Facebook Ads Library Mcp

If you're a paid social manager who spends half the day clicking through ad libraries, Proxy removes a real annoyance. Instead of jumping between Meta's and Google's dashboards, you just ask your chatbot — and the results land in your thread. That's the core pitch, and it works. The tool's strengths are speed and convenience: four platforms in one prompt, video transcription that pulls out hooks and scripts, and the ability to compare creatives without switching tools. We'd reach for this when we need a quick competitive read or creative inspiration before a brainstorm. The free tier is genuinely usable — 30 credits a month (10/day) is enough for light recon, and paid tiers scale to 800 or 2,500 monthly credits, which should cover regular monitoring across a few brands. But there are real limitations. Proxy only shows live ads from the official libraries — no historical archives, no saved alerts, no scheduled searches. If you need to track a competitor's ad history or run automated reporting, you'll outgrow it fast. Also, the credit system can feel restrictive if you're doing heavy multi-brand analysis; each search, retrieval, and analysis eats credits. Compared to standalone tools like AdSpy or Foreplay, which start around $50–150/mo and offer deeper archives, Proxy trades historical depth for workflow integration. For teams that live in AI assistants and want speed over history, it's a solid pick. For analysts needing granular filtering or export, stick with dedicated platforms. Setup is genuinely painless — no API keys or code — and it works across ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, and Perplexity, which is rare. Just remember: it's a live-data tool, not a research library.