# meta_copy_ad

> Copy an existing ad, with its creative, into an ad set of the selected account.

[Documentation](https://www.getmcpads.com/docs) / [Sources](https://www.getmcpads.com/docs/sources) / [Meta Ads](https://www.getmcpads.com/docs/sources/meta-ads)

Copy an existing ad, with its creative, into an ad set of the selected account. Always PAUSED. The creative is reused, not recreated. Local preview by default. No automatic retry. Account ownership is checked before Meta validation or mutation.

> **Warning** This tool changes the account. It is absent from the tool list on the Free plan, and it previews by default: without `confirm: true` it describes the change and applies nothing.

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Source | [Meta Ads](https://www.getmcpads.com/docs/sources/meta-ads) |
| Kind | Write |
| Discovery | Reachable through `search_tools` and `run_tool` |
| Account parameter | `adAccountId` |
| Endpoint | https://mcp.getmcpads.com/meta-ads/mcp |

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `adAccountId` | string | Required | Selected owning ad account ID, with or without act_. Every referenced ad object must belong to it. |
| `adId` | string | Required | Numeric ID of the existing ad to modify in the selected account. |
| `adSetId` | string | Required | Numeric ID of the destination ad set in the selected account, for example the copied_adset_id of meta_duplicate_adset. |
| `keepName` | boolean | Optional | True keeps the source name unchanged; omitted lets Meta append its localized copy suffix. |
| `confirm` | boolean | Optional | Apply only when true. Default is a local preview with no API mutation. |
| `validateOnly` | boolean | Optional | Ask Meta to validate, without creating or changing an object. Mutually exclusive with confirm. |

## Calling it

Through run_tool, since it is not announced

```json
{
  "name": "run_tool",
  "arguments": {
    "name": "meta_copy_ad",
    "args": {
      "adAccountId": "<string>",
      "adId": "<string>",
      "adSetId": "<string>"
    }
  }
}
```

- [Meta Ads metrics](https://www.getmcpads.com/docs/sources/meta-ads/metrics): What you can ask for.
- [Meta Ads dimensions](https://www.getmcpads.com/docs/sources/meta-ads/dimensions): How you can break it down.

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