How do I install TikTok Ads?

Copy the stdio config for Cursor, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or VS Code on this page. It uses the publisher's install, not a PlugMCP proxy.

Does TikTok Ads need an API key?

The publisher lists these environment variables: TIKTOK_ACCESS_TOKEN, TIKTOK_APP_ID, TIKTOK_ADVERTISER_IDS, TIKTOK_APP_SECRET, TIKTOK_ADVERTISER_ID, TIKTOK_BC_ID, TIKTOK_BUSINESS_CENTER_ID, TIKTOK_ENABLE_WRITES, TIKTOK_ENVIRONMENT, LOG_LEVEL.

What transport does TikTok Ads use?

TikTok Ads runs locally over stdio.

When was TikTok Ads last checked?

Last checked 2026-11-11. TikTok Ads MCP server: 35 read tools, 30 opt-in preview-first writes.

TikTok Ads MCP server

Power your agent

Add this server

The publisher's own command. Not a PlugMCP endpoint.

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Host a copy with our keys and logs.

Local command

npx -y @getmcpads/[email protected]

Credentials from the publisher

TIKTOK_ACCESS_TOKEN — TikTok Business API access token.
TIKTOK_APP_ID — App ID the token belongs to.
TIKTOK_ADVERTISER_IDS — Comma-separated advertiser IDs this server may access. Recommended; required from 3.0.0.
TIKTOK_APP_SECRET — App secret, for endpoints needing app authentication.
TIKTOK_ADVERTISER_ID — Default advertiser ID. When TIKTOK_ADVERTISER_IDS is set, must be one of them.
TIKTOK_BC_ID — Default Business Center ID, for Business Center scoped reads.
TIKTOK_BUSINESS_CENTER_ID — Alias of TIKTOK_BC_ID, read when TIKTOK_BC_ID is unset.
TIKTOK_ENABLE_WRITES — true exposes 30 write tools. Defaults to false. Calls preview unless confirm is true.
TIKTOK_ENVIRONMENT — production (default) or sandbox. Sandbox binds every call to one advertiser ID.
LOG_LEVEL — debug, info (default), warn or error. Logs go to stderr.

Claude Code has no install link for a local command. Copy the command below and run it in a terminal.

shClaude Code

1TIKTOK_ACCESS_TOKEN=<secret> TIKTOK_APP_ID=<value> TIKTOK_ADVERTISER_IDS=<value> TIKTOK_APP_SECRET=<secret> TIKTOK_ADVERTISER_ID=<value> TIKTOK_BC_ID=<value> TIKTOK_BUSINESS_CENTER_ID=<value> TIKTOK_ENABLE_WRITES=<value> TIKTOK_ENVIRONMENT=<value> LOG_LEVEL=<value> claude mcp add com.getmcpads-tiktok-ads -- npx -y @getmcpads/tiktok-ads-mcp-server@2.1.2

Run in a terminal.

jsonClaude Desktop

1{2  "mcpServers": {3    "com.getmcpads-tiktok-ads": {4      "command": "npx",5      "args": [6        "-y",7        "@getmcpads/[email protected]"8      ],9      "env": {10        "TIKTOK_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<secret>",11        "TIKTOK_APP_ID": "<value>",12        "TIKTOK_ADVERTISER_IDS": "<value>",13        "TIKTOK_APP_SECRET": "<secret>",14        "TIKTOK_ADVERTISER_ID": "<value>",15        "TIKTOK_BC_ID": "<value>",16        "TIKTOK_BUSINESS_CENTER_ID": "<value>",17        "TIKTOK_ENABLE_WRITES": "<value>",18        "TIKTOK_ENVIRONMENT": "<value>",19        "LOG_LEVEL": "<value>"20      }21    }22  }23}

claude_desktop_config.json

Local · npmPublisher installStep-by-step: add this in Claude

Remote URL or a command on your machine? How the two installs differ

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A new server you create. It is not this listing's official endpoint. Use the publisher install when you want their URL and their credentials.

Launch

Server facts

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Transport: stdio

Tools

No tool list yet. Remote servers get one after the first health check.

FAQ

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TikTok Ads MCP server

Make sense of your TikTok advertising.

Explore campaign performance, inspect native assets and prepare changes from your MCP client.

Watch the film · What's new · Install · Tool reference · Try hosted getmcpads

Play the 45-second film

The film shows hosted getmcpads with sample data. Its MCP Apps, from creative galleries and alerts to Google Sheets exports and bulk launches, belong to the hosted product. This repository provides the standalone native API tools.

35 read tools · 29 write tools, disabled by default.

Run locally with your own platform credentials and a client that supports stdio MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code or Cursor. Your requests go directly to the platform. For managed connections, including supported ChatGPT setups, use the hosted option.

What's new

v2.0.1: Native tools and security update · September 20, 2026

Preserve exact unquoted 64-bit IDs in read, write and verification responses.
Fix campaign field selection and default list limits.
Update native write validation for budgets, schedules, targeting and readback. Add carousel music, uploaded-video readiness, CTA portfolio and custom identity tools.
Require Node.js 22.12 or newer and check Node 22/24 in CI.
Update vulnerable dependencies and regenerate the MCP catalog.

Full changelog · Source synchronization details · All releases

Upgrade notes

Requires Node.js 22.12 or newer. CI covers Node 22 and 24. Version 2.0.1 drops Node 18 and 20 support. Read the current tool schemas before reusing saved arguments. Writes remain optional and require explicit confirmation. Hosted creative integrations and MCP Apps UI are outside this release.

Install this release

This is a GitHub source release. npm and MCP Registry versions are published separately. The commands below select this exact version; unpinned npx examples later in this document select the version currently available on npm.

git clone --branch v2.0.1 --depth 1 https://github.com/get-mcp-ads/tiktok-ads-mcp-server.git
cd tiktok-ads-mcp-server
npm ci
npm run build

Configure your MCP client to run node with the absolute path to dist/cli.js and the platform credentials documented below.

Prefer a managed connection? Use TikTok Ads with hosted getmcpads. Connect your account, select the data your assistant may access and use the hosted MCP connection. See the site for current features and plans.

What you get


35 read tools	Campaigns, ad groups, ads, creatives, audiences, pixels, events, Spark Ads, catalogs, delivery diagnostics
29 write tools	Off by default. Campaign and ad group status, budgets, campaign creation. Each one previews before it applies
277 metrics	Including derived ones computed client-side
16 dimensions	With a compatibility matrix that catches invalid combinations before they hit the API
5 resources	Live catalogues the model can read: metrics, dimensions, compatibility rules, 12 workflow recipes
Keyword research	`tiktok_search_keywords` and `tiktok_get_search_ads_maturity`, for TikTok Search Ads
Forward-compatible reads	`tiktok_get_read_endpoint`, `tiktok_get_entities_raw`, `tiktok_get_report_raw` reach endpoints this server doesn't model yet

The query planner

TikTok rejects many metric and dimension combinations, and its error messages rarely say why. This server encodes the compatibility matrix, so it splits an impossible request into several valid API calls and merges the results instead of failing.

tiktok_validate_query lets the model check a combination before spending a call on it.

One trap this server handles for you

TikTok answers HTTP 200 even when the call failed. The applicative code field is what decides. A client that trusts the HTTP status reports imaginary successes back to the model, which then reasons on data that was never returned. Every call here checks code first.

Getting a token

TikTok needs two values, not one: an access token and the App ID it belongs to.

Create a developer app on the TikTok for Business developer portal.
Note the App ID and App Secret from the app's page.
Authorize the advertiser accounts you want to reach. TikTok grants access per advertiser, so an account you skip here stays invisible to the server no matter what the token allows.
Complete the OAuth authorization flow to exchange the returned auth_code for an access token. TikTok's long-lived tokens do not expire on a fixed schedule, but they are revoked when the authorization is withdrawn.
Put the token in TIKTOK_ACCESS_TOKEN and the App ID in TIKTOK_APP_ID.

📖 TikTok API for Business documentation

Run tiktok_health_check as your first call. It verifies the credentials, lists the advertiser accounts you can actually reach, and reports what is missing, without printing your token.

Which permissions?

Scope group	When you need it
Reporting and read scopes	Always. Campaigns, ad groups, ads, insights
Campaign management scopes	Only if you set `TIKTOK_ENABLE_WRITES=1`
Catalog and Business Center scopes	Optional, for `tiktok_get_shop_catalog_diagnostics`

Setup

Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tiktok-ads": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@getmcpads/tiktok-ads-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "TIKTOK_ACCESS_TOKEN": "your-token-here",
        "TIKTOK_APP_ID": "your-app-id-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop. Ask it: "list my TikTok advertiser accounts".

Claude Code

claude mcp add tiktok-ads --env TIKTOK_ACCESS_TOKEN=your-token --env TIKTOK_APP_ID=your-app-id -- npx -y @getmcpads/tiktok-ads-mcp-server

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json in your project, same shape as the Claude Desktop config above.

From source

git clone https://github.com/get-mcp-ads/tiktok-ads-mcp-server.git
cd tiktok-ads-mcp-server
npm install && npm run build
cp .env.example .env   # then fill in your credentials
npm start

Configuration

Variable	Default	Meaning
`TIKTOK_ACCESS_TOKEN`	none	Required. Your access token
`TIKTOK_APP_ID`	none	Required. The App ID the token belongs to
`TIKTOK_APP_SECRET`	none	Optional, for endpoints needing app authentication
`TIKTOK_ADVERTISER_ID`	none	Optional default, saves passing it on every call
`TIKTOK_BC_ID`	none	Optional Business Center ID
`TIKTOK_ENABLE_WRITES`	unset	Set to `1` to register the 29 write tools
`LOG_LEVEL`	`info`	`debug`, `info`, `warn`, `error`

Check your setup at any time:

npm run doctor

Writes, and why they preview first

Write tools are disabled by default. Enable them with TIKTOK_ENABLE_WRITES=1.

When enabled, every write tool returns a preview and changes nothing:

// tiktok_update_adgroup_budget { advertiserId: "7...", adGroupId: "1...", budget: 50 }
{
  "applied": false,
  "action": "tiktok_update_adgroup_budget",
  "change": { "advertiser": "7...", "adGroup": "1...", "newBudget": 50,
              "budgetMode": "BUDGET_MODE_DAY" },
  "message": "Preview only, nothing was changed. Repeat the same call with confirm: true to apply this change to the live account."
}

Only a second call carrying confirm: true touches the live account.

This is deliberate. An assistant composes these calls, and it can pick the wrong advertiser, the wrong campaign, or the wrong order of magnitude on a budget. A mandatory preview makes the mistake visible before it costs money, and gives a human the stopping point the protocol does not guarantee on its own.

One further guardrail: tiktok_create_campaign always creates the campaign DISABLE. There is no option to create it running.

Tool	What it changes
`tiktok_update_campaign_status` / `tiktok_update_adgroup_status`	Pause or reactivate
`tiktok_update_campaign_budget` / `tiktok_update_adgroup_budget`	Budget, in the account currency
`tiktok_create_campaign`	Creates a campaign, always `DISABLE`

Tools

Every tool is listed below. See server-card.json for complete parameter and output schemas.

Tool	Purpose
`tiktok_health_check`	Read-only health check for TikTok credentials, accessible advertisers, and advertiser info.
`tiktok_list_advertisers`	List all TikTok advertiser accounts accessible with the current token.
`tiktok_get_advertiser_info`	Get detailed information for specific TikTok advertiser accounts: currency, timezone, status, balance.
`tiktok_get_campaigns`	List campaigns for a TikTok advertiser account.
`tiktok_get_adgroups`	Read full native ad group configuration including targeting, custom/lookalike audience references and exclusions, geo, language, age/gender, placements, interests/behaviors, budget and schedule.
`tiktok_get_targeting`	Read configured ad group targeting and audience references: custom/lookalike inclusions/exclusions, geo, language, age/gender, placements, interests and behaviors.
`tiktok_get_audience_report`	Read TikTok AUDIENCE performance reports by age or gender at advertiser, campaign, ad group or ad level, including delivery from eligible Smart+ campaigns.
`tiktok_get_ads`	List ads for a TikTok advertiser.
`tiktok_get_insights`	Query TikTok Ads performance insights using the current native/calculated metric catalog and query planning.
`tiktok_get_creatives`	Get creative details (video, image, text) for specific ads in a TikTok advertiser account.
`tiktok_get_audiences`	List custom and lookalike audiences for a TikTok advertiser account.
`tiktok_search_keywords`	Get keyword suggestions for TikTok Search Ads.
`tiktok_validate_query`	Validate a TikTok metric/dimension combination BEFORE executing.
`tiktok_get_pixels`	List TikTok pixels and, when permissions allow it, pixel event metadata for an advertiser.
`tiktok_get_events`	Discover pixel/app events or accessible tracking diagnostics for an advertiser.

Disabled by default. Calls preview unless explicitly confirmed. Check the configuration and exact schema before use.

Tool	Purpose
`tiktok_create_cta_portfolio`	Create a dynamic CTA portfolio from the exact approved recommendations returned by creative/cta/recommend for this advertiser.
`tiktok_create_custom_identity`	Create an advertiser-owned CUSTOMIZED_USER advertising identity for Pangle or Global App Bundle.
`tiktok_create_campaign_advanced`	Create DISABLED classic TikTok campaign.
`tiktok_update_campaign_configuration`	Update classic TikTok campaign.
`tiktok_create_adgroup`	Create DISABLED classic TikTok adgroup.
`tiktok_update_adgroup_configuration`	Update classic TikTok adgroup.
`tiktok_create_ads`	Create DISABLED classic TikTok ads (video, image, carousel or authorized Spark content).
`tiktok_update_ads`	Update classic TikTok ads (video, image, carousel or authorized Spark content).
`tiktok_create_smart_plus_campaign`	Create DISABLED upgraded Smart+ TikTok campaign.
`tiktok_update_smart_plus_campaign`	Update upgraded Smart+ TikTok campaign.
`tiktok_create_smart_plus_adgroup`	Create DISABLED upgraded Smart+ TikTok adgroup.
`tiktok_update_smart_plus_adgroup`	Update upgraded Smart+ TikTok adgroup.
`tiktok_create_smart_plus_ad`	Create DISABLED upgraded Smart+ TikTok ads (video, image, carousel or authorized Spark content).
`tiktok_update_smart_plus_ad`	Update upgraded Smart+ TikTok ads (video, image, carousel or authorized Spark content).
`tiktok_update_ad_status`	Pause or reactivate exactly one classic ad.
`tiktok_update_smart_plus_campaign_status`	Pause or reactivate exactly one Smart+ campaign.
`tiktok_update_smart_plus_adgroup_status`	Pause or reactivate exactly one Smart+ adgroup.

URI	Contents
`tiktok://manifest`	What this server exposes, and its current mode
`tiktok://metrics`	All 277 metrics with categories and formats
`tiktok://dimensions`	All 16 dimensions and where they are valid
`tiktok://compatibility`	The compatibility matrix
`tiktok://recipes`	12 step-by-step workflows

Security

The server holds a credential that can read, and optionally modify, live ad accounts. Concretely:

The token is never logged. Debug output prints Access-Token: [redacted].
Requests go only to business-api.tiktok.com, and only under /open_api/v1.3/. Any other host or path is refused rather than called. Covered by tests.
Redirects are refused once a token is attached, so a redirect cannot forward your credential elsewhere.
Mutating and OAuth endpoints are blocked on the generic read paths. Covered by tests.
No telemetry. The server makes no network call other than to the TikTok Business API. You can verify this by grepping the source for fetch.

Full policy and reporting instructions: SECURITY.md.

Looking for a managed, multi-platform version?

Try hosted TikTok Ads if you want to use this source without operating a local server. getmcpads also connects advertising, Search Console and GA4 through one MCP URL. Source availability and plan limits are listed on the site; connecting an account is still required.

Follow the TikTok Ads connection guide.
Select the account or property your assistant may read.
Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Codex.
Try a read-only review: “Compare campaign delivery and conversion trends over complete periods. State missing data and do not change anything.”

See the current hosted tool catalogue and pricing before choosing a paid plan. This Apache 2.0 adapter remains independently useful with your own credentials.

Contributing

Issues and pull requests are welcome. See CONTRIBUTING.md. Please read SECURITY.md before reporting anything security-related.

Licence

Apache License 2.0. See also NOTICE.

TikTok and TikTok for Business are trademarks of ByteDance Ltd. and its affiliates. This project is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by TikTok or ByteDance. It is an independent client of a public API.

MCP contracts and desktop bundle

Every tool declares read/write annotations, parameter descriptions and a structured output schema. Successful calls expose the payload as structuredContent.result; errors retain isError: true. The generated server card contains definitions only.

Run npm run bundle -- /path/to/output to build a .mcpb desktop bundle from the current catalog. Credentials are entered locally during installation. Write tools remain disabled unless explicitly enabled.

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Add this server

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Server facts

Tools

Questions

How do I install TikTok Ads?

Does TikTok Ads need an API key?

What transport does TikTok Ads use?

When was TikTok Ads last checked?

Documentation

TikTok Ads MCP server

Make sense of your TikTok advertising.

What's new

Upgrade notes

Install this release

What you get

The query planner

One trap this server handles for you

Getting a token

Which permissions?

Setup

Claude Desktop

Claude Code

Cursor

From source

Configuration

Writes, and why they preview first

Tools

Security

Looking for a managed, multi-platform version?

Contributing

Licence

MCP contracts and desktop bundle

More from getmcpads