How do I get my Meta Ads API credentials?

1. Go to **developers.facebook.com** and log in. 2. Click **My Apps** → **Create App**. 3. Select **Business** as the app type. 4. Fill in the app name and connect it to your Business Manager. 5. Add the **Marketing API** product to your app. 6. Go to **Settings → Basic** and copy your **App ID** and **App Secret**. 7. Generate a **System User Access Token** in Business Manager (Business Settings → System Users → Generate Token). 8. Paste all values below. 💡 For production use, submit your app

Can I manage both Facebook and Instagram ads?

Yes. Meta Ads Manager unifies Facebook and Instagram advertising. Your AI agent manages campaigns across both platforms through the same API — including placements in Feed, Stories, Reels, and Messenger.

Can I create lookalike audiences?

Yes. Your AI agent can create lookalike audiences from customer lists, website visitors, or app users — with configurable similarity percentages (1% being most similar, 10% broadest reach).

What conversion metrics can I track?

Track purchases, add-to-cart, initiate checkout, lead submissions, app installs, registrations, page views, and custom conversion events — with attribution windows of 1-day click, 7-day click, and 1-day view.

Meta Ads MCP Server for Claude Desktop 10 tools — connect in under 2 minutes

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Author: Vinkius

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Claude Desktop is Anthropic's native application for interacting with Claude AI models on macOS and Windows. It was the first consumer application to ship with built-in MCP support, making it the reference implementation for the Model Context Protocol standard.

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Classic Setup·json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "meta-ads": {
      // Your Vinkius token — get it at cloud.vinkius.com
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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About Meta Ads MCP Server

Connect Meta Ads to your AI agent and manage Facebook and Instagram advertising conversationally.

Claude Desktop is the definitive way to connect Meta Ads to your AI workflow. Add the Vinkius Edge URL to your config, restart the app, and Claude immediately exposes all 10 tools in the chat interface — ask a question, Claude calls the right tool, and you see the answer. Zero code, zero context switching.

What you can do

Campaign Management — List, create, update, and pause campaigns, ad sets, and ads across Facebook and Instagram.
Performance Analytics — Pull impressions, reach, clicks, CTR, CPC, CPM, conversions, ROAS, and frequency metrics.
Audience Management — Create custom audiences, lookalikes, and saved audiences with demographic and interest targeting.
Creative Insights — Compare ad creative performance, view thumbnail engagement, and identify winning variants.

The Meta Ads MCP Server exposes 10 tools through the Vinkius. Connect it to Claude Desktop in under two minutes — no API keys to rotate, no infrastructure to provision, no vendor lock-in. Your configuration, your data, your control.

How to Connect Meta Ads to Claude Desktop via MCP

Follow these steps to integrate the Meta Ads MCP Server with Claude Desktop.

Open Claude Desktop Settings

Go to Settings → Developer → Edit Config to open claude_desktop_config.json

Add the MCP Server

Paste the configuration above into the mcpServers section

Restart Claude Desktop

Close and reopen Claude Desktop to load the new server

Start using Meta Ads

Look for the 🔌 icon in the chat — your 10 tools are now available

Why Use Claude Desktop with the Meta Ads MCP Server

Claude Desktop by Anthropic provides unique advantages when paired with Meta Ads through the Model Context Protocol.

Claude Desktop is the reference MCP client — it was designed alongside the protocol itself, ensuring the most complete and stable MCP implementation available

Zero-code configuration: add a server URL to a JSON file and Claude instantly discovers and exposes all available tools in the chat interface

Claude's extended thinking capability lets it reason through multi-step tool usage, chaining multiple API calls to answer complex questions

Enterprise-grade security with local config storage — your tokens never leave your machine, and connections go directly to the Vinkius Edge network

Meta Ads + Claude Desktop Use Cases

Practical scenarios where Claude Desktop combined with the Meta Ads MCP Server delivers measurable value.

Interactive data exploration: ask Claude to query DNS records, look up WHOIS data, and cross-reference results in a single conversation

Ad-hoc security audits: type a domain name and let Claude enumerate subdomains, check DNS history, and flag configuration anomalies — all through natural language

Executive briefings: generate comprehensive domain intelligence reports by asking Claude to compile findings into a formatted summary

Learning and training: new team members can explore API capabilities conversationally without needing to read documentation

Meta Ads MCP Tools for Claude Desktop (10)

These 10 tools become available when you connect Meta Ads to Claude Desktop via MCP:

activate_campaign

Activate a paused campaign

get_account_info

Get ad account details

get_account_insights

Get account-level performance

get_campaign_insights

Get campaign performance metrics

list_ad_sets

List ad sets in a campaign

list_ads

List ads in an ad set

list_audiences

List custom audiences

list_campaigns

List all Meta ad campaigns

list_creatives

List ad creatives

pause_campaign

Can be reactivated later. Pause a campaign

Example Prompts for Meta Ads in Claude Desktop

Ready-to-use prompts you can give your Claude Desktop agent to start working with Meta Ads immediately.

"What's my Meta ad spend and ROAS this month?"

"Which ad creatives are performing best?"

"Create a lookalike audience from my top 1000 customers."

Troubleshooting Meta Ads MCP Server with Claude Desktop

Common issues when connecting Meta Ads to Claude Desktop through the Vinkius, and how to resolve them.

Server not appearing after restart

Ensure the JSON is valid (no trailing commas). Check the file path: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\\Claude\\ (Windows).

Authentication error

Verify your Vinkius token is correct. Go to cloud.vinkius.com to regenerate it if needed.

Tools not showing in chat

Click the 🔌 icon at the bottom of the chat input. If it shows 0 tools, the server may still be connecting — wait a few seconds.

Meta Ads + Claude Desktop FAQ

Common questions about integrating Meta Ads MCP Server with Claude Desktop.

How does Claude Desktop discover MCP tools?

When Claude Desktop starts, it reads the claude_desktop_config.json file and connects to each configured MCP server. It calls the tools/list endpoint to fetch the schema for every available tool, then surfaces them as clickable options in the chat interface via the 🔌 icon.

What happens if the MCP server is temporarily unavailable?

Claude Desktop handles disconnections gracefully — if the server is unreachable at startup, the tools simply won't appear. Once the server becomes available again, restarting Claude Desktop will re-establish the connection. There is no timeout penalty or error loop.

Can I connect multiple MCP servers simultaneously?

Yes. You can add as many servers as you need in the mcpServers section of the config file. Each server appears as a separate tool provider, and Claude can use tools from multiple servers in a single conversation turn.

Is there a limit on the number of tools per server?

Claude Desktop can handle hundreds of tools per server. However, for optimal LLM performance, Vinkius servers are designed to expose focused, well-documented tool sets rather than overwhelming the model with too many options.

Does Claude Desktop support Streamable HTTP transport?

Yes. Claude Desktop supports both SSE (Server-Sent Events) and the newer Streamable HTTP transport that Vinkius uses. Simply provide the server URL — Claude auto-negotiates the transport protocol.