--- title: "Connect Google Ads and Knack - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Campaign\" fires in Google Ads, your agent runs \"Create Record\" in Knack, or \"New View Record\" in Knack to \"Create Customer List\" in Google Ads." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/google-ads-to-knack" --- # Connect Google Ads and Knack When **New Campaign** fires in [Google Ads](https://apiant.ai/connections/google-ads), your agent runs **Create Record** in [Knack](https://apiant.ai/connections/knack), or **New View Record** in Knack to **Create Customer List** in Google Ads. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Google Ads **1** trigger Google Ads **9** actions Knack **1** trigger Knack **11** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Google Ads and Knack 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 Google Ads and Knack can do together ### From Google Ads to Knack - When **New Campaign** in Google Ads then **Create Record** in Knack - When **New Campaign** in Google Ads then **Create View Record** in Knack ### From Knack to Google Ads - When **New View Record** in Knack then **Create Customer List** in Google Ads - When **New View Record** in Knack then **List Accessible Customers** in Google Ads 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 Google Ads and Knack ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 20 actions - 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. - Trigger **New View Record** Fires when a new record appears in a Knack page view — polls a view's records (respects the view's access control and filters), the view-based counterpart to New Record. - Action **Create Record** Add a new record to a Knack object. Provide field values as a JSON object keyed by field key (e.g. field_1). - Action **Create View Record** create a record through a view, including inserting a connected record (view-based) - Action **Delete Record** Delete a record from a Knack object by ID. - Action **Delete View Record** delete a record through a view (view-based) - Action **Get Record** Retrieve a single record by ID from a Knack object. - Action **Get View Record** Retrieve a single record through a page view by its ID — returns only the fields exposed by the view and respects the view's access control, the view-based counterpart to Get Record. - Action **List Records** Retrieve records from a Knack object, with optional paging and filters. - Action **List View Records** retrieve records through a view (view-based, applies view permissions/filters) - Action **Update Record** Update an existing record in a Knack object by ID. - Action **Update View Record** update a record through a view (view-based) - Action **Upload File or Image** upload a file or image asset to associate with a record field ## Each app on its own - [ **Google Ads** Google Ads is Google's online advertising platform for search, display, video and shopping campaigns.](https://apiant.ai/connections/google-ads) - [ **Knack** Knack is an online database and app builder. Read and write records in your Knack objects.](https://apiant.ai/connections/knack) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Google Ads - [ **Google Ads to Vercel** Vercel is a platform for building, deploying, and scaling fast, modern web applications effortlessly.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-ads-to-vercel) - [ **Google Ads to Twenty** Twenty is a modern Open-Source CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-ads-to-twenty) - [ **Google Ads to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-ads-to-hubspot) - [ **Google Ads to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-ads-to-salesforce) - [ **Google Ads to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-ads-to-slack) - [ **Google Ads to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-ads-to-google-sheets) ## More into Knack - [ **ActiveCampaign to Knack** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-knack) - [ **Asana to Knack** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-knack) - [ **JIRA to Knack** Atlassian JIRA Cloud — issue tracking and project management.](https://apiant.ai/connect/jira-to-knack) - [ **SendGrid to Knack** SendGrid by Twilio — email delivery and marketing platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/sendgrid-to-knack) - [ **JotForm to Knack** JotForm is a web-based WYSIWYG form builder. 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This page covers both directions: Knack's triggers and Google Ads's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Google Ads or Knack? 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 Google Ads and Knack 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.