How to integrate Linkedin Ads MCP with Claude Agent SDK

This guide walks you through connecting Linkedin Ads to the Claude Agent SDK using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Linkedin Ads agent that can list active campaigns with daily spend, compare ad performance by campaign objective, create report for sponsored content clicks through natural language commands. This guide will help you understand how to give your Claude Agent SDK agent real control over a Linkedin Ads account through Composio's Linkedin Ads MCP server. Before we dive in, let's take a quick look at the key ideas and tools involved.

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Linkedin Ads is LinkedIn's marketing platform for creating, managing, and measuring paid campaigns across LinkedIn. It helps teams reach professional audiences with precise targeting, campaign analytics, and sponsored content tools.

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Introduction

This guide walks you through connecting Linkedin Ads to the Claude Agent SDK using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Linkedin Ads agent that can list active campaigns with daily spend, compare ad performance by campaign objective, create report for sponsored content clicks through natural language commands.

This guide will help you understand how to give your Claude Agent SDK agent real control over a Linkedin Ads account through Composio's Linkedin Ads MCP server.

Before we dive in, let's take a quick look at the key ideas and tools involved.

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TL;DR

Here's what you'll learn:
  • Get and set up your Claude/Anthropic and Composio API keys
  • Install the necessary dependencies
  • Initialize Composio and create a Tool Router session for Linkedin Ads
  • Configure an AI agent that can use Linkedin Ads as a tool
  • Run a live chat session where you can ask the agent to perform Linkedin Ads operations

What is Claude Agent SDK?

The Claude Agent SDK is Anthropic's official framework for building AI agents powered by Claude. It provides a streamlined interface for creating agents with MCP tool support and conversation management.

Key features include:

  • Native MCP Support: Built-in support for Model Context Protocol servers
  • Permission Modes: Control tool execution permissions
  • Streaming Responses: Real-time response streaming for interactive applications
  • Context Manager: Clean async context management for sessions

What is the Linkedin Ads MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Linkedin Ads MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Linkedin Ads account. It provides structured and secure access to your ad accounts, campaign groups, creatives, targeting data, lead forms, and organization content, so your agent can search ad accounts, inspect campaigns, create lead forms, review targeting options, and forecast ad inventory on your behalf.

  • Ad account discovery and creation: Have your agent search existing ad accounts by status or type, retrieve account details, or create a new ad account.
  • Campaign and creative review: Let the agent retrieve campaign group details and search your LinkedIn Ads creatives using available filters.
  • Audience targeting and forecasting: Direct your agent to explore targeting options such as industries, locations, seniorities, job functions, and skills, then check ad inventory forecasts for your planned audience, budget, and bid.
  • Lead forms and conversion tracking: Instruct your agent to create or retrieve lead generation forms and list the conversion rules connected to an ad account.
  • Organization content and audience data: Have your agent find LinkedIn organizations, review posting permissions, list organization posts, and inspect available audience segments.

What is the Composio tool router, and how does it fit here?

What is Composio SDK?

Composio's Composio SDK helps agents find the right tools for a task at runtime. You can plug in multiple toolkits (like Gmail, HubSpot, and GitHub), and the agent will identify the relevant app and action to complete multi-step workflows. This can reduce token usage and improve the reliability of tool calls. Read more here: Getting started with Composio SDK

The tool router generates a secure MCP URL that your agents can access to perform actions.

How the Composio SDK works

The Composio SDK follows a three-phase workflow:

  1. Discovery: Searches for tools matching your task and returns relevant toolkits with their details.
  2. Authentication: Checks for active connections. If missing, creates an auth config and returns a connection URL via Auth Link.
  3. Execution: Executes the action using the authenticated connection.

Step-by-step Guide

Step by step09 STEPS
1

Prerequisites

Before starting, make sure you have:
  • Composio API Key and Claude/Anthropic API Key
  • Primary know-how of Claude Agents SDK
  • A Linkedin Ads account
  • Some knowledge of Python
2

Getting API Keys for Claude/Anthropic and Composio

Claude/Anthropic API Key
  • Go to the Anthropic Console and create an API key. You'll need credits to use the models.
  • Keep the API key safe.
Composio API Key
  • Log in to the Composio dashboard.
  • Navigate to your API settings and generate a new API key.
  • Store this key securely as you'll need it for authentication.
3

Install dependencies

npm install @anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk @composio/core dotenv

Install the Composio SDK and the Claude Agents SDK.

What's happening:

  • @composio/core provides Composio integration for Anthropic
  • @anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk is the core agent framework
  • dotenv/config loads environment variables
4

Set up environment variables

bash
COMPOSIO_API_KEY=your_composio_api_key_here
USER_ID=your_user_id_here
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your_anthropic_api_key_here

Create a .env file in your project root.

What's happening:

  • COMPOSIO_API_KEY authenticates with Composio
  • USER_ID identifies the user for session management
  • ANTHROPIC_API_KEY authenticates with Anthropic/Claude
5

Import dependencies

import 'dotenv/config';
import readline from 'node:readline';
import { Composio } from '@composio/core';
import { query, type Options } from "@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk";

dotenv.config();
What's happening:
  • We're importing all necessary libraries including the Claude Agent SDK and Composio
  • The dotenv.config() function loads environment variables from your .env file
  • This setup prepares the foundation for connecting Claude with Linkedin Ads functionality
6

Create a Composio instance and Tool Router session

async function chat() {
  const { COMPOSIO_API_KEY, USER_ID } = process.env;
  if (!COMPOSIO_API_KEY || !USER_ID) {
    throw new Error('COMPOSIO_API_KEY and USER_ID required in .env');
  }

  const composio = new Composio({ apiKey: COMPOSIO_API_KEY });

  // Create Tool Router session for Linkedin Ads
  const session = await composio.create(USER_ID, {
    toolkits: ['linkedin_ads'],
  });
  const mcpUrl = session?.mcp.url;
What's happening:
  • The function checks for the required COMPOSIO_API_KEY environment variable
  • We're creating a Composio instance using our API key
  • The create method creates a Tool Router session for Linkedin Ads
  • The returned url is the MCP server URL that your agent will use
7

Configure Claude Agent with MCP

const options: Options = {
  permissionMode: 'bypassPermissions',
  mcpServers: {
    composio: {
      type: 'http',
      url: mcpUrl,
      headers: { 'x-api-key': COMPOSIO_API_KEY }
    }
  },
  systemPrompt: 'You are a helpful assistant with access to Linkedin Ads tools via Composio.',
  maxTurns: 10,
};
What's happening:
  • We're configuring the Claude Agent options with the MCP server URL
  • permissionMode: 'bypassPermissions' allows the agent to execute operations without asking for permission each time
  • The system prompt instructs the agent that it has access to Linkedin Ads
  • maxTurns: 10 limits the conversation length to prevent excessive API usage
8

Create client and start chat loop

const rl = readline.createInterface({
    input: process.stdin,
    output: process.stdout,
    prompt: 'You: '
  });

  console.log('\nChat started. Type "exit" to quit.\n');

  let isProcessing = false;

  async function ask(prompt: string) {
    isProcessing = true;
    rl.pause();

    process.stdout.write('Claude is thinking...');
    const stream = query({ prompt, options });

    let firstChunk = true;
    for await (const msg of stream) {
      const content = (msg as any).message?.content || (msg as any).content;
      if (Array.isArray(content)) {
        for (const block of content) {
          if (block.type === 'text' && block.text) {
            if (firstChunk) {
              process.stdout.write('\r\x1b[K');
              process.stdout.write('Claude: ');
              firstChunk = false;
            }
            process.stdout.write(block.text);
          }
        }
      }
    }
    process.stdout.write('\n\n');

    isProcessing = false;
    rl.resume();
    rl.prompt();
  }

  rl.on('line', async (line) => {
    if (isProcessing) return;

    const input = line.trim();
    if (input === 'exit') {
      rl.close();
      process.exit(0);
    }
    if (input) await ask(input);
    else rl.prompt();
  });

  await ask('What can you help me with?');
}
What's happening:
  • The readline interface is created to handle user input and output
  • The query function is used to send the user's input to the agent
  • The chat loop continues until the user types 'exit' or 'quit'
9

Run the application

try {
  await chat();
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
  process.exit(1);
}
What's happening:
  • The chat function is the entry point for the application
  • The try-catch block is used to handle any errors that occur

Complete Code

Here's the complete code to get you started with Linkedin Ads and Claude Agent SDK:

import 'dotenv/config';
import readline from 'node:readline';
import { Composio } from '@composio/core';
import { query, type Options } from "@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk";

async function chat() {
  const { COMPOSIO_API_KEY, USER_ID } = process.env;
  if (!COMPOSIO_API_KEY || !USER_ID) {
    throw new Error('COMPOSIO_API_KEY and USER_ID required in .env');
  }

  const composio = new Composio({ apiKey: COMPOSIO_API_KEY });
  const session = await composio.create(USER_ID, {
    toolkits: ['linkedin_ads']
  });
  const mcp_url = session?.mcp.url;

  const options: Options = {
    permissionMode: 'bypassPermissions',
    mcpServers: {
      composio: {
        type: 'http',
        url: mcp_url,
        headers: { 'x-api-key': COMPOSIO_API_KEY }
      }
    },
    systemPrompt: 'You are a helpful assistant with access to Linkedin Ads tools via Composio.',
    maxTurns: 10,
  };

  const rl = readline.createInterface({
    input: process.stdin,
    output: process.stdout,
    prompt: 'You: '
  });

  console.log('\nChat started. Type "exit" to quit.\n');

  let isProcessing = false;

  async function ask(prompt: string) {
    isProcessing = true;
    rl.pause();

    process.stdout.write('Claude is thinking...');
    const stream = query({ prompt, options });

    let firstChunk = true;
    for await (const msg of stream) {
      const content = (msg as any).message?.content || (msg as any).content;
      if (Array.isArray(content)) {
        for (const block of content) {
          if (block.type === 'text' && block.text) {
            if (firstChunk) {
              process.stdout.write('\r\x1b[K');
              process.stdout.write('Claude: ');
              firstChunk = false;
            }
            process.stdout.write(block.text);
          }
        }
      }
    }
    process.stdout.write('\n\n');

    isProcessing = false;
    rl.resume();
    rl.prompt();
  }

  rl.on('line', async (line) => {
    if (isProcessing) return;

    const input = line.trim();
    if (input === 'exit') {
      rl.close();
      process.exit(0);
    }
    if (input) await ask(input);
    else rl.prompt();
  });

  await ask('What can you help me with?');
}

try {
  await chat();
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
  process.exit(1);
}

Conclusion

You've successfully built a Claude Agent SDK agent that can interact with Linkedin Ads through Composio's Tool Router.

Key features:

  • Native MCP support through Claude's agent framework
  • Streaming responses for real-time interaction
  • Permission bypass for smooth automated workflows
You can extend this by adding more toolkits, implementing custom business logic, or building a web interface around the agent.
TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every Linkedin Ads action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Create Ad Account

Tool to create a new LinkedIn ad account for campaign management.

Create Lead Form

Tool to create a new LinkedIn lead generation form for ads.

Get Ad Account

Tool to retrieve a specific LinkedIn Ad Account by ID.

Get Ad Analytics

Tool to retrieve LinkedIn ad analytics and reporting metrics for campaigns, creatives, and accounts.

Get Audience Counts

Get estimated audience size for given targeting criteria on LinkedIn Ads.

Get Campaign Group

Tool to retrieve a specific LinkedIn Ads campaign group by ID.

Get lead form by ID

Tool to retrieve a specific LinkedIn lead form by its ID.

Get organization follower count

Tool to retrieve follower count for a LinkedIn organization.

Get organization access control list

Tool to retrieve organization access control list showing who has admin or poster rights for organizations.

Get organization page statistics

Tool to retrieve page view and click statistics for a LinkedIn organization page.

Get organization follower statistics

Tool to retrieve follower growth statistics for a LinkedIn organization.

Get organization share statistics

Tool to retrieve share and engagement statistics for an organization's content on LinkedIn.

Get Ad Supply Forecasts

Retrieve supply forecasts for LinkedIn ad inventory based on targeting criteria, budget, and bid settings.

Get Targeting Entities

Tool to retrieve targeting entities for LinkedIn Ads campaigns.

Get Targeting Facets

Tool to retrieve available ad targeting facets including industries, locations, seniorities, job functions, skills, and more.

List Conversion Rules

Tool to list all conversion rules for a LinkedIn ad account.

List DMP Segments

Tool to list DMP (Data Management Platform) segments for LinkedIn ad accounts.

List Lead Forms

Tool to list LinkedIn lead forms for an organization or by specific IDs.

List Organizations

Tool to search and list LinkedIn organizations by IDs, vanity name, or parent organization.

List LinkedIn posts

Tool to list LinkedIn posts by author or retrieve multiple posts by IDs.

Lookup organizations

Tool to batch lookup organization details by IDs without requiring admin access.

Register Upload

Tool to register an upload for media assets (images, videos) on LinkedIn.

Search Ad Accounts

Tool to search for LinkedIn ad accounts with filtering by status, type, and test mode.

Search Campaigns

Tool to search and list campaigns in a LinkedIn Ads account with filtering options.

Search LinkedIn Ads Creatives

Tool to search and list LinkedIn Ads creatives with filtering options.

Search Events

Tool to search and list LinkedIn events by organizer with filtering options.

Update lead form

Tool to update an existing LinkedIn lead form.

Update organization access control

Tool to update organization access control for a user on LinkedIn.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

With a standalone Linkedin Ads MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Linkedin Ads tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Linkedin Ads and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint.

Yes, you can. Claude Agent SDK fully supports MCP integration. You get structured tool calling, message history handling, and model orchestration while Tool Router takes care of discovering and serving the right Linkedin Ads tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Linkedin Ads scopes and actions are allowed when connecting your account to Composio. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials or API configuration so you keep full control over what the agent can do.

All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your Linkedin Ads data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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