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meta_ads_update_adset_budget

Meta Ads tool. Update the budget (and optionally the bid) for a Meta Ads ad set. Works for ad sets in non-CBO campaigns where budget is set per ad set. Use meta_ads_update_budget to change a CBO campaign-level budget instead. Args: adset_id: Ad set ID to update (required). daily_budget: New daily budget in smallest currency unit, e.g. '5000' for ₪50. Leave blank to keep unchanged. lifetime_budget: New lifetime budget in smallest currency unit. Leave blank to keep unchanged. bid_amount: New manual bid in smallest currency unit. Only for COST_CAP / LOWEST_COST_WITH_BID_CAP strategies. end_time: New end time in ISO 8601, e.g. '2025-12-31T23:59:00+0200'. Required when switching to lifetime_budget.

This is a write tool: it updates adset budget 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 adset budget in my Meta Ads account for [adset id].

It takes 1 required and 4 optional parameters.

Parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
adset_idstringYesAdset Id
daily_budgetstringNoDaily Budget
lifetime_budgetstringNoLifetime Budget
bid_amountstringNoBid Amount
end_timestringNoEnd Time

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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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