--- title: "Connect Buttondown and Google Ads - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Draft\" fires in Buttondown, your agent runs \"Create Customer List\" in Google Ads, or \"New Campaign\" in Google Ads to \"Create Email\" in Buttondown." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/buttondown-to-google-ads" --- # Connect Buttondown and Google Ads When **New Draft** fires in [Buttondown](https://apiant.ai/connections/buttondown), your agent runs **Create Customer List** in [Google Ads](https://apiant.ai/connections/google-ads), or **New Campaign** in Google Ads to **Create Email** in Buttondown. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Buttondown **4** triggers Buttondown **29** actions Google Ads **1** trigger Google Ads **9** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Buttondown and Google Ads to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Zed Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Any other MCP client Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Buttondown and Google Ads can do together ### From Buttondown to Google Ads - When **New Draft** in Buttondown then **Create Customer List** in Google Ads - When **New Scheduled Email** in Buttondown then **List Accessible Customers** in Google Ads ### From Google Ads to Buttondown - When **New Campaign** in Google Ads then **Create Email** in Buttondown - When **New Campaign** in Google Ads then **Update Email** in Buttondown Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with Buttondown and Google Ads ## Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 38 actions - Trigger **New Draft** Triggers when a new draft is created. - Trigger **New Scheduled Email** Triggers when a new email is scheduled. - Trigger **Newsletters** Triggers when a new newsletter is created. - Trigger **New Tag** Triggers when a new tag is created. - Action **Add Segment** Create a new subscriber segment. - Action **Add Survey** Create a new survey. - Action **Create Draft** Creates a draft. - Action **Create Email** Creates an email. - Action **Create Subscriber** Creates a subscriber. - Action **Delete Automation** Delete an automation by id. - Action **Delete Email** Delete an email by id. - Action **Delete Newsletter** Delete a newsletter by id. - Action **Delete Segment** Delete a subscriber segment by id. - Action **Delete Subscriber** Remove a subscriber by id or email address. - Action **Delete Survey** Delete a survey by id. - Action **Delete Tag** Delete a tag by id. - Action **Find Tag** Finds a tag given its name. - Action **Get Automation** Retrieve a single automation by id. - Action **Get Email** Retrieve a single email by id. - Action **Get Newsletter** Retrieve a single newsletter by id. - Action **Get Segment** Retrieve a single subscriber segment by id. - Action **Get Survey** Retrieve a single survey by id. - Action **Get Tag** Retrieve a single tag by id. - Action **List Automations** List all automations configured on the account. - Action **List Segments** List all subscriber segments. - Action **List Surveys** List all surveys on the account. - Action **Publish Email** Publish a drafted email so it is sent and made public. - Action **Update Automation** Update an automation's configuration. - Action **Update Email** Update an existing email's content or metadata. - Action **Update Newsletter** Update a newsletter's settings. - Action **Update Segment** Update a subscriber segment's definition. - Action **Update Survey** Update a survey's configuration. - Action **Update Tag** Update a tag's name or metadata. - Trigger **New Campaign** Triggers when a new campaign is created in a Google Ads account. - Action **Create Customer List** Creates a Customer Match audience list in a Google Ads account. - Action **Find Campaign** Finds Google Ads campaigns whose name exactly matches the name given. - Action **Get Campaign** Returns one Google Ads campaign by its id, with its status, type, dates and daily budget. - Action **Get Campaign Performance Report** Returns cost, impressions, clicks and conversions for each campaign in a Google Ads account, one row per campaign per day, for a date range. - Action **List Accessible Customers** Returns the Google Ads customer account ids the connected user can access directly. - Action **List Campaigns** Returns every campaign in a Google Ads account that has not been removed, with status, type, dates and daily budget. - Action **List Customer Lists** Returns the Customer Match audience lists in a Google Ads account. - Action **Set Campaign Status** Pauses or enables a Google Ads campaign. - Action **Update Campaign Budget** Changes the daily amount of a Google Ads campaign budget. ## Each app on its own - [ **Buttondown** Buttondown is an easy way to start and grow your newsletter.](https://apiant.ai/connections/buttondown) - [ **Google Ads** Google Ads is Google's online advertising platform for search, display, video and shopping campaigns.](https://apiant.ai/connections/google-ads) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Buttondown - [ **Buttondown to HelloSalut** HelloSalut returns the word for "hello" in a visitor's own language.](https://apiant.ai/connect/buttondown-to-hellosalut) - [ **Buttondown to Zoho Campaigns** Zoho Campaigns lets you send email and social media campaigns to your subscribers.](https://apiant.ai/connect/buttondown-to-zoho-campaigns) - [ **Buttondown to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/buttondown-to-hubspot) - [ **Buttondown to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/buttondown-to-salesforce) - [ **Buttondown to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Any of Buttondown's 4 triggers in the catalog, including New Draft, New Scheduled Email, New Tag and Newsletters. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Google Ads when something happens in Buttondown? Any of Google Ads's 9 actions, including Create Customer List, Update Campaign Budget, Find Campaign and Get Campaign. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Google Ads to Buttondown? Yes. When something happens in Google Ads, your agent can act in Buttondown too. This page covers both directions: Google Ads's triggers and Buttondown's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Buttondown or Google Ads? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use Buttondown and Google Ads without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.