Meta Ads / API Reference
meta_ads_create_video_ad_from_source
Meta Ads tool. Simplest video-ad tool: pass one source and the tool auto-detects how to use it. Source can be a public URL, a data URI / raw base64 video payload, or an existing Meta video_id.
This is a write tool: it creates video ad from source 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 video ad from source in my Meta Ads account for [name], [page id], [message].
It takes 5 required and 14 optional parameters.
Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
name | string | Yes | Name |
page_id | string | Yes | Page Id |
message | string | Yes | Message |
link | string | Yes | Link |
source | string | Yes | Source |
filename | string | No | Filename |
upload_title | string | No | Upload Title |
headline | string | No | Headline |
description | string | No | Description |
adset_id | string | No | Adset Id |
ad_name | string | No | Ad Name |
status | string | No | Status |
call_to_action_type | string | No | Call To Action Type |
account_id | string | No | Account Id |
thumbnail_image_hash | string | No | Thumbnail Image Hash |
thumbnail_image_url | string | No | Thumbnail Image Url |
wait_for_video_ready | boolean | No | Wait For Video Ready |
timeout_seconds | integer | No | Timeout Seconds |
poll_seconds | integer | No | Poll Seconds |
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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: