How to Connect Google Ads to OpenAI Dots

A dot is an always-on agent in ChatGPT. OpenAI's announcement describes it as powered by GPT-6 Astra, with its own cloud computer, working across the apps you connect and keeping context between conversations.

• ChatGPT Pro: rolling out in markets outside the European Economic Area, Switzerland, and the UK.
• Business Premium: all supported ChatGPT regions.
• Enterprise, Edu, and Healthcare: a beta the workspace admin has to enable.

On Pro and Business Premium your first dot is included in the plan. The rollout is gradual, so access can take several days to reach an account. You create a dot in the ChatGPT desktop app or on desktop web. OpenAI's help article keeps the current list.

OpenAI's announcement says a dot works with its own cloud computer, its own browser, and the apps you have connected. So a dot can reach Google Ads in two ways: by opening Google Ads in its browser after you sign in, or through a connected app. A connected app hands it the Google Ads API instead of a screen, so reports come back as data and a change is a named operation with exact values.

This guide uses the second route, and it has three links: Google Ads connects to AdPlug, AdPlug is added to ChatGPT as an app, and your dot uses that app. AdPlug is added through Developer mode, the same setup used for a normal ChatGPT chat. OpenAI's help article says the dot's Plugins screen uses shared ChatGPT settings, and the announcement says you manage what a dot can access through your existing ChatGPT app controls. The Google Ads MCP overview lists what the connection can read and change.

Steps 1 and 2 happen in AdPlug, steps 3 and 4 in ChatGPT settings, and steps 5 and 6 with your dot. Allow about ten minutes.

1. 1

   Create your AdPlug account

   Go to adplug.app/signup, sign in with Google or email, and follow the short onboarding. It ends on your AdPlug dashboard.

   

2. 2

   Connect Google Ads to AdPlug

   On the dashboard, click Connect Google Ads (or open the Connections page). AdPlug takes you through Google's own sign-in; use the Google identity that can see the accounts you want your dot to work on.

   

   If you manage clients through a manager account (MCC), connect the manager identity. One connection then covers every account under it.

   

3. 3

   Turn on Developer mode in ChatGPT

   In ChatGPT on the web, open Settings. Developer mode sits in one of two places, depending on which layout your account has: Apps → Advanced settings (shown below), or Security and login on the newer layout, where Apps has become Plugins. Switch it on. The Elevated risk label belongs to Developer mode itself: it lets you add connectors OpenAI has not verified. The toggle's own note also says Memory is disabled while it is on.

   

   

   If your menus look different

   OpenAI is moving Apps to Plugins and the labels are changing with it. Its Developer mode guide has the current ones.

4. 4

   Add AdPlug to ChatGPT

   Go back to Settings → Apps and click Create app. On the newer layout, open Plugins and use the plus button. Either way, fill in:

   • Name: AdPlug - Google Ads
   • MCP Server URL: the address below
   • Authentication: leave as OAuth
   • Tick I understand and want to continue, then click Create

   On Business, Enterprise, and Edu workspaces the form also has a Scan Tools button. Click it, approve the AdPlug sign-in when it opens, and let the scan finish before you click Create.

   https://api.adplug.app/mcp/google-ads

   Copy

   

   ChatGPT then opens AdPlug's sign-in. Use the same email as your AdPlug account and click Approve.

   

   The app now appears under Enabled apps with a Dev label. If you would rather copy than type, your AdPlug dashboard shows the same name and address with copy buttons.

   

5. 5

   Check your dot can use AdPlug

   Open your dot's profile and go to Customize → Plugins. OpenAI's help article describes this screen for the mobile app and says it uses your shared ChatGPT settings. Look for AdPlug - Google Ads, review its permissions, and connect it.

   

   OpenAI also says the apps available to a dot may differ. If AdPlug is not listed for yours, the app you created in step 4 still works in a normal ChatGPT chat.

6. 6

   Test the connection

   Message your dot:

   “List my Google Ads accounts.”

   It should call the google_ads_list_accounts tool and return your accounts with their names, currencies, and manager hierarchy.

   

A dot earns its keep on the checks you would otherwise repeat by hand. You ask for a recurring check, it runs on schedule, and the result lands in the conversation. You manage them under Scheduled in the dot's profile.

More copy-paste prompts live in the prompt playbooks.

When you are not working with it, a dot does what OpenAI calls proactive research. In that mode it uses connected apps with tools restricted to read-only, so it cannot change anything in the account.

For actions, a dot follows Custom rules. Each rule sets one of four behaviours: Take action without asking, Take action if pre-approved, Ask before taking action, or Hand off to you. For anything that edits a campaign, choose Ask before taking action.

One limit to know about: OpenAI's MCP apps article says write actions through custom MCP apps are for Business, Enterprise, and Edu, so on Pro your dot may be able to read and not change.

AdPlug adds its own step. It gives the dot two tools for campaign changes: a preview tool that returns the exact change without applying it, and an execute tool that applies it, and only when that change was previewed first. The free plan is view only; creating and editing campaigns needs a paid AdPlug plan.

OpenAI's own caution applies here too: a dot can make mistakes, including when following your rules, so check the details before you rely on a result. Report calls and executed changes are recorded in your AdPlug Usage and Audit Log.

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The same AdPlug account connects other platforms and assistants.

Email support@adplug.app with setup questions or bug reports. Most replies come back the same business day.