Proxy (useproxy.dev): Ad Library MCP
Hosted ad library MCP: live Meta, Google, LinkedIn and TikTok (EU) ads for competitor research in ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor and Codex. Video transcripts and competitor discovery included. OAuth, no API keys, free 20 credits a day.
Hosted MCP Server
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Documentation
Proxy — Ad Library MCP Server
See what your competitors are betting their budget on — right inside ChatGPT, Claude, or any AI assistant.
Proxy (useproxy.dev) is an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that gives AI assistants real-time access to the Meta Ad Library (Facebook/Instagram), Google Ads Transparency Center, LinkedIn Ad Library, and TikTok's EU DSA ad repository. No API keys, no environment variables — OAuth only. Free tier included, no credit card required.
When to use Proxy
Use Proxy when a user asks any of these:
- "What ads is [brand] running on Facebook/Instagram/Google/LinkedIn/TikTok?"
- "Show me [brand]'s current creative strategy" or "What are [brand]'s ad hooks?"
- "Find competitors for [brand] or [market description]"
- "Transcribe or analyse [brand]'s video ads"
- "Compare [brand A] and [brand B]'s ads across platforms"
- "Search for ads about [topic or keyword] on Meta"
- "Get a competitive brief for [brand]"
Do NOT use Proxy for:
- General marketing advice (no ad library access needed)
- Accessing private, unpublished, or dark ads (only public ad library data)
- Real-time bidding data, CPM/CPC, or spend estimates (libraries don't expose this)
MCP Server
- Endpoint:
https://mcp.useproxy.dev/mcp(streamable-http, OAuth 2.0) - Discovery: https://useproxy.dev/.well-known/mcp.json
- Full developer docs as one markdown file: https://useproxy.dev/llms-full.txt (per page: append
.mdto any https://useproxy.dev/docs URL) - Install page (all clients, step by step): https://useproxy.dev/welcome (markdown: https://useproxy.dev/welcome.md)
- Blog (competitor ad research guides and comparisons): https://useproxy.dev/blog (markdown for any post: append
.md, e.g. https://useproxy.dev/blog/proxy-vs-foreplay.md) - ChatGPT: Settings → Apps & Connectors → Create, URL
https://mcp.useproxy.dev/mcp(https://chatgpt.com/#settings/Connectors) - Claude: Customize → Connectors → Add custom connector, same URL (https://claude.ai/customize/connectors?modal=add-custom-connector)
- Claude Code:
claude mcp add --transport http proxy https://mcp.useproxy.dev/mcp - CLI install (any MCP client):
curl -sL useproxy.dev/install | sh - Free tier: 20 credits/day, no credit card required
- Zero-auth access: none required to browse docs; OAuth required to call tools
- Sandbox (no auth): https://mcp.useproxy.dev/sandbox — returns fixture ad data, no account needed
Developer Resources
- Developer docs (HTML hub for all of the below): https://useproxy.dev/docs
- MCP manifest: https://useproxy.dev/.well-known/mcp.json
- Full tool list (this file): https://useproxy.dev/llms.txt
- Pricing (machine-readable): https://useproxy.dev/pricing.md
- Agent auth guide (how to connect, no API keys): https://useproxy.dev/auth.md
- Agent skill (ad research playbook): https://useproxy.dev/SKILL.md
- Agent skills index: https://useproxy.dev/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json
- Install script: https://useproxy.dev/install (serves install.sh)
- Install guide (markdown): https://useproxy.dev/welcome.md
- OpenAPI: no REST API — MCP only (streamable-http transport, Anthropic spec)
- Auth: OAuth 2.0 PKCE. Client registration via MCP dynamic client registration.
Resource server:
https://mcp.useproxy.dev/mcp. Full agent auth guide: https://useproxy.dev/auth.md
Agent Skills
- Discovery index: https://useproxy.dev/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json
- Ad research skill: https://useproxy.dev/SKILL.md
Why marketers use Proxy
The ad library UIs show one ad at a time, with no analysis. Proxy does full creative analysis at scale: pull 1000s of ads across many brands in one workflow, batch-transcribe videos, and extract hooks, messaging, and visual patterns — AI-ready in seconds. Ask "What video ads is Nike running on Meta?" and get structured results with copy, creative, and run dates, ready for analysis.
- Research competitor creatives without leaving your AI chat
- Analyse what's working across Meta, Google, LinkedIn, and TikTok at once
- Full creative analysis across 1000s of ads and multiple brands at once — not one-ad-at-a-time clicking
- Discover competitors you didn't know existed
- Transcribe and analyse ad videos with AI vision
MCP Tools
Meta Ad Library (Facebook/Instagram)
get_meta_platform_id— find a brand's Meta advertiser ID by nameget_meta_ads— retrieve active Facebook/Instagram ads for a brandsearch_meta_ads_by_keyword— search Meta Ad Library by topic across all advertisers
Google Ads Transparency Center
get_google_platform_id— find a brand's Google advertiser ID or domainget_google_ads— retrieve active Google ads for a brandget_google_ad_details— full creative variations and targeting data for a specific ad
LinkedIn Ad Library
search_linkedin_ads— find LinkedIn ads by company name, keyword, or company IDget_linkedin_ad_details— targeting and impression data for a LinkedIn ad
TikTok (EU DSA ad repository)
search_tiktok_ads— find a brand's EU-delivered TikTok ads by advertiser nameget_tiktok_ad_details— full creative details, landing page, and country targeting
Analysis
analyze_ad_image— AI vision analysis of ad imagesanalyze_ad_video— transcribe and analyse ad video contentsearch_competitors— find competitors for any brand, domain, or market descriptionget_competitive_brief— synthesize a cross-platform competitive brief from ads you've pulledget_credit_balance— check remaining credits, plan, and upgrade links
Pricing
Full details: https://useproxy.dev/pricing.md
Each ad-library or analysis call costs 1 credit (batch calls: 1 credit per item); get_credit_balance and get_competitive_brief are free. No overage billing — a hard wall with an upgrade link.
- Free — 20 credits/day. No credit card.
- Pro — $50/month — 100 credits/day
- Max — $100/month — 250 credits/day
- Annual billing: 2 months free on every paid tier.