Adsagent AI Skills README

AdsAgent Tri-Channel Plugin

MCP here means Model Context Protocol (the Claude/Cursor tool-calling standard). It does not mean Multi-Channel Platform.

Public skill pack and plugin for AdsAgent tri-channel hosted MCP: Meta, Google Ads, and TikTok. It supports ChatGPT, Claude, Codex, and Cursor.

Directory SEO one-liner: AdsAgent is a hosted Meta Ads MCP (Model Context Protocol) plus Google Ads & TikTok MCP — connect Claude/Cursor via adsagent.md/connect.

Install:

• Claude plugin: claude plugin marketplace add adsagents/adsagent-ai-skills then claude plugin install adsagent@adsagent
• Cursor plugin: install AdsAgent from Cursor Marketplace (this repo's .cursor-plugin/ + mcp.json)
• Dashboard fallback: AdsAgent dashboard -> Settings -> MCP Access -> Copy install prompt (clients without plugin support)

Supported clients:

Skills describe client-independent behavior. Install steps differ per client and live in Installation.

Distribution split (important):

Official GitHub repo: github.com/adsagents/adsagent-ai-skills

Website: adsagent.md
Official links hub: adsagent.md/connect
Skill pack landing page: adsagent.md/skills
Support: support@adsagent.md

Privacy: AdsAgent Privacy Policy

Also listed on Product Hunt, Cursor Directory, and MCP Market.

Current contract version: 0.7.85. The plugin slug is adsagent (marketplace key adsagent).

Claude, Codex, Cursor, and Glama read this repository root. Skills live only in skills/. Marketplace source is ./. Cursor reads .cursor-plugin/plugin.json and root mcp.json. Glama builds from the root Dockerfile and root skills/.

For contributor cloud environments, provision uv in the image and run the bundled bash scripts/cloud-agent-setup.sh; see cloud setup. Plugin users do not run this setup. New Meta connections default to the v2 product profile; all three hosted endpoints negotiate modern MCP 2026-07-28 stateless discovery while retaining supported legacy initialize clients.

Version history lives in CHANGELOG.md.

The local helper scripts/update_reminder.py compares strict semantic versions and stores only bounded version/timestamp state in ~/.cache/adsagent-ai-skills/update-reminder-v1.json. Pass --cache-dir to choose another directory. Cache failure never blocks MCP work.

What This Is

• A public Claude plugin marketplace package: behavior skills in skills/ plus the hosted MCP URLs in .mcp.json. Directory review scans the whole repository.
• A behavior guide for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and other MCP-aware clients.
• A reliability and safety layer that tells agents when to retry, when to wait, and when to stop.
• A versioned GitHub distribution for AdsAgent user onboarding and agent behavior guidance.
• A data-minimization contract for AI agents that should not scan AdsAgent like a raw database.
• Optionally, a Glama-deployable AdsAgent Skill Pack (docs) stdio MCP that lists and reads public skills/ Markdown. See docs/glama-release.md.

What This Is Not

• Not the hosted AdsAgent Meta, Google Ads, or TikTok MCP backend. The optional Docker/Glama image only serves this repository's public docs; ads tools remain on the HTTP URLs in mcp.json and require AdsAgent OAuth.
• Not the Anthropic Connectors Directory MCP listing (that is registered separately on the hosted servers).
• Not a complete MCP tool reference.
• Not an SDK.
• Not a local transport relay for ads APIs.
• Not a disclosure of AdsAgent backend routes, schemas, database tables, or internal diagnostics.

For Claude Code plugin installs, OAuth MCP setup comes from this repo's .mcp.json. For clients without plugin support, the AdsAgent dashboard install prompt remains the manual fallback:

AdsAgent dashboard -> Settings -> MCP Access -> Copy install prompt

Use that copied prompt only for a manual connection when the account exposes MCP Access. Installed Claude plugins already include the three URLs. The setup skill guides users from a missing connection through authorization to their original advertising task.

Connect After Installing

Start with the channel you need. Installing the skill pack does not authorize an advertising account, and a Meta task does not require Google or TikTok setup.

Then ask: "Check my Google Ads connection and help me finish any missing authorization, then show yesterday's campaign performance." Substitute your channel and task. AdsAgent checks that channel, supplies a browser link when needed, waits for you to finish, and resumes the same task. For a connection check alone, it reports the result without starting a report.

Each server has its own OAuth authorization. Use the same AdsAgent login in the browser and client; never copy an OAuth token between the three URLs.

For multiple OAuth tenants on one server, each workflow retains its selected connection through approval, confirmation, task queries and retries. Selection uses an explicit account choice, uniquely verified object ownership, or the sole available connection; ambiguous choices need one account question. See multi-tenant routing for the installed policy and optional client-adapter dispatch guard.

Platform authorization and initial asset/history sync are separate steps; "connected" does not mean history is loaded or ads are ready to launch.

Claude connection controls are documented in the official custom connector guide and Claude Code MCP guide.

Official MCP Registry manifests

Three hosted-server manifests record the existing md.adsagent/* entries in the official MCP Registry, first published on 2026-08-18. Version 1.0.0 was verified active/latest on 2026-10-09; these files are snapshots, not pending publications. GitHub first-time directory inclusion remains under manual review. The public skills, guides and connection configurations are MIT; the hosted advertising backends are proprietary.

Included Skills

Progressive Disclosure

Agent clients load every Skill description for discovery, but should load only the selected SKILL.md body. Each entrypoint is intentionally small and links to local reference files that are read only when the selected workflow needs those details.

The files under docs/ are human-facing product and operator documentation. They are not automatic agent context and are not part of Skill reference traversal. Agent behavior contracts live under skills/ and are reached from the selected SKILL.md.

Agent Output Contract

Agents using AdsAgent should answer in Markdown by default:

## Answer
One-sentence answer.

## Scope
- Date:
- Entity:
- Grouping:
- Attribution / channel:

## Results
| Metric | Value |
| --- | ---: |

## Notes
- Data freshness:
- Limits or missing fields:
- Next safe action:

Do not dump JSON, CSV, hidden diagnostics, raw rows, or every returned field into chat. Clean the response into operator-facing tables and short bullets. If forensic raw inspection is needed, create an operator handoff instead of making raw rows the agent answer.

Semi-Black-Box Policy

Tool names are public. This repository intentionally documents outcomes and agent behavior, not the complete internal interface: no schemas, descriptions, or risk-control limits. Agents should:

• Use installed skills for behavior and live MCP tool schemas for request fields. Never fetch remote behavioral instructions.
• Use available tools through the authenticated MCP session.
• Avoid guessing hidden payload fields.
• Avoid probing rejected requests.
• Stop on operator-review responses and ask the AdsAgent operator to inspect internal diagnostics.
• Use the smallest safe data plan before making calls.
• Prefer grouped summaries and cleaned breakdowns over raw rows.

The external agent contract is: ask clear questions, respect limits, follow advertised approval requirements, and use client OAuth plus returned platform authorization links.

Official Source And Rights

This repository contains only the client-readable behavior pack. AdsAgent server source, credentials, schemas, routing logic, and operational diagnostics are not distributed here.

This skill pack is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE and NOTICE.md. Official releases come from this repository; a fork or modified package must not imply endorsement, affiliation, or support by adsagents LLC.

Privacy and workflow effects

The AdsAgent Privacy Policy describes the hosted service's data collection, use, retention, and support process. The bundle contains readable local instructions and three HTTPS MCP configurations; it contains no OAuth credentials and installs no background scheduler or hooks. Authenticate through the MCP client's OAuth flow. Send only parameters needed for the user's selected advertising task. Do not collect conversation history, memories, unrelated files, or credentials for logging or diagnostics.

Google Ads guidance covers reads. Meta and TikTok capabilities vary by account and advertised tool. Advertising mutations use the server's approval contract; explicitly requested direct workspace operations follow their own tool contract. Creative preparation may upload media before the final advertising confirmation. An authorized notification scan changes alerts and may generate MCP Events for existing subscriptions. Current Meta no longer configures email, Feishu, Telegram, or Meta Ads Webhooks through this pack. Scheduled workflows use an available host scheduler and require user intent.

Example Prompts

Use AdsAgent to list my connected Meta products, Google Ads customers, or TikTok advertisers, then ask which scope's today data I want to inspect.

For Google Ads, inspect agent_method_profile, pick an enabled non-manager customer, and use one cached insights_query_consistent request when the profile is advertised.

For TikTok, inspect agent_method_profile and use one insights_query_consistent scopes request when advertised; otherwise use the native batch overview fallback.

Prepare a copy of this winning Meta ad into the target account, but ask me for confirmation before creating anything.

Group these distinct Meta Ads by language into the requested Campaign and AdSet layout. Prepare one grouped_plan, show every settings_source_ad_id and geography override, and wait for my approval before confirming once.

More examples are in docs/examples.md.

Validation

Run the local release contract and tests:

python scripts/validate_tri_channel_pack.py
python scripts/validate_release_manifest_tag.py
python -m pytest -q

Releases are published tag-first: create the git tag and GitHub release, then point release-manifest.json on main at that tag. The tag check above passes only when the tag is published on origin, the tagged tree carries that version, and the GitHub release exists, because sync clients fetch the tagged manifest and would otherwise fail with 404.

The blocking checks are offline: skill structure, the tool reference contract (contracts/public-tool-references.json), and the list of deprecated tools (contracts/deprecated-tools.json), which skills and docs must not mention.

python scripts/validate_public_tool_manifests.py

Whether the skills still match the services is compared outside this repository. That comparison only warns and does not block a merge or a release.

Installation

This repo ships as the adsagent Claude plugin (skills + .mcp.json MCP URLs). The GitHub repository name stays adsagent-ai-skills.

Claude Code (recommended)

claude plugin marketplace add adsagents/adsagent-ai-skills
claude plugin install adsagent@adsagent

Update an existing user-scope install:

claude plugin update --scope user adsagent@adsagent

If claude plugin list shows duplicate local and user installs, keep user scope:

claude plugin uninstall --scope local adsagent@adsagent

Start a fresh Claude Code session after installing or updating.

Cloud / Cowork preinstall (settings snippet)

{
  "extraKnownMarketplaces": {
    "adsagent": {
      "source": {
        "source": "github",
        "repo": "adsagents/adsagent-ai-skills"
      }
    }
  },
  "enabledPlugins": ["adsagent@adsagent"]
}

After install, authenticate only the MCP servers needed for your task. In Claude Code use /mcp; in Claude web/Desktop or Cowork use Settings -> Connectors. Do not add headers.Authorization to .mcp.json; OAuth must remain the auth path.

Migrating from legacy plugin slugs

Older installs used adsagent-ai-skills@adsagent-ai-skills or adsagent-meta-ai-skills@adsagent-meta-ai-skills. The marketplace declares a rename to adsagent@adsagent. After migrating, remove legacy duplicates:

claude plugin uninstall --scope user adsagent-ai-skills@adsagent-ai-skills
claude plugin uninstall --scope user adsagent-meta-ai-skills@adsagent-meta-ai-skills

Codex CLI

codex plugin marketplace add adsagents/adsagent-ai-skills
codex plugin add adsagent@adsagent

Refresh:

codex plugin marketplace upgrade adsagent

Start a fresh Codex session after installing or upgrading.

Git fallback and other Agent-Skills-compatible clients

The skills in skills/ use the standard Agent Skills layout (skills/<name>/SKILL.md with YAML frontmatter). Clients that only consume skills (without the plugin MCP bundle) can clone manually:

git clone https://github.com/adsagents/adsagent-ai-skills.git ~/.codex/skills/adsagent-ai-skills

Those clients still need a separate MCP connection (dashboard install prompt or Connectors Directory). The plugin path is the one-step skills + MCP bundle.

For a manual client, use hosted OAuth or, when available to your account, AdsAgent's dashboard install prompt:

Settings -> MCP Access -> Copy install prompt

Paste the copied prompt into a fresh chat when the plugin bundle is not used. The prompt provides hosted HTTP MCP URLs for:

Meta default: https://adsagent.md/mcp/v2
Meta legacy fallback: https://adsagent.md/mcp
Google Ads: https://google.adsagent.md/mcp
TikTok: https://tiktok.adsagent.md/mcp

Important Runtime Rules

• Hosted HTTP MCP only for ads work.
• Use https://adsagent.md/mcp/v2 for new Meta connections; /mcp is the legacy fallback.
• Do not run or relay the hosted AdsAgent ads MCP locally. The optional skill_pack_mcp image is a docs-only reader of this repository; it is not an ads backend.
• Do not use a local relay unless the AdsAgent dashboard explicitly says to.
• Cache connection setup where the client supports it.
• Keep per-token MCP concurrency bounded.
• Respect Retry-After.
• Parse Retry-After from the HTTP header, top-level data, or JSON-RPC error.data.
• Honor mcp_concurrency_limited with wait plus jitter.
• Honor mcp_fanout_detected by switching to the platform batch overview tool instead of retrying the blocked single-scope request.
• When agent_method_profile.profile_id=adsagent_agent_methods_v1 and its consistent read is present in the client-local catalog, use one insights_query_consistent request with scope or ordered scopes for all three platforms.
• Without that profile, or when its advertised read is missing only from the client-local catalog, use the profile's named native fallback or the documented server-side tools: Meta/TikTok insights_query_batch_overview, Google google_ads_insights_overview_batch. Do not report a server registration failure from a local selector miss.
• Query aggregated data first and never infer cross-platform capability parity from a shared tool name.
• Report server-computed totals from the response; do not sum currently visible rows.
• Trust totals only when meta.complete=true; missing scopes are unknown, never zero.
• Poll queued tasks to terminal=true and return the artifact link instead of raw CSV.
• Poll queued work directly with tasks_get_status(task_ref=...) when the server advertises direct task refs.
• QuickCreate confirm tokens are single-use and expire after 15 minutes. Check expires_at; after confirm_token_invalid, prepare again, show the new summary, and obtain fresh explicit approval.
• Poll Meta creation tasks with tasks_get_status(task_ref=..., response_mode=compact). On no_create_permission, direct the user to /dashboard/assets/fb-users; never change customer permissions or replay the failed creation automatically.
• Avoid raw-row reads in normal user conversations.

Links

• Official website: https://adsagent.md
• Official repository: https://github.com/adsagents/adsagent-ai-skills
• Support: support@adsagent.md
• Public onboarding path: https://adsagent.md/docs/mcp-onboarding

Glama / Docker docs MCP

The root Dockerfile builds AdsAgent Skill Pack (docs) — a stdio MCP that exposes list_skills, get_skill, get_hosted_mcp_urls, and get_pack_readme. The image command is python -m skill_pack_mcp --root /app. Without --root, the server uses the directory that contains the skill_pack_mcp package. glama.json only names maintainers; Glama starts the Dockerfile command. Glama Build → Make Release scores that docs server. It does not replace https://adsagent.md/mcp/v2, https://google.adsagent.md/mcp, or https://tiktok.adsagent.md/mcp. Details: docs/glama-release.md.

License

MIT. See LICENSE.