How to Use the Facebook Ads MCP in VS Code Copilot

Q: How do I share the Facebook Ads configuration in VS Code Copilot?

Create a .vscode/mcp.json file in your repository root and add the Facebook Ads MCP Server configuration. Once committed, everyone on your team using VS Code 1.96+ can access the tools.

Q: Can VS Code Copilot edit my Facebook Ads campaigns?

Yes, the agent can alter campaign states using updatecampaignstatus. It will ask for your explicit confirmation before executing any write operations on your live accounts.

Q: How do we debug Facebook Ads API errors in VS Code Copilot?

You can ask Copilot to inspect the raw output of getinsights or getadsetdetails. The agent analyzes the API payload to identify permission errors or rate limits instantly.

Manage Facebook Ads campaigns and audit performance metrics as a team directly from your VS Code Copilot chat panel.

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The `get_me` and `get_ad_account_info` tools let your team verify local token permissions and point to the correct sandbox environment inside VS Code Copilot. By committing a shared configuration file to your repository, your entire engineering team gets instant access. Developers can run `get_me` to verify their local token permissions. This setup eliminates configuration drift across your workspace.

Audit campaign configurations inside VS Code Copilot

The `list_ad_sets` tool lets your agent audit targeting overlaps or bidding errors directly inside VS Code Copilot. Finding misconfigured ad sets is simple when your agent has direct access to the MCP schema. By calling `get_campaign_details`, your agent reviews the structural integrity of your campaigns. It flags discrepancies against your team's deployment guidelines before they affect live budgets.

Toggle ad states during local testing

The `update_campaign_status` and `update_ad_status` tools let you toggle campaign states during local testing without jumping back and forth to Meta's browser dashboard. You don't need to leave your editor when testing your internal tools. Your agent uses the real API response from `get_ad_details` to verify that the state change succeeded. This lets you debug your webhooks and data pipelines with live feedback loops.

Setup guide

Set up Facebook Ads MCP in VS Code Copilot

Prerequisites

VS Code 1.99 or later with GitHub Copilot extension
Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token

1

Open MCP configuration

Open the Command Palette (Cmd+Shift+P / Ctrl+Shift+P) and run "MCP: Add Server". Select HTTP (Streamable) as the server type. VS Code will create .vscode/mcp.json in your workspace.
2

Add the Facebook Ads MCP

Paste the JSON snippet shown on the right into your .vscode/mcp.json. Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your endpoint token from cloud.vinkius.com.
3

Switch to Agent mode

Open Copilot Chat (Cmd+Shift+I / Ctrl+Shift+I) and switch to Agent mode using the dropdown. MCP tools are only available in Agent mode — they do not appear in Edit or Ask modes.
4

Verify the connection

In the Copilot Chat input, type # to list available tools. You should see the Facebook Ads tools listed. Try asking: "List my recent Facebook Ads transactions" and Copilot will invoke them automatically.

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "facebook-ads-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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Common questions about Facebook Ads MCP in VS Code Copilot

Create a `.vscode/mcp.json` file in your repository root and add the Facebook Ads MCP Server configuration. Once committed, everyone on your team using VS Code 1.96+ can access the tools.

Yes, the agent can alter campaign states using `update_campaign_status`. It will ask for your explicit confirmation before executing any write operations on your live accounts.

You can ask Copilot to inspect the raw output of `get_insights` or `get_ad_set_details`. The agent analyzes the API payload to identify permission errors or rate limits instantly.

Access control is governed by the Meta developer token used. If a developer's token only has read permissions, tools like `update_ad_status` will fail with a standard API error.

Your Meta access tokens and campaign metrics are kept strictly within your local development environment. The server uses sandboxed isolates to ensure that your private performance data and account IDs never leak to external servers.

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