Duplicate a Meta Ads campaign with all its ad sets and ads. Recommended: Use this to run robust experiments. Args: campaign_id: Meta Ads campaign ID to duplicate name_suffix: Suffix to add to the duplicated campaign name include_ad_sets: Whether to duplicate ad sets within the campaign include_ad...
AI agents use duplicate_campaign to create or update resources in Meta Ads MCP — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Meta Ads MCP environment.
Duplicating a campaign creates new campaign structures (campaigns, ad sets, ads, creatives) in Meta Ads, which is a Write operation. It does not delete or irreversibly destroy data, nor does it directly move money. However, the severity is high because duplicated campaigns can inadvertently go live and spend ad budget at scale, affecting advertising spend across potentially many ad sets and ads.
From the tool's definition Duplicate a Meta Ads campaign with all its ad sets and ads
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access duplicate_campaign gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Meta Ads MCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for duplicate_campaign:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"duplicate_campaign": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "duplicate_campaign_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}duplicate_campaign stays usable, but capped — an agent stuck in a loop can't make hundreds of changes a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Duplicate a Meta Ads campaign with all its ad sets and ads. Recommended: Use this to run robust experiments. Args: campaign_id: Meta Ads campaign ID to duplicate name_suffix: Suffix to add to the duplicated campaign name include_ad_sets: Whether to duplicate ad sets within the campaign include_ads: Whether to duplicate ads within ad sets include_creatives: Whether to duplicate ad creatives copy_schedule: Whether to copy the campaign schedule new_daily_budget: Override the daily budget for the new campaign new_start_time: Override start time for duplicated ad sets (ISO 8601, e.g. 2026-03-10T00:00:00-0500) new_end_time: Override end time for duplicated ad sets (ISO 8601, e.g. 2026-03-20T23:59:59-0500) new_status: Status for the new campaign (ACTIVE or PAUSED). It is categorised as a Write tool in the Meta Ads MCP MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the Meta Ads MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for duplicate_campaign: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Meta Ads MCP. Nothing to install.
duplicate_campaign is a Write tool with medium risk. Write tools should be rate-limited to prevent accidental bulk modifications.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the duplicate_campaign rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for duplicate_campaign. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
duplicate_campaign is provided by the Meta Ads MCP server (pipeboard-co/meta-ads-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Deterministic rules across all 42 Meta Ads MCP tools. Per-identity grants. Full audit log. Live in minutes. Nothing to install.
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