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Google Ads API Developer Assistant moves to a plugin architecture
Version 4.0 of Google's API Developer Assistant replaces the previous standalone project setup with a globally installed plugin architecture for AI coding environments including Antigravity and Claude Code. It adds specialised commands for GAQL validation, schema inspection, conversion troubleshooting, account lookup, code generation, and ad-hoc reports that can be saved to CSV.
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For you, this means API diagnostics can sit inside the development agent, but the release is not backwards-compatible, so review prerequisites and test existing workflows before replacing the earlier setup.
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Google Ads API Developer Assistant moves to a plugin architecture
Version 4.0 of Google's API Developer Assistant replaces the previous standalone project setup with a globally installed plugin architecture for AI coding environments including Antigravity and Claude Code. It adds specialised commands for GAQL validation, schema inspection, conversion troubleshooting, account lookup, code generation, and ad-hoc reports that can be saved to CSV. For you, this means API diagnostics can sit inside the development agent, but the release is not backwards-compatible, so review prerequisites and test existing workflows before replacing the earlier setup.
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