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meta_ads_update_ad

Meta Ads tool. Update the name or status of a Meta ad. Args: ad_id: Ad ID to update (required). name: New ad name. Leave blank to keep unchanged. status: New status: ACTIVE, PAUSED, or ARCHIVED. Leave blank to keep unchanged.

This is a write tool: it updates ad 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:

Update ad in my Meta Ads account for [ad id].

It takes 1 required and 2 optional parameters.

Parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
ad_idstringYesAd Id
namestringNoName
statusstringNoStatus

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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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