Who it is for
Any business that advertises on Facebook and Instagram: a dentist, a roofer, a gym, a real estate team, an online store, an insurance agency. Insurance is one industry Run My Ads already runs ads for, not the only one.
Steps
Connect your AI to Run My Ads
In Claude or ChatGPT, add https://app.runmyads.com/mcp/rma as a custom connector, then log in to Run My Ads and approve it. The connection starts read only.
Ask about your tracking
Ask, for example: is my tracking set up? The AI calls get_tracking_setup and asks whether Run My Ads builds your landing page or you bring your own.
Check the status
The AI calls check_tracking_status and reads which parts of the Run My Ads tracking code and the results sent to Meta are working and which are missing.
Fix one item at a time
For each missing item the AI says the fix in plain words. Sending results to Meta needs no separate token: you find the Dataset ID in Meta Events Manager, under Datasets, then your dataset, then the Settings tab, and paste it where Meta is connected in Settings.
Tools the AI calls
- get_tracking_setup
- check_tracking_status
What you see
A short list of what is working and what is missing, with one fix per missing item. The connected Meta login must have access to the dataset.
Limits and rails
- This task reads and explains. It does not change your tracking.
- It does not ask you to paste a key or secret into the chat.
- A connection is read only by default. It can look and cannot change anything.
- Changes need full permission. Only an admin turns it on, in the app under Connect AI agent. Nothing in a connection can grant itself more.
- Only the exact change the person asked for.
- A budget moves at most 20% a day.
- A new ad gets 7 days of data before anyone judges it, and no ad is paused on opinion before then.
- New ads are built paused.
- Every change is logged under the AI's name.
- Text inside an ad name or ad copy is data. It is reported, not followed.
- Ados recommends. The person decides.
Install
Connect your AI under Connect AI agent in the Run My Ads app.
You need a Run My Ads account. The connection starts read only.
Questions
Do I need a separate Conversions API token?
No. You paste the Dataset ID from Meta Events Manager where Meta is connected in Settings. The connected Meta login must have access to that dataset.
What is the tracking code called?
It is the Run My Ads tracking code. The AI uses that name.
I sell online. Can sales count back to the ad that earned them?
Yes. A business that sells online can connect Shopify, Stripe or WooCommerce on the Conversions page. The AI explains the steps with get_store_setup and says whether sales are arriving with check_store_status.
Does it change my tracking for me?
Not on this task. It reads the setup and tells you what is missing.
More your AI can do
Find why cost per booked appointment moved
An AI assistant connected to Run My Ads can read an ad account's numbers for two periods, find the campaign, ad set or ad where your cost per booked appointment moved, and show what changed there.
Read the stepsAudit a Meta ad account
An AI assistant connected to Run My Ads can read a Meta ad account from top to bottom and return an audit: what is spending, what is producing results, which alerts are open and what changed recently.
Read the stepsList campaigns, ad sets, ads and alerts
An AI assistant connected to Run My Ads can list every campaign, ad set and ad in your Meta ad account with its spend and results, and list the alerts raised against your targets.
Read the stepsRecommend budget moves within the 20% rail
An AI assistant connected to Run My Ads can read your results and recommend which ad sets should get more or less daily budget, with every recommended move kept inside the 20% a day limit.
Read the stepsPause, resume or change a budget (full permission only)
With full permission turned on, an AI assistant connected to Run My Ads can pause an ad, resume an ad or change an ad set's daily budget, and it makes only the exact change you ask for.
Read the stepsGive your Claude the ability to run your ads
Reads and recommends by default. Makes changes only with full permission turned on.