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OpenAI Ads MCP

NPM · OPENAI-ADS-MCP · 3 COMPONENTS · SCANNED AUG 3

OpenAI Ads MCP for ChatGPT Ads campaigns, creatives, audiences, insights, and conversions.

+27 this week 75 Trust /100
Trust breakdown (6 categories)

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score →

Supply Chain Security87
  • No malware found by supply-chain analysis.Pass
  • Only part of the dependency tree could be resolved (95 of 99), so this covers what we could see, not the whole tree.Partial
  • No install/post-install scripts declared.Pass
  • Only part of the dependency tree could be resolved (95 of 99), so this covers what we could see, not the whole tree. View diagnostics → Partial
Provenance & Transparency97
  • Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL. View diagnostics → Pass
  • Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to trakkr-aisearch/openai-ads-mcp). View diagnostics → Pass
  • Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).Pass
  • Actively maintained (last published 11 days ago).Pass
  • Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository. See how to fix → Fail
Schema Quality & AI Usability71
  • 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).Pass
  • AI-judged instruction clarity (fair).Partial
  • Tool/resource definitions use about 1965 tokens (~70/item across 28 items; 27 tools + 1 resources), lean.Pass
  • Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management23
  • Stability observed for 7 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage67
  • 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
  • 0% of tool parameters carry a description.Fail
Capabilities100
  • Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass
Install

Add this component to your MCP client. Where a client-specific snippet is available, pick your client below and copy it straight into your config; otherwise use the connection detail shown.

npm · openai-ads-mcp

# add to Claude Code
claude mcp add trakkr-aisearch-openai-ads-mcp -- npx -y openai-ads-mcp
# add to Codex CLI
codex mcp add trakkr-aisearch-openai-ads-mcp -- npx -y openai-ads-mcp
// opencode.json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "trakkr-aisearch-openai-ads-mcp": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "openai-ads-mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
# add to OpenClaw
openclaw mcp add trakkr-aisearch-openai-ads-mcp --command npx --arg -y --arg openai-ads-mcp
# ~/.hermes/config.yaml
mcp_servers:
  trakkr-aisearch-openai-ads-mcp:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "openai-ads-mcp"]
// mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "trakkr-aisearch-openai-ads-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "openai-ads-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
Changelog

Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.

  • 3 Aug 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 20 to 23. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 6 days of observed history at the previous scan, 7 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 2 Aug 26 +69
    • Provenance: unverified → pass security
    • Install scripts: unverified → pass security
    • Known CVEs: unverified → partial security
    • Malware scan: unverified → pass security
    • The attested source repository moved: trakkr-aisearch/openai-ads-mcp security
    • License: unverified → pass functional
    • Schema quality: unverified → fair functional
    • Dependency health: unverified → partial functional
    • Maintenance: unverified → pass functional
    • Stability: unverified → 0.20 functional
    • MCP protocol: unverified → pass functional
    • Tool coverage: unverified → 100 functional
    • Schema quality: unverified → 100 functional
    • Licence: MIT functional
  • 1 Aug 26 −18
    • Tool coverage: 100 → unverified functional
    • Schema quality: 100 → unverified functional
  • 31 Jul 26 −25
    • We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
  • 27 Jul 26 48

    First indexed and scored.

Diagnostics

Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.

Captured 3 Aug 2026 · Analysed npm/[email protected]

Provenance verified

Ecosystem: npm · Outcome: verified

Reason: verified

Source repo:
trakkr-aisearch/openai-ads-mcp
Certificate issuer:
https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com
Certificate SAN:
https://github.com/trakkr-aisearch/openai-ads-mcp/.github/workflows/publish-npm.yml@refs/tags/openai-ads-mcp-v0.1.7
Rekor log index:
2216582625
Predicate type:
https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1
Subject digest:
sha512:3e1b254860c4c483ee027d6f0dd27b9c7950bd098a8c40f1ff328172976c943dad850e418950733950f13d32dde314a8162e236f7e9d129c28045a235
Discovery method:
attestation_endpoint
Dependencies 95 packages

95 packages in the resolved dependency tree · 95 deprecated · 29 stale.

The dependency tree was only partially resolved, so these counts may be incomplete.

MCP tools — 27 exposed · ~1,734 tokens

The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability.

Tool Tokens
build_campaign ~90

Build one paused campaign tree with one ad group and multiple paused ads, with guarded budget handling.

NameTypeReqDescription
ad_group
ads
bidding_typestring
budget_usdnumberyes
confirm_budgetboolean
conversion_event_setting_idstring
idempotency_keystring
namestringyes

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

bulk_ab_test_hints ~53

Create multiple paused chat_card ad variants under one ad group for a clean A/B test.

NameTypeReqDescription
ad_group_idstringyes
idempotency_keystring
variants

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

create_ad ~101

Create a paused ad. chat_card creatives require target_url and file_id.

NameTypeReqDescription
ad_group_idstringyes
bodystringyes
creative_typestringyes
file_idstring
idempotency_keystring
namestringyes
pricestring
statusstring
target_urlstring
titlestringyes

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

create_ad_group ~88

Create a paused ad group under a campaign with bid config and optional context hints.

NameTypeReqDescription
billing_eventstringyes
campaign_idstringyes
context_hints
idempotency_keystring
max_bid_usdnumberyes
namestringyes
product_set
statusstring

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

create_campaign ~118

Create an OpenAI Ads campaign, safely paused by default, with a guarded lifetime budget.

NameTypeReqDescription
bidding_typestring
budget_usdnumberyes
confirm_budgetboolean
conversion_event_setting_ids
descriptionstring
end_timeinteger
idempotency_keystring
locations
modestring
namestringyes
start_timeinteger
statusstring

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

draft_context_hints ~55

Draft deterministic context_hints for an ad group from product, audience, intent, and keywords.

NameTypeReqDescription
audiencestring
intentstring
keywords
productstringyes

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

get_account ~44

Get the authenticated OpenAI Ads account. Use this first to verify that OPENAI_ADS_API_KEY works and to read account id, name, timezone, currency, and settings.

Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

get_ad ~29

Get one ad by id, including review_status and creative metadata.

NameTypeReqDescription
ad_idstringyes

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

get_ad_group ~25

Get one ad group by id.

NameTypeReqDescription
ad_group_idstringyes

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

get_audience ~24

Get one custom audience by id.

NameTypeReqDescription
audience_idstringyes

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

get_campaign ~22

Get one campaign by id.

NameTypeReqDescription
campaign_idstringyes

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

get_insights ~145

Get performance insights for account, campaign, ad group, or ad scope. Supports fields, filters, sort, product/country/device segments, time ranges, and cursor pagination.

NameTypeReqDescription
afterstring
aggregation_levelstring
beforestring
entity_idstring
fields
filters
includes
limitinteger
override_segment_group_order
response_formatstring
scopestringyes
segments
sort
time_granularitystring
time_range

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

list_ad_groups ~52

List ad groups for a campaign.

NameTypeReqDescription
afterstring
beforestring
campaign_idstringyes
limitinteger
orderstring

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

list_ads ~52

List ads in an ad group.

NameTypeReqDescription
ad_group_idstringyes
afterstring
beforestring
limitinteger
orderstring

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

list_audiences ~47

List custom audiences for the authenticated ad account.

NameTypeReqDescription
afterstring
beforestring
limitinteger
orderstring

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

list_campaigns ~48

List campaigns in the authenticated ad account with cursor pagination.

NameTypeReqDescription
afterstring
beforestring
limitinteger
orderstring

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

manage_audience ~92

Create, upload, or archive a custom audience.

NameTypeReqDescription
actionstringyes
audience_idstring
descriptionstring
file_idstring
file_sizeinteger
filenamestring
identifier_typestring
members
mimetypestring
namestring

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

manage_conversions ~125

Manage conversion pixels, API keys, event settings, and conversion reporting.

NameTypeReqDescription
actionstringyes
afterstring
aggregation_levelstring
attribution_window_daysinteger
beforestring
client_typestring
custom_event_namestring
entity_ids
event_typestring
limitinteger
namestring
orderstring
source_ids
time_ranges

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

search_geo ~30

Search geo targets for targeting.locations.include and return ids usable in campaign targeting.

NameTypeReqDescription
querystringyes

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

send_conversions ~59

Send conversion events to the OpenAI conversion ingest host after local privacy-safe validation. Use validate_only=true to test a batch without ingesting it.

NameTypeReqDescription
events
pixel_idstringyes
validate_onlyboolean

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

set_ad_group_state ~48

Activate, pause, or archive an ad group. Activation can start delivery when parent and child layers are active.

NameTypeReqDescription
ad_group_idstringyes
statestringyes

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

set_ad_state ~44

Activate, pause, or archive an ad. Activation can start real delivery once parent layers are active.

NameTypeReqDescription
ad_idstringyes
statestringyes

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

set_campaign_state ~44

Activate, pause, or archive a campaign. Activation can start real spend when child layers are active.

NameTypeReqDescription
campaign_idstringyes
statestringyes

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

update_ad ~84

Update ad name, creative, or status.

NameTypeReqDescription
ad_idstringyes
bodystring
creative_typestring
file_idstring
namestring
pricestring
statusstring
target_urlstring
titlestring

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

update_ad_group ~75

Update ad group fields, including bid config and context hints.

NameTypeReqDescription
ad_group_idstringyes
billing_eventstring
context_hints
max_bid_usdnumber
namestring
product_set
statusstring

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

update_campaign ~98

Update campaign fields. Budget changes use the same ceiling guard as create_campaign.

NameTypeReqDescription
budget_usdnumber
campaign_idstringyes
confirm_budgetboolean
conversion_event_setting_ids
descriptionstring
end_timeinteger
locations
namestring
start_timeinteger
statusstring

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

upload_creative ~42

Upload a creative image by image_url or local file_path and receive a file_id.

NameTypeReqDescription
file_pathstring
image_urlstring

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.