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AdSpends for Claude|MCP connector
AdSpends is the Meta ads database Claude reads through an MCP connector: ads, brands and landing pages with estimated EU ad spend. Claude finds the data, you decide what to do with it. Looking for ChatGPT, Cursor or Claude Code? See every setup guide.









AdSpends MCP
Connect AdSpends to Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor or Perplexity. Search Meta ads, inspect brands and break down landing pages, ranked by estimated EU ad spend.
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Connect, approve, ask. Paste the AdSpends MCP link as a custom connector, sign in with your AdSpends account, then ask Claude about ads, brands and landing pages. Setup takes under a minute and needs no installs or API keys.
Paste the AdSpends MCP link in Claude under Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector. You get the full toolset: ads, brands, landing pages and your saved boards.
https://app.adspends.com/api/mcpNo API key needed. Sign in to AdSpends when Claude asks you to approve access.
Custom connectors work on Claude Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise. On Team and Enterprise, an owner adds the connector for the organization first. Add it once on claude.ai or the desktop app and it shows up in the Claude mobile app too.
One-click install from the Claude directory is coming soon. Until then, the custom connector above is the way to connect.

In Claude, open Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector and paste https://app.adspends.com/api/mcp.
Sign in to your AdSpends account in the window Claude opens and approve access. No API key, no install.
Enable AdSpends in the chat’s tools menu and ask in plain English. Claude picks the tools and pulls the data.
Data is updated daily, and the free trial includes 100 API credits.
No. Claude has no access to Meta’s Ad Library, and web search finds articles about ads, not the ads themselves. The Meta Ad Library shows ads one brand at a time, with spend only for political ads. AdSpends gives Claude the ads, the spend estimates and the landing pages behind them.
| Feature | Claude alone | Meta Ad Library | Claude + AdSpends |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meta ads | No access. Web search finds articles about ads | Search by brand or keyword in the browser | Searches 9.2M Meta ads from the chat |
| Ad spend | Guesses | Only for political and social issue ads | Estimated EUR spend for every ad delivered in the EU |
| Find the winners | Not possible | No sorting by spend or reach | Ranks ads, brands and landing pages by spend and reach |
| Landing pages | Only pages you paste in | Link only | Full page text, page type and the ads pointing to it |
| Video ads | Can’t watch them | Watch one by one | Timestamped transcripts Claude can read and rewrite |
| Competitor overview | Not possible | Scroll through every ad yourself | Spend, new ads, top ads and top pages in one answer |
| Your research | Not available | Not available | Your saved boards and tracked brands |
Claude can’t see Meta’s Ad Library. Now it can.
Ask what your market is running. Claude gets back the ad, the brand running it, its estimated EU ad spend and the landing page it sends traffic to.
9.2M
Every Facebook and Instagram ad delivered in the EU, searchable by copy, format, platform and run time.
849k
Every brand advertising in the EU, ranked by estimated spend, reach and new ads.
739k
Advertorials, quizzes and sales pages, sorted by how many new ads point to them.
Not just a link to the Ad Library. Every ad, brand and landing page arrives with the data behind it.
8 data points
Ad copy and CTA
Primary text and the call-to-action button.
Image and video creative
The original creative file, ready to view.
Video transcriptTimestamped
Spoken text with timestamps, language and duration.
Estimated ad spend
EU reach and spend in EUR for each ad.
Run time and status
First seen date and whether it is still running.
Platforms
Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, Audience Network, Threads.
Destination URL
The landing page the ad sends traffic to.
Performance rank
A 0–100 score to compare ads at a glance.
6 data points
Total estimated spend
Spend in EUR and EU reach across all ads.
Total, active and new ads
New ads in the last 30 days show who is scaling.
Top ads and top landing pages
The brand’s winners by EU reach, in one answer.
Market, category and niche
Where the brand sits, to find its competitors.
Social following
Facebook likes, Instagram followers and profiles.
Advertising history
When the brand was first seen running Meta ads.
7 data points
Full page text as MarkdownMarkdown
Headlines, body copy and offer, up to 20,000 characters.
Page typeAI-classified
Advertorial, quiz, VSL, listicle, PDP, offer page, comparison or shop.
Full-page screenshot
See the layout, not just the words.
Ads sending traffic
Total, active and new ads in the last 30 days.
Spend and share of brand spend
How much of the brand’s budget flows here.
Language and tech stack
Page language and the tools the page is built with.
First and last seen
How long the page has been live in ads.
15 things marketers ask Claude once AdSpends is connected: find the ads making money, look inside competitors’ accounts, break down their funnels and turn it all into briefs. Copy any prompt and paste it into Claude.
Skip the guessing. Start from ads with real spend behind them.
Every Meta ad in a niche, ranked by estimated EU ad spend, with creative, copy and landing page.
“Show me the 20 highest-spend skincare ads in Germany from the last 30 days.”
New ads that already pull big reach are the ones brands are scaling right now.
“Which supplement ads launched in the last 14 days already have the most reach? Show me the top 10.”
Claude reads hundreds of ads and sorts them into angles, pain points and offers, weighted by spend.
“List the angles and pain points weight loss brands in France spend the most on, ranked by estimated spend.”
Turn winning ads into the next creative you test.
Not a pile of saved ads, the pattern behind them. See which openings carry the most spend.
“Pull the top 30 sleep supplement video ads and group their opening hooks into 5 patterns, ranked by spend.”
Timestamped transcripts of the top video ads, ready to rework for your product.
“Get the transcripts of the 3 best collagen video ads and write 3 new scripts for my brand with the same structure.”
Headlines, hooks, reference ads and landing pages from real winners, in your brief template.
“Write a creative brief for a magnesium launch: 10 hooks, 5 headlines, 3 reference ads and 2 landing pages.”
As if you had access to their Business Manager.
Estimated spend, active and new ads, top creatives and where the traffic goes, in one answer.
“How much is MORE Nutrition spending on Meta, which ads are scaling and which landing pages get the traffic?”
Brands launching the most new ads are the ones that found something that works.
“Which beauty brands launched the most new Meta ads in the last 30 days?”
New creatives, offers and angles from any brand, newest first, the week they go live.
“What did my 3 biggest competitors launch on Meta this week? Summarize the new angles and offers.”
Stop sending ads to a basic product page.
Advertorials, listicles, quizzes and VSLs, sorted by the spend behind them, with full page text.
“Show me the joint pain advertorials with the most ad spend and outline the structure of the top one.”
See which page types a brand runs, which ads feed them and how its budget splits.
“Break down the funnel of Bears with Benefits: which page types they use and how much spend goes to each.”
Search pages by the words on them, then compare prices, bundles, guarantees and claims.
“Find hair loss landing pages that mention a money-back guarantee and compare their offers in a table.”
Hours of research every week, done in one prompt.
What the brands you track launched last week and which of their ads got the most reach.
“Give me a Monday report: what my tracked brands launched last week and their 5 biggest new ads.”
Claude reads your saved boards and tells you what your best saved ads have in common.
“Summarize my “Q4 Hooks” board: which saved ads have the most spend and what do they have in common?”
Agencies build a market report for a prospect in minutes: top spenders, best ads, best pages.
“Build a market report for a pet food prospect: top 10 spenders in Germany, their best ads and landing pages.”
The AdSpends MCP is a Model Context Protocol server that gives Claude read access to the AdSpends Meta ads database. MCP is the standard way AI assistants plug into the apps you use, so Claude can search ads, brands and landing pages without you opening a dashboard.
Custom connector (available now):
https://app.adspends.com/api/mcp
# Ads
search_ads, get_ad
# Brands
search_advertisers, get_advertiser,
get_brand_overview, get_advertiser_ads
# Landing pages
search_landing_pages, get_landing_page
# Your saved data
list_saved_boards, get_saved_board_ads,
list_tracked_brands, ...
# Lookups (free)
list_markets, list_categories,
list_niches, get_usageEvery Meta ad delivered in the EU, across every placement Meta reports. Claude can narrow any question down by market, niche, platform, format and ad language.
Every brand is sorted into a market, so Claude can compare it with its real competitors.
Every placement Meta reports reach for.
Ask for one format or compare them.
Classified by AI, so Claude can ask for one type.
Ask in English, and Claude still searches ads written in any EU language.
One MCP server, one account, the same credits. Pick the tool you already work in.
The Claude connector has no separate charge. The free trial includes 100 API credits, and every paid plan includes 2,000 to 30,000 credits per month. Searches cost 1 credit per result, detail lookups 1 to 5 credits, and lookups like markets, niches and usage are free.
See plans & pricing →Claude signs in through OAuth: you log in to AdSpends and approve access, and no password or API key ends up in the chat. The connector is read-only, so Claude can’t change your boards or trigger anything. Disconnect it any time under Connectors in your Claude settings.
Claude answers without using AdSpends
Turn AdSpends on in the chat’s tools menu, or start your prompt with “Use AdSpends to…”.
I can’t add the connector on my phone
Add it once on claude.ai or the desktop app. It then appears in the Claude mobile app.
Claude says I’m out of credits
Ask Claude to check your usage (free). Credits reset monthly, and credit packs top you up instantly.
Claude asks me to sign in again
Approve access once more in the AdSpends window. The connection renews without an API key.
In Claude, open Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector and paste https://app.adspends.com/api/mcp. Then sign in to your AdSpends account and approve access. No API key is needed. A one-click install from the Claude directory is coming soon.
Claude can search 9.2M Meta ads, 849k brands and 739k landing pages, rank them by estimated ad spend, pull brand overviews with top ads and landing pages, and read your saved boards and tracked brands. It turns the results into hook lists, briefs and competitor reports.
No. Claude has no access to the Meta Ad Library, and its web search finds articles about ads rather than the ads themselves. With the AdSpends connector, Claude searches Facebook and Instagram ads directly, with estimated ad spend, video transcripts and the landing pages each ad sends traffic to.
Custom connectors work on Claude Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise. On Team and Enterprise, an owner adds the connector for the organization first. You also need an AdSpends account; the free trial is enough to get started.
Yes. Add the connector once on claude.ai or in the desktop app, and it is available in the Claude app on iOS and Android with the same account.
Not yet; the listing is coming soon. The custom connector works today with the same account, data and credits, and you don’t need to change anything when the directory listing goes live.
Yes. In Claude Code, run claude mcp add --transport http adspends https://app.adspends.com/api/mcp with an API key from app.adspends.com/mcp as a Bearer header. The setup guide for Claude Code and other clients is on the Meta Ads MCP page.
No. This page covers Claude, the chat assistant on claude.ai, desktop and mobile, where you add AdSpends as a connector and sign in. Claude Code is Anthropic’s terminal agent and connects with a claude mcp add command and an API key. Both use the same server (https://app.adspends.com/api/mcp), account and credits.
AdSpends covers Meta ads delivered in the EU, because the reach data comes from Meta’s EU transparency reporting. Coverage is deepest in Germany and the DACH region. Brands are grouped into markets such as Health & Supplements, Beauty & Skincare, Fashion, Home & Garden and Pet Supplies, and ads can be filtered by language, platform and format.
In the Claude chat, you run a report whenever you ask, for example a Monday report on your tracked brands. For fully unattended reports, use Claude Code in headless mode or call the AdSpends REST API from n8n, Make or a cron job; the setup is on the Meta Ads MCP page.
From the Meta Ad Library. AdSpends collects Facebook and Instagram ads delivered in the EU every day, together with the reach Meta publishes under the Digital Services Act, and links them to brands and landing pages.
Ad spend is an estimate in EUR, calculated from the EU reach that Meta publishes at a €30 CPM. It is built for comparing ads, brands and landing pages with each other, not as an exact invoice.
There is no separate charge for the Claude connector. Every AdSpends plan includes 2,000 to 30,000 API credits per month, and the free trial includes 100.
Yes. Claude signs in through OAuth, so no password or API key ends up in the chat. The connector is read-only, your saved boards are only visible to your own account, and you can disconnect it at any time under Connectors in your Claude settings.
Start the free trial, paste one URL into Claude and ask your first question.
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