Connecting ChatGPT to LinkedIn Ads gives it a controlled way to read your Campaign Manager data and, on plans that allow it, make changes you approve. This guide covers which ChatGPT plans can do what, the five setup steps with screenshots, and the first prompts worth running.
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LinkedIn Ads MCP server URL
Paste this into ChatGPT as the Server URL when you add AdPlug as a plugin.
https://api.adplug.app/mcp/linkedin-ads01
There are three ways to get LinkedIn Ads data into ChatGPT. One thing to keep apart first: connecting ChatGPT to LinkedIn (profiles, posts, messages) is a different thing from connecting it to LinkedIn Ads. This guide is about the ads side.
LinkedIn's own ChatGPT plugin
LinkedIn publishes a LinkedIn Ads plugin for ChatGPT, currently in beta. It gives read-only access to ad set performance. If that is all you need, it is the quickest start.
Reporting connectors
A family of data tools pipes LinkedIn Ads metrics into ChatGPT as a feed. They are built for reporting rather than for creating or editing campaigns.
A full MCP connector (this guide)
AdPlug's LinkedIn Ads MCP covers reporting, demographics, audiences, lead gen forms, Ad Library research, and campaign changes across nine ad formats. It authorises through LinkedIn's own sign-in screen and never sees your LinkedIn password. The same connection also works in Claude, Cursor, and Grok.
Comparing options first? The LinkedIn Ads MCP comparison covers every server I could find, with a source for each claim.
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ChatGPT adds custom MCP servers as plugins, from Plugins on the web. They need a paid ChatGPT plan, such as Plus: the Free plan cannot add them. On Business or Enterprise workspaces an admin may have to allow them first.
OpenAI's own pages disagree on whether Plus and Pro get write tools. Its help centre's MCP apps article says write actions are for Business, Enterprise, and Edu, and that Pro accounts connect custom servers with read and fetch tools. So on Plus and Pro treat reporting as the safe expectation and test one small change before you rely on more.
On ChatGPT's Free plan?
The same AdPlug connection works in Claude, and Claude's Free plan allows one custom connector, per Anthropic's custom connector guide. The LinkedIn Ads to Claude guide covers that setup in the same five steps.
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From a new AdPlug account to ChatGPT answering questions about your LinkedIn Ads data takes about five minutes.
Go to adplug.app/signup, sign in with Google or email, and follow the short onboarding. It ends on your AdPlug dashboard.
On the dashboard, click Connect LinkedIn Ads and sign in with the LinkedIn profile that has Campaign Manager access to the ad accounts you want ChatGPT to work on. Every account that profile can manage becomes available through the one connection.
Already past onboarding? The Connections page has the same button.
In ChatGPT on the web, open Plugins, click Add, then Add custom MCP server.
Which ChatGPT plans can do this
Custom MCP servers need a paid ChatGPT plan, such as Plus. The Free plan can't add them, and on Business or Enterprise your workspace admin may have to allow them first.
In the Add custom MCP server form, fill in:
AdPlug - LinkedIn Adshttps://api.adplug.app/mcp/linkedin-ads
ChatGPT then offers to connect the plugin. Click Connect, sign in to AdPlug with the same email as your AdPlug account and click Approve.
The plugin is then listed under Plugins → Personal. If you'd rather copy than type, your AdPlug dashboard shows the same name and address with copy buttons.
Start a new chat, type @ and pick the AdPlug - LinkedIn Ads plugin. Then ask:
“List my LinkedIn ad accounts.”
ChatGPT calls the linkedin_ads_list_accounts tool and returns the ad accounts you can access, with currencies and statuses. If your accounts are listed, the connection works end to end.
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These work as soon as the account is connected. The Spend by seniority prompt counts website conversions, so if you run Lead Gen Forms, ask for the lead gen report alongside it. More copy-paste prompts live in the prompt playbooks.
What to fix first
“Review my LinkedIn Ads account over the last 30 days (ask which if I have several): cost per lead, which seniorities the budget reaches, and tired ads. Come back with the top 5 opportunities, ranked by impact, and why each matters.”
Spend by seniority
“Break my LinkedIn Ads spend down by job seniority for the last 90 days, with cost per conversion for each band. Flag anything with too little data to judge.”
Monday client report
“Give me a Monday report for the demand gen campaign group: spend, impressions, engagement rate, and cost per click, this week against last. Draft two sentences I can send the client.”
Lead form check
“For every Lead Gen Form campaign active in the last 30 days, list completion rate and cost per lead, and tell me which form is performing worst.”
Audience size before you commit
“Estimate the audience size for marketing directors at SaaS companies in the UK, and tell me if it is too small to run.”
Competitor research
“Search the LinkedIn Ad Library for our top competitor and list their active ads with links. Summarise what they seem to be testing.”
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AdPlug gives ChatGPT two tools for campaign changes. A preview tool returns the exact change (the campaign, the field, the new value) without applying it. An execute tool applies it. Ask for the preview first. ChatGPT treats the execute tool as a write action.
Whether ChatGPT asks first depends on the plugin's Permission setting in ChatGPT. For an ad account, keep it on Always ask or Allow read-only tools, so every change waits for you. The default, Allow low-risk tools, may deny a change instead of asking, and Allow all tools doesn't ask at all.
That covers campaign groups, campaigns, budgets, targeting, and ads in nine formats, including Thought Leader Ads. The free plan is view only. Creating and editing campaigns needs a paid AdPlug plan. Report calls and executed changes are recorded in your AdPlug Usage and Audit Log.
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The same AdPlug account connects other platforms and assistants.
Email support@adplug.app with setup questions or bug reports. Most replies come back the same business day.
Connect LinkedIn Ads to ChatGPT through AdPlug in a few minutes. Free plan, no card needed.