Integrating OpenCode with Microsoft Ads data via CData CLI

OpenCode is an open source AI coding agent from Anomaly that runs in your terminal, desktop, or IDE. It connects to over 75 LLM providers, including Claude, GPT, Gemini, and local models, and stores none of your code or context data. It runs multiple agent sessions in parallel on the same project, each with its own context. Its support for integrations, AGENTS.md configuration files, and a TypeScript/JavaScript plugin system makes it well-suited for tool-driven data workflows through CData CLI. By describing your data goals in plain language, OpenCode handles driver configuration, license activation, connection creation, and query execution from a single prompt.

This article walks through how to connect Microsoft Ads data to OpenCode through CData CLI.

Prerequisites

1. OpenCode installed (either Terminal CLI or Desktop): OpenCode | Download
2. CData CLI installed
3. Access to Microsoft Ads

Step 1: Download the skill (one-time setup)

Always use CData CLI with the official Skill.

1. The official CData CLI Skill on GitHub can be downloaded using npx skills through the terminal:

   npx skills add CDataSoftware/cli-skills

2. Follow the prompts in the terminal to install for OpenCode.

Step 2: Set up the project directory

Create a project directory to contain all project files. Below are examples for using OpenCode in either the Terminal or Desktop app.

OpenCode in Terminal CLI

Navigate to your desired directory in the terminal and start a session with the opencode command.

OpenCode Desktop App

Open the desktop app and select your project folder as the working directory.

Step 3: Establish the driver and connection

Describe what you want to accomplish with the CLI and Microsoft Ads data.

I would like to build a command line app that connects to Microsoft Ads and checks for updates from AdGroups. Make sure to include data from important columns like Id and Name.

This prompt automatically loads the Skill and kicks off the following process. You can also manually prompt the agent for each of the following steps.

1. Driver setup: OpenCode checks for an existing CData Microsoft Ads driver, or searches and downloads a new one:

• cdatacli drivers list

• cdatacli drivers search --driver "Microsoft Ads"

• cdatacli drivers download --artifact-id <artifact-id>

2. Activation: Activate the Microsoft Ads driver with a single command for a trial or full license:

• cdatacli drivers activate "Microsoft Ads" --name "<name>" --email "<email>" --trial

• cdatacli drivers activate "Microsoft Ads" --name "<name>" --email "<email>" --key "<product-key>"

3. Establish the connection: Check for existing Microsoft Ads connections or create a new one:

• cdatacli connection list

• cdatacli connection create --driver Microsoft Ads --name my_microsoft ads_connection --connectionstring "Prop1=value1;Prop2=value2;..."

4. Create a Microsoft Ads skill (if applicable): CData provides driver instructions for popular sources that can be used to create a source-specific skill to guide the agent through best practices for the driver.
• Run the following command to generate a skill file and save the output to your skills directory. You can choose to save the skill either at the project level or globally. (Note: If "No instructions available for Microsoft Ads" error is returned, no driver instructions exist and you can continue to use main driver skill)

  cdatacli drivers skill "Microsoft Ads" > ~/skills/cdata-microsoft ads/SKILL.md

Step 4: Query Microsoft Ads data

With the CData driver configured, your agent can execute queries and write code against live Microsoft Ads data:

1. cdatacli query sql --connection my_microsoft ads_connection --sql "SELECT * FROM AdGroups"

Query Microsoft Ads data directly from your terminal with CData CLI

OpenCode and CData CLI together give your AI coding agent a direct path to live Microsoft Ads data without custom middleware, scheduled syncs, or manual setup at each step. Describe your goal, and the agent handles driver configuration, connection setup, and query execution.

Download the free CData CLI and start a free 30-day trial of the CData JDBC Driver for Microsoft Ads today.