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id: "entity-meta-ad-library"
type: "entity"
entityType: "tool"
canonicalName: "Meta Ad Library"
aliases: ["Facebook Ad Library", "Ad Library"]
source_timestamps: ["00:02:01", "00:02:10"]
tags: ["advertising-tools", "meta", "research-tools"]
related: ["concept-ad-library-strategic-analysis", "action-analyze-ad-libraries"]
canonicalUrl: "https://www.facebook.com/ads/library"
sources: ["dara"]
sourceVaultSlug: "claude-cowork-creative-strategy-2026May14"
originDay: 6
---
# Meta Ad Library

## Overview

The **Meta (Facebook) Ad Library** is a public database of all active advertisements running across Meta's platforms — Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and the Audience Network.

## Why It Matters

It is a primary research tool for creative strategists conducting competitor analysis. In the video, the speaker uses [[concept-claude-cowork|Claude Cowork]] to autonomously scrape and analyze data from specific brand pages within the Ad Library (e.g., [[entity-ridge-wallet|Ridge Wallet]]) to generate strategic intelligence reports.

## Access Gotcha

Meta blocks **direct domain fetching** by AI agents — meaning Claude can't simply `fetch()` the page. The workaround used in the video is to enable the [[prereq-chrome-connector|Chrome connector]], which lets Claude visually read the rendered page (see [[concept-agentic-ai-workflows]]).

## Canonical URL

https://www.facebook.com/ads/library

## Parent Organization

Meta Platforms, Inc. — https://about.meta.com/


## Related across days
- [[concept-ad-library-strategic-analysis]]
- [[action-analyze-ad-libraries]]
- [[concept-agentic-ai-workflows]]