Get creative details for a specific ad. Requires an ad_id (not account_id). Use get_ads first to find ad IDs. Args: ad_id: Meta Ads ad ID (required) access_token: Meta API access token (optional - will use cached token if not provided)
AI agents call get_ad_creatives to retrieve information from Meta Ads MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and queries ad creative metadata for analysis and visibility purposes. It performs a GET-like operation that returns data without altering any resources. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an attacker with the tool could enumerate ad creatives they have access to, but cannot modify campaigns, delete ads, incur financial charges, or execute arbitrary operations.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_ad_creatives' and description 'Get creative details for a specific ad' indicates retrieval of existing data with no modification, creation, deletion, or side effects. The parameters (ad_id, access_token) are query inputs only.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_ad_creatives 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 get_ad_creatives:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_ad_creatives": {}
}
}get_ad_creatives is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get creative details for a specific ad. Requires an ad_id (not account_id). Use get_ads first to find ad IDs. Args: ad_id: Meta Ads ad ID (required) access_token: Meta API access token (optional - will use cached token if not provided). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Meta Ads MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Meta Ads MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_ad_creatives: 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.
get_ad_creatives is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the get_ad_creatives 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 get_ad_creatives. 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.
get_ad_creatives 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.
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