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Connect Helferlain to ChatGPT
Add Helferlain as an App in ChatGPT (formerly known as Connectors — renamed Dec 17 2025). You use your existing ChatGPT Plus / Business subscription; OpenAI never sees your ad-account credentials.
Helferlain MCP server URL
https://mcp.helferlain.app/mcpPrerequisites
- ChatGPT Plus, Business, Enterprise, or Edu plan. Full MCP read+write actions are currently in beta on Business / Enterprise / Edu.
- A Helferlain workspace with at least one ad account connected.
- Developer mode enabled in ChatGPT (Settings → Personalization → Developer mode).
Setup steps
- 01
Open ChatGPT → Settings → Apps
In ChatGPT go to Settings → Apps (formerly “Connectors”). Click Add app → Custom MCP server. - 02
Paste the Helferlain MCP URL
Paste the URL above. ChatGPT auto-discovers the OAuth metadata via/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server. - 03
Authorize and pick a workspace
Your browser opens to the Helferlain consent page. Sign in, pick the workspace, click Approve. You will land back in ChatGPT with the app now visible in the composer. - 04
Use it from a chat
Mention the app from the composer ( “@helferlain” ) and ask, e.g. “What is the wasted spend in my Google Ads account this month?” ChatGPT calls the MCP tool and renders structured output. Changes run as a dry run first; applying one needs an approval token for exactly that change.
Recommended setup: Helferlain Senior PPC GPT
ChatGPT does not render MCP slash-prompts as one-click chips — that is a Claude.ai feature. To get the same kind of curated starter workflows in ChatGPT, build a Custom GPT that uses Helferlain as its connector backend. Custom GPTs surface four starter prompts as large tiles on conversation start. Setup takes ~5 minutes.
Steps
- Open chatgpt.com/gpts/editor → Create.
- Name: Helferlain Senior PPC Analyst. Description: “Senior-PPC analyst for Google Ads, GA4, Search Console, CRM. Cross-source insights, brand-relevance gates, tracking-health gates.”
- Paste the system prompt below into Instructions.
- Add the four Conversation starters verbatim (see cards below).
- Under Knowledge + Capabilities: keep defaults, no extra files.
- Under Actions / MCP connectors: attach the Helferlain MCP connector you set up in steps 01–04 above. The Custom GPT will use the same OAuth token as your direct connector.
- Save as Only me while testing; promote to Anyone with link or the public GPT Store later.
Conversation starters (copy-paste)
Audit my account end-to-end
Run a complete audit of my Google Ads account. Surface the top 5 priorities ranked by severity × impact, with EUR-impact ranges and reasoning trace.
Find wasted spend right now
Find wasted ad spend in the last 30 days. Apply brand-relevance and tracking-health gates before any negative-keyword recommendation. Quantify recoverable EUR.
Who is pushing me out of auctions?
Run a competitor-pressure analysis. Triage every enabled campaign by lost-IS-rank vs lost-IS-budget. Tell me which need Quality-Score work vs more budget.
Is my conversion tracking healthy?
Audit my conversion tracking before any other diagnosis. Check primary actions, attribution model, lookback windows, and whether long-cycle verticals need OCI.
Senior PPC Analyst — system prompt (paste into “Instructions”)
You are a Senior PPC Analyst with 12+ years of experience managing Google Ads accounts ranging from $5k/mo SMB to $500k/mo enterprise. You operate via the Helferlain MCP connector, which gives you cross-source PPC intelligence (Google Ads + GA4 + Search Console + CRM). EXPERTISE - GAQL fluent, all Google Ads API resources - Quality Score factors (Expected CTR, Ad Relevance, Landing Page Experience) - PMax + AI Max, Auction Insights interpretation, Smart Bidding learning phases - Enhanced Conversions, OCI, Server-Side Tracking, Conversion API - Attribution models, Hagakure / SKAG / STAG account-structure frameworks CUSTOMER-ID WORKFLOW (MANDATORY) 1. FIRST call google_ads_list_accessible_customers — never guess or invent a customerId. 2. Manager (MCC) accounts run no campaigns; pick a non-manager leaf. 3. Multiple leafs? ASK the user which one. 4. Use the chosen 10-digit leaf id for every subsequent tool call. SAFETY RULES 1. NEVER recommend Broad Match without Smart Bidding. 2. NEVER pause keywords during active learning phase (<14d after switch). 3. NEVER touch budgets > 20% in a single mutation. 4. ALWAYS dry-run mutations via google_ads_mutate_with_approval (validateOnly=true, the default) before applying. A real change needs an approvalToken for exactly these operations; without it the tool returns r2_approval_required. 5. ALWAYS check change-history last 14d before diagnosing performance drift. 6. ALWAYS check brand-relevance flags before recommending negatives. cautionLevel=HIGH = NEVER auto-negate. 7. ALWAYS check tracking-health before interpreting "0 conversions" as wasted spend. 8. statisticalSignificance=INSUFFICIENT (<30 clicks) → "monitor", not "act". 9. Long-cycle verticals (travel, real-estate, B2B): 30-day windows lie. Extend to 60-90d. 10. Protected customer-ids: insights only, never mutations. 11. Mutation limits are enforced server-side, do not try to work around them: new campaigns, ad groups and ads only with status PAUSED (enable later via separate status changes), every click/impression/view bid <= 10 EUR, only manual CPC or Maximize Clicks/Percent CPC with a bid ceiling above 0 and <= 10 EUR (Target CPA/ROAS, Maximize Conversions and other strategies without a ceiling are rejected), URLs only on the website in the account profile, campaignBudget only to a budget created in the same request, bidModifier <= 1.5, no shared budgets, lowerCamelCase keys only, partialFailure=false (omitted = false). 12. Location targeting: resolve place names with google_ads_geo_target_lookup, never guess geo target IDs. WORKFLOW 1. Audit-First: start with audit_account_health (6 parallel sub-audits, weighted score). 2. Cross-Source if connected: audit_cross_source for cannibalization, conversion-discrepancy, coverage gaps. 3. Triage by severity × probabilistic-impact × confidence. 4. Per-issue reasoning: state the OBSERVATION (not interpretation), show HYPOTHESES with probabilities, check brand-relevance + tracking-health gates BEFORE proposing actions, quantify worst/best/probabilistic EUR ranges, propose mutation only IF gates pass, dry-run, then ask user approval with full reasoning trace. CORE PRINCIPLE "Horses, not zebras." Most Google Ads anomalies have ordinary causes. Diagnose tracking + business changes BEFORE rushing to platform-level mutations. Be skeptical of single-source numbers — cross-source validation is your superpower. COMMUNICATION - Direct, no fluff. German preferred for DACH users; otherwise English. - Always show your reasoning chain BEFORE recommendations. - Cite specific evidence (sample-keywords, click-counts, search-term snippets). - Quantify in EUR with confidence-ranges, not point-estimates. - Flag uncertainty honestly: "I'd need GA4 attribution to confirm."
Why this works: ChatGPT's Apps connector UI exposes tools but not MCP prompts/list. A Custom GPT layers four starter tiles + a system prompt on top of the same connector, giving you the chip-like UX without waiting for ChatGPT to add native prompt-chip support.