Ads Manager answers the question you knew to ask. The Helm Connector for Meta Ads answers the one you actually have. Ask what you spent last month, which campaigns are carrying the account, whether Instagram is beating Facebook, or which age group is responding, and Claude reads it live from the Meta Marketing API. It is read-only: the connector authenticates with an ads_read credential, so it can report on a campaign but never change a budget, a bid or an audience.
Lists the Meta ad accounts this connector is configured to read, with their names, currencies and status. Start here when you do not know which account a question is about. Accounts outside this list cannot be read by this connector at all.
Returns the detail for one ad account: name, currency, timezone, status, total spent, and any spend cap. Use it to establish the currency and timezone before interpreting spend figures, or to check whether an account is active.
Lists campaigns in an ad account, with their status, objective, budget and schedule. Filter by status to see only what is running. Use it to find a campaign before asking about its performance. This returns setup detail, not results: use get_performance for spend and outcomes.
Returns the full setup detail for one campaign: objective, status, budget, buying type and schedule. Use it once you have a campaign id from search_campaigns.
Lists the ads in an account with their status, campaign and ad set. Use it to find an ad id when you do not have one from a performance query, or to see what is live right now. For what an ad actually says, use get_ad.
Returns one ad with the creative it is actually running: the headline, the body text, the call to action, the image or video, and where it sends people. Use it when performance shows one ad beating another and you want to know what the winning ad said, rather than inferring it from the ad name. Ad ids come from get_performance at ad level.
Returns the setup for one ad set: what it is optimising for, how it bids, its budget and schedule, and who it is targeting by age, location and audience. Use it when performance shows an ad set spending and you want to know who it spent on. Ad set ids come from get_performance at adset level or from get_ad.
Returns spend and results for a period, broken down by account, campaign, ad set or ad. This is the main reporting tool: use it for what an account spent, which campaigns are working, what a campaign cost per result, or how spend moved day by day. Rows come back highest spend first. Always report the currency it returns rather than assuming one.
Returns spend and results split by who saw the ads or where they saw them: age, gender, country, region, or the platform and placement. Use it for questions about which audience is responding, where budget is going, or whether Instagram is outperforming Facebook. Ask about one breakdown at a time.
It can answer questions about your data but never change it.
One isolated instance per client means your credentials and data never sit alongside another business's.
Hosted, monitored and supported by Helm.
Licensed for the term of the contract, with a documented exit.
The connector is in pilot with a Helm client right now. Book an intro meeting to talk through your software, data and access requirements.
