Search for companies or brands in the Meta Ad Library and return their platform IDs. Use this tool when you need to find a brand
AI agents call get_meta_platform_id to retrieve information from Facebook Ads Library MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a read-only search operation against the Meta Ad Library to retrieve identifier information. It retrieves data (platform IDs) without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any side effects. The action is a simple lookup query.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Search for companies or brands in the Meta Ad Library and return their platform IDs' - a lookup/search operation with no modification or execution of external operations.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Search for companies or brands in the Meta Ad Library and return their platform IDs. Use this tool when you need to find a brand. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Facebook Ads Library MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Facebook Ads Library MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_meta_platform_id: 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 Facebook Ads Library MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_meta_platform_id 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_meta_platform_id 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_meta_platform_id. 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_meta_platform_id is provided by the Facebook Ads Library MCP Server MCP server (proxy-intell/facebook-ads-library-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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