Setup steps checked Nov 2026.

Your ad accounts, inside VS Code

What you'll have at the end: the agent in VS Code answering from your Google Ads, Meta ads, TikTok ads, Reddit ads and X ads.

Install

1. Open the command palette and run MCP: Add Server.
2. Choose HTTP, paste https://mcp.openadmanager.com/mcp, and name it oam.
3. Start the server when VS Code asks, sign in to OpenAdManager and click Allow.

Or from a terminal:

code --add-mcp '{"name":"oam","type":"http","url":"https://mcp.openadmanager.com/mcp"}'

Which file holds it

The guided flow writes the global Copilot file ~/.copilot/mcp-config.json with the key mcpServers. A workspace .mcp.json also uses mcpServers. VS Code's own .vscode/mcp.json uses the key servers instead.

{ "mcpServers": { "oam": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.openadmanager.com/mcp" } } }

{ "servers": { "oam": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.openadmanager.com/mcp" } } }

With a personal token

Use ${OAM_TOKEN} in the portable files. The ${input:oam_token} form works only in .vscode/mcp.json.

Check it worked

Use OpenAdManager: list my ad accounts.

If something goes wrong

• The server does not start. Open MCP: List Servers and read its output.
• No tools. Restart the server from the same list.
• "Not done. ... is turned off in AI permissions". That is your switches working. Open the link in the message, or Add to your AI in the menu, and turn it on if you want it.