What is a Reddit Ads MCP?
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A Reddit Ads MCP is a connector that lets an AI tool like Claude or ChatGPT read your Reddit Ads data and make changes through Reddit's Ads API. AdPlug's Reddit Ads MCP covers reporting, targeting research, delivery checks and campaign changes, with a preview for every change.
Does Reddit have its own MCP server for Reddit Ads?
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Not as of October 2026. Reddit doesn't publish one, so connecting Reddit Ads to an AI means a third-party server. AdPlug is a hosted one: you approve it on Reddit's own consent screen and paste one URL into your AI. AdPlug is independent and isn't affiliated with or endorsed by Reddit.
How do I connect Reddit Ads to Claude?
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Sign in to AdPlug, open Connections, click Connect Reddit Ads and approve Reddit's consent screen. Then in Claude open Settings, then Connectors, click Add custom connector, and paste https://api.adplug.app/mcp/reddit-ads. Approve AdPlug's sign-in and the connector is ready.
How do I connect Reddit Ads to ChatGPT? Do I need Developer mode?
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Yes, ChatGPT adds custom MCP servers through Developer mode, which OpenAI lists for Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise, and Education accounts on the web. Turn it on under Settings, Apps, Advanced settings, then click Create app, paste https://api.adplug.app/mcp/reddit-ads as the MCP Server URL, and approve AdPlug's sign-in.
What does Reddit ask me to allow when I connect?
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Four things: reading your ads data, editing your ads data, sending conversion events, and keeping access until you revoke it. The last one keeps the connection working, so you don't sign in to Reddit again every time your AI needs the account.
Can the AI change bids and budgets? How do I approve changes?
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Yes, on a paid plan. Changes use two tools: a preview that shows the exact call, a before-and-after diff and a warning when a budget or bid at least doubles, and an execute tool that makes the change. Ask for the preview first, and Claude and ChatGPT ask you to confirm before a tool that changes the account runs. New campaigns, ad groups and ads start paused, so nothing spends until you switch it on.
Can I see which subreddits my ads ran in?
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Yes. The community report breaks spend and delivery down by subreddit, and it can split each one by campaign. Your AI can also suggest new communities from a few topics or your landing page URL, check keywords against Reddit's brand-safety rules, and exclude communities or keywords across the whole account through a preview.
Why aren't my Reddit ads delivering?
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Ask your AI to diagnose the account. One tool checks, in order, whether the ad account is approved, whether billing is working, which ads Reddit rejected and the reason it gave, and which conversion goals rely on a pixel event that hasn't fired in the last 7 days. Each finding comes with the next step.
Is a Reddit Ads MCP server safe to connect?
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AdPlug connects through Reddit's own consent screen, stores tokens encrypted at rest, and logs every tool call with user, account, action, outcome and timestamp. Changes go through a preview and your confirmation, and team owners can make Reddit view only for any teammate. To take access back, disconnect Reddit Ads in AdPlug, which also revokes it at Reddit, or remove AdPlug at reddit.com/prefs/apps.
Is there a free Reddit Ads MCP?
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Yes. AdPlug's free tier is $0 forever, covers one ad platform so you can pick Reddit Ads, and connects unlimited ad accounts read-only, with 500 requests in your first month and 50 a month after that. AI editing, a second platform and higher limits come with the paid plans, and Reddit costs nothing extra on any of them.
Which AI tools does it work with?
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Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and any other AI tool that connects to remote MCP servers. Use https://api.adplug.app/mcp/reddit-ads for Reddit on its own, or https://api.adplug.app/mcp for every platform you've connected in AdPlug.
What can AdPlug actually do on Reddit Ads?
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Nine tools, twenty report types and eighteen kinds of change.
Reporting: account, campaign, ad group, ad, daily, hourly, community, keyword, interest, country, region, metro, placement (feed or conversation), device, gender, language, carousel card, video and conversions, each with an optional comparison to the previous period.
Account detail: campaigns, ad groups with their full targeting, ads with Reddit's rejection reasons, posts, audiences, pixels, billing, lead forms, product catalogues and the change history.
Targeting research: community search, community suggestions from topics or a landing page URL, keyword suggestions with monthly views, a brand-safety keyword check, interests, locations, languages, devices and third-party audiences.
Estimates: audience size and delivery before you spend, and Reddit's bid suggestions.
Diagnosis: why ads aren't delivering or converting, from account approval and billing to rejected ads and pixel events.
Changes: campaigns, ad groups and their targeting, text, image, video and carousel posts, ads, pause, activate and archive, image and video uploads, account-wide community and keyword exclusions, customer-list and retargeting audiences, saved audiences and Conversions API events, up to 50 in one batch.
Safety: a preview for every change, new campaigns, ad groups and ads created paused, view-only access per teammate, and edits counted against your plan.