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meta_ads_boost_existing_post

Meta Ads tool. Boost an existing organic Facebook Page post as an ad using object_story_id. This creates an ad creative referencing the post, then creates an ad in the given adset. The post keeps its existing likes/comments/shares (social proof). Args: account_id: Ad account ID. Leave blank for .env default. page_id: Facebook Page ID that owns the post. post_id: The Facebook post ID (the numeric part after the page ID, or full post ID like 123_456). campaign_id: Campaign to place the boosted post ad in. adset_id: Ad set to place the ad in. ad_name: Name for the ad (default: 'Boosted Post').

This is a read-only tool: it returns boost existing post for your Meta Ads account. It changes nothing.

Ask Claude

You do not call this tool yourself. Ask for the outcome and the client picks the tool:

Boost existing post in my Meta Ads account for [page id], [post id], [campaign id].

It takes 5 required and 1 optional parameter.

Parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
account_idstringYesAccount Id
page_idstringYesPage Id
post_idstringYesPost Id
campaign_idstringYesCampaign Id
adset_idstringYesAdset Id
ad_namestringNoAd Name

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Before you can call it

This tool needs a connected Meta Ads account. The Meta Ads connect guide covers the OAuth flow and the permissions it asks for, and the quickstart gets a client talking to the server in about five minutes.

Workflows that use this

Rather than calling tools one at a time, these skills run a whole procedure against the same account:

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