# Snapchat Ads setup

> Connect Snapchat Ads to Claude, ChatGPT, Codex or any MCP client, what to ask it once it is connected, and the 41 tools behind the answers.

[Guides](https://www.getmcpads.com/guides)

## For you

Campaigns, ad squads, ads, targeting, audiences, creatives and performance reporting.

## Connect it

1. Open the dashboard and choose this platform.
2. Approve the consent screen. The gateway stores an encrypted refresh token, never a password.
3. Tick the accounts to expose. Nothing is readable until you do.
4. Paste the endpoint into your assistant, or use the shared one for every platform at once.

Snapchat Ads on its own endpoint

```text
https://mcp.getmcpads.com/snapchat-ads/mcp
```

## What to ask

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## What answers each one

| Question | Tools |
| --- | --- |

## What it can change

Create and update campaigns, ad squads, ads and creatives. Upload media, rename entities, adjust targeting, budgets and status. Preview before confirmation.

> **Warning** 21 write tools, absent from the tool list on the Free plan. Each one previews by default and needs a second call with confirm before anything changes.

- [Snapchat Ads reference](https://www.getmcpads.com/docs/sources/snapchat-ads): All 41 tools, with their parameters.
- [Metrics](https://www.getmcpads.com/docs/sources/snapchat-ads/metrics): 12 metrics you can request.
- [Dimensions](https://www.getmcpads.com/docs/sources/snapchat-ads/dimensions): 10 ways to break a report down.
- [Skills](https://www.getmcpads.com/skills): 0 operating procedures use this source.

## For your agent

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Platform id | `snapchat_ads` |
| Tool prefix | `snapchat_` |
| Account parameter | `adAccountId` |
| Dedicated endpoint | https://mcp.getmcpads.com/snapchat-ads/mcp |
| Tools | 41, 21 of which write |
| Announced by default | `snapchat_get_adsquads`, `snapchat_get_campaigns`, `snapchat_get_insights`, `snapchat_get_targeting`, `snapchat_health_check`, `snapchat_list_ad_creatives` |
| Metrics | 12, see /docs/sources/snapchat-ads/metrics |
| Dimensions | 10, see /docs/sources/snapchat-ads/dimensions |

## Scope requested from the platform

| Scope | Grants | Allows writes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `snapchat-marketing-api` | Read and manage Snapchat campaigns, ad squads, ads, creatives, media and audiences within the user’s permissions. Writes require a paid plan and explicit confirmation. | Yes |

## Reaching a tool that is not announced

```text
search_tools({ task: "..." })      find it
describe_tool({ name: "..." })     read its schema
run_tool({ name, args })           execute, with the same checks
```

## What will refuse you

- An account not ticked by the owner. Call `list_accounts` and use a `adAccountId` from it.
- A write on a plan without writes. The tool is absent from the list and refused if called anyway.
- A write without `confirm: true` returns a preview and applies nothing. That is not an error.
- A call to this platform on another platform's dedicated endpoint. The refusal names the URL that serves it.

## Questions this source answers

| Question | Tools, in order |
| --- | --- |

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