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setAdBudget

Set Ad Budget

setAdBudget: set the daily budget, in cents, on a Meta ad set or campaign.

writeconsentexternal

Ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "put seven dollars a day on that ad set", and it calls setAdBudget.

Example call

The MCP tools/call params, with the required arguments only.

{
  "arguments": {
    "clientRequestId": "<clientRequestId>",
    "dryRun": true,
    "dailyBudgetCents": 1,
    "objectId": "<objectId>"
  },
  "name": "setAdBudget"
}

Arguments

• clientRequestIdstringrequiredA stable id you mint for THIS request (e.g. a UUID) and reuse on a retry. A repeat of a succeeded id returns its receipt instead of calling Meta twice.
• dryRunbooleanrequiredtrue runs the account gate and writes a dry_run receipt without sending anything to Meta. Use it first to preview.
• dailyBudgetCentsintegerrequiredDaily budget in cents of the account currency (700 = $7).
• objectIdstringrequiredThe ad set or campaign id.

Returns

The registry does not declare a return shape.

Declared limits

• clientRequestId: minimum length 8
• clientRequestId: maximum length 128
• dailyBudgetCents: minimum 100
• dailyBudgetCents: maximum 9007199254740991

Ask for it

The Cloud routes these requests to this verb.

• put seven dollars a day on that ad set
• raise the budget

Pair it with

The verbs that finish the job.

• createAdSet
• readAdInsights
• pauseAd

Questions

• What does setAdBudget do?

  setAdBudget: set the daily budget, in cents, on a Meta ad set or campaign. It is one of the tools The Cloud MCP server gives every connected AI.

• How do I use setAdBudget from Claude or ChatGPT?

  Connect your AI to The Cloud at https://mcp.thecloud.so/mcp and sign in once. Then ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "put seven dollars a day on that ad set", and it calls setAdBudget.

• Is setAdBudget safe to let an AI call?

  setAdBudget widens who can see or receive something, so the owner approves every call explicitly. An AI cannot approve it for itself. It reaches a system outside The Cloud on your behalf.

Connect

One endpoint gives your AI this tool and every other one: connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Gemini, read what The Cloud is, or see pricing.