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Connect YouTube Ads to Cursor

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Use Cursor's agent to find video ads that get watched and convert, with live YouTube Ads data next to your code. Lemonado connects them in about 2 minutes, no API keys needed.

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Why connect YouTube Ads to Cursor?

Cursor's agent already sees your landing pages, tags and reporting code, but not the numbers they produce. Connected through Lemonado, it reads your YouTube Ads video ads, view rate, watch time and conversions, so it can find video ads that get watched and convert 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 Cursor

Before you start

  • A YouTube Ads account you can sign in to
  • Cursor 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.

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

    Open your MCP config

    Open ~/.cursor/mcp.json for every project, or .cursor/mcp.json for this project only. Create the file if it doesn't exist.

  4. 4

    Add Lemonado

    Merge this into the file and save.

    json
    {
  "mcpServers": {
    "lemonado": {
      "url": "https://mcp.lemonado.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
  5. 5

    Sign in

    Cursor asks you to sign in to Lemonado. Approve access, then ask the agent about your data.

  6. 6

    Ask Cursor about YouTube Ads

    Try "Replace the mock data in our dashboard with last month's real YouTube Ads numbers, as a typed fixture." Or ask: "How did each video ad do?" or "Does spend lift brand search?"

Good to know

  • Editing the file directly avoids relying on menu labels that change between Cursor versions.

What can Cursor do with YouTube Ads?

Cursor's agent reads your YouTube Ads data while it edits: it fills components with real data, checks tracking code and writes the analysis next to your code.

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Replace the mock data in our dashboard with last month's real YouTube Ads numbers, as a typed fixture.

Added fixtures/youtube.ts with last month's numbers and typed fields. The dashboard now renders real data in dev.

Source: YouTube Ads + your code

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Everything an agent needs to set this up, in plain text. Paste this page's link into Cursor and ask it to connect you, or copy the block.

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# Connect YouTube Ads to Cursor (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 Cursor: ~/.cursor/mcp.json

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lemonado": {
      "url": "https://mcp.lemonado.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

First question to try: "Replace the mock data in our dashboard with last month's real YouTube Ads numbers, as a typed fixture."

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 ~/.cursor/mcp.json, and Cursor can find video ads that get watched and convert with your live data.

Open Cursor's settings and find lemonado in the MCP list. A red dot or a sign-in prompt means the login expired. Restart Cursor after editing mcp.json. 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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