a settings box. The direct link in step 1 works on both,
so start there.

<Callout type="info">
  Before you start, connect Google Ads (and any other Google product) at
  [app.adcopilot.cloud](https://app.adcopilot.cloud). See
  [Connect Google Ads](https://adcopilot.cloud/docs/getting-started/connect-google-ads).
</Callout>

## 1. Open Add custom connector

This link opens Claude's **Add custom connector** box straight away. If you
are signed out, Claude asks you to sign in first.

[Open Add custom connector in Claude](https://claude.ai/new?modal=add-custom-connector#customize/connectors/yours)

To get there yourself: in Claude's sidebar choose **Customize**, then
**Connectors*&#x2A;, press **+ Add** at the top right, and choose **Add custom
connector**.

[Screenshot: Claude's Connectors page with the + Add menu open, offering Add custom connector.]

[Screenshot: The Add custom connector box, with empty Name and MCP server URL fields.]

In a Team or Enterprise organisation, an owner may need to add custom
connectors for you.

## 2. Fill in the form

| Field          | Value         |
| -------------- | ------------- |
| Name           | `AdCopilot`   |
| MCP server URL | the URL below |

```text
https://mcp.adcopilot.cloud/mcp
```

Press **Continue**. If Chrome's autofill list covers the URL box, press Esc
to close it.

[Screenshot: The form filled in: Name AdCopilot, MCP server URL https://mcp.adcopilot.cloud/mcp, and Continue ready to press.]

## 3. Leave the sign-in settings as they are

The next screen shows Claude's sign-in settings. **Sign in now** and **Use
Claude's published identity** are already selected and marked **Detected**.
Don't change them. Scroll down and press **Add**.

[Screenshot: Claude's sign-in settings for AdCopilot: Sign in now and Use Claude's published identity selected and marked Detected, with Back and Add at the bottom.]

## 4. Connect and approve

Claude opens the connector's page: &#x2A;*You're not connected to AdCopilot
yet.** Press **Connect**.

[Screenshot: AdCopilot's connector page in Claude, with the Connect button.]

Our page opens, &#x2A;*Let Claude use your AdCopilot?**, and lists what Claude
will be able to do. Press **Approve**.

[Screenshot: AdCopilot's page asking Let Claude use your AdCopilot?, with an Approve button.]

You land back in Claude, which lists AdCopilot's tools straight away.

## 5. Let reads run without asking

Under **Tool permissions**, Claude sorts AdCopilot's tools into **Read-only
tools** and **Write/delete tools**, each on **Needs approval** to begin with.
That is why Claude stops to ask ("Claude wants to use …") the first time
each report runs.

Open the menu beside **Read-only tools** and choose **Always allow**. Leave
**Write/delete tools** on **Needs approval**.

[Screenshot: The Read-only tools menu open under Tool permissions: Always allow, Needs approval, Blocked and Custom.]

[Screenshot: Read-only tools set to Always allow, with each read-only tool on the allow setting.]

Reports and audits then run without a prompt each time. Claude still asks
before every change while **Write/delete tools** stay on **Needs approval**:
that prompt is Claude's, not AdCopilot's, so keep it. AdCopilot proposes each
change in the chat first, and it can never delete. See
[Approval-gated writes](https://adcopilot.cloud/docs/concepts/approval-gated-writes).

## 6. Say hello

Start a new chat and send:

> Get me started with AdCopilot

[Screenshot: A new Claude chat with Get me started with AdCopilot typed in the message box.]

You don't need an @ in Claude: it picks AdCopilot on its own. In the
AdCopilot dashboard, **AI assistants** shows **Connected** once Claude has
made its first call.

## If something goes wrong

See [Connecting Claude](https://adcopilot.cloud/docs/troubleshooting/connect-claude) for: Claude asking
permission before every report, Chrome's autofill covering the URL box, no
**Customize** in the sidebar, and custom connectors in a Team or Enterprise
organisation.

## Picking up new tools

Claude keeps the tool list it was given when you approved it. After an
AdCopilot release adds tools, open AdCopilot under **Customize → Connectors**,
press **Disconnect**, then connect it again. AdCopilot tells you in the chat
when this is needed. Connecting another Google product needs nothing here,
unless **Connections** marks Claude **Re-authorization needed**. See
[Reconnecting](https://adcopilot.cloud/docs/getting-started/reconnect).

## Disconnecting

Press **Disconnect** on AdCopilot's page under **Customize → Connectors**, or
**Revoke** Claude under **Connections** in the AdCopilot dashboard.