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meta_ads_create_lead_adset

Meta Ads tool. Create a paused Meta lead-generation ad set for instant forms. Preferred sequence for Claude/agents: 1. meta_ads_list_ad_accounts 2. meta_ads_find_page 3. meta_ads_create_lead_campaign 4. meta_ads_create_lead_adset 5. meta_ads_create_lead_form_and_paused_ad Args: name: Ad set name. campaign_id: Lead campaign ID. page_id: Facebook Page ID used in promoted_object. targeting: JSON targeting spec. account_id: Meta ad account ID. daily_budget: Daily budget in smallest currency unit. Safe default blank for CBO campaigns. lifetime_budget: Lifetime budget in smallest currency unit. status: Default PAUSED. billing_event: Default IMPRESSIONS. optimization_goal: Default LEAD_GENERATION. destination_type: Default ON_AD for instant forms. bid_strategy: Default LOWEST_COST_WITHOUT_CAP to avoid bid-cap requirements.

This is a write tool: it creates lead adset in your Meta Ads account. Claude asks you to confirm before it runs.

Ask Claude

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

Create lead adset in my Meta Ads account for [name], [campaign id], [page id].

It takes 4 required and 8 optional parameters.

Parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
namestringYesName
campaign_idstringYesCampaign Id
page_idstringYesPage Id
targetingstringYesTargeting
account_idstringNoAccount Id
daily_budgetstringNoDaily Budget
lifetime_budgetstringNoLifetime Budget
statusstringNoStatus
billing_eventstringNoBilling Event
optimization_goalstringNoOptimization Goal
destination_typestringNoDestination Type
bid_strategystringNoBid Strategy

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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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