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Connect YouTube Ads to Codex

  • Can I rerun this in CI?

Have Codex use your YouTube Ads data to compare YouTube with Meta video, then rerun it any time with codex exec. Lemonado connects them in about 1 minute, no API keys needed.

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Why connect YouTube Ads to Codex?

Codex runs in your terminal, its IDE extension and scripts, so what it finds once can be rerun with codex exec instead of redone by hand. Connected through Lemonado, it reads your YouTube Ads video ads, view rate, watch time and conversions, so it can compare YouTube with Meta video with today's numbers.

  • Your whole YouTube Ads account

    Video campaigns and ads, ready to ask about.

  • Always today's numbers

    Quartile completion, synced from YouTube Ads automatically, so answers use today's numbers.

  • Connect all your tools

    Questions like "YouTube or Meta video?" use YouTube Ads and Google Ads, Meta Ads at once.

How to connect YouTube Ads to Codex

Before you start

  • A YouTube Ads account you can sign in to
  • Codex installed
  • A Lemonado account (the free trial works)
  1. 1

    Connect YouTube Ads in Lemonado

    In Lemonado, open Connectors, find YouTube Ads and sign in. Choose the account that runs your YouTube video campaigns.

  2. 2

    Turn on external access

    In the company's settings, open External tools, turn the connection on, choose which sources it can reach and copy the server URL.

    text
    https://mcp.lemonado.io/mcp
  3. 3

    Add Lemonado to your config

    Add this to ~/.codex/config.toml.

    toml
    [mcp_servers.lemonado]
url = "https://mcp.lemonado.io/mcp"
  4. 4

    Log in

    Run the login command and finish the sign-in in your browser.

    bash
    codex mcp login lemonado
  5. 5

    Ask Codex about YouTube Ads

    Run codex mcp list, or /mcp inside Codex, to see the server and its tools. Try "Pull last week's YouTube Ads numbers, save them to data/youtube-weekly.csv and give me the codex exec command to refresh it." Or ask: "Do our UTMs follow the rules?" or "How did each video ad do?"

What can Codex do with YouTube Ads?

Codex reads your YouTube Ads data from your terminal and turns one-off questions into commands you can rerun with codex exec.

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Pull last week's YouTube Ads numbers, save them to data/youtube-weekly.csv and give me the codex exec command to refresh it.

Saved data/youtube-weekly.csv. Run the same prompt with codex exec in a scheduled job and the file refreshes with each week's numbers.

Source: YouTube Ads + your code

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# Connect YouTube Ads to Codex (Lemonado MCP)

- Server URL: https://mcp.lemonado.io/mcp
- Transport: Streamable HTTP
- Auth: OAuth; the user signs in to Lemonado in the browser. No API keys.
- In Lemonado: connect the YouTube ads account. Choose the account that runs your YouTube video campaigns.
- In Codex: ~/.codex/config.toml

```toml
[mcp_servers.lemonado]
url = "https://mcp.lemonado.io/mcp"
```

If you are Codex, run the setup yourself:

Add the Lemonado MCP server to my Codex config. Append this to ~/.codex/config.toml:
[mcp_servers.lemonado]
url = "https://mcp.lemonado.io/mcp"
Then run codex mcp login lemonado so I can sign in, and check that codex mcp list shows it. Once I've signed in, list the YouTube Ads accounts Lemonado can reach.

First question to try: "Pull last week's YouTube Ads numbers, save them to data/youtube-weekly.csv and give me the codex exec command to refresh it."

More: https://lemonado.io/integrations/youtube · https://lemonado.io/llms.txt
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, through Lemonado. Connect your YouTube ads account in Lemonado, add Lemonado in ~/.codex/config.toml, and Codex can compare YouTube with Meta video with your live data.

Run codex mcp list. If lemonado shows as not logged in, run codex mcp login lemonado again. In Lemonado, check that YouTube Ads is connected and External tools is on for the company. If a video campaign is missing, check that it runs in an account you connected in Lemonado.

Yes, if both are connected in Lemonado. One connection reaches every source you allow, so you can ask things like "Cost per conversion on YouTube vs Meta video ads."

MCP is included in Lemonado's paid plans and in the free trial, so you can try it before you pay.

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