# AdButler

Wires the AdButler ad platform into your AI assistant, so campaigns, zones, creatives, VAST and reports get built from the chat.

- MCP server · `type=mcp` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Cline, Zed, Gemini CLI · ★ 1
- Author: adbutler
- License: not stated · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/adbutler/mcp-server
- Updated: 2026-10-19
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/adbutler

## What it does

The server exposes the AdButler v2 API: over 600 tools for advertisers, campaigns, zones, creatives, placements, VAST video, programmatic and reporting. Nine workflow prompts ship with it and steer the assistant through a whole task — launching a campaign, setting up retail media, generating a report, building a VAST ad, configuring programmatic deals.

Two ways to connect. The hosted route needs only the URL `https://mcp.adbutler.com/mcp` plus an auth header, no Node or npm. Running locally with `npx -y @adbutler/mcp-server` keeps your key on your own machine and works against a self-hosted AdButler. Grab the key in the AdButler dashboard under Settings → API Keys.

On the hosted server a key typed into the chat lasts only for that session, since the service is multi-tenant and does not persist it. Pasting it over and over is a sign to move the key into your connection settings instead: an `Authorization: Bearer` header for Claude, Claude Desktop or Cursor, or the `?api_key=` URL parameter for claude.ai custom connectors.

## Requirements
- Needs: Node.js (commands run via npx)
- Remote server: `https://mcp.adbutler.com/mcp`
- Environment variables: `ADBUTLER_API_KEY` — keys and tokens: ask the human for the values, never commit them or put them in shared files.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
claude mcp add --transport http mcp-server https://mcp.adbutler.com/mcp
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
claude mcp add --env ADBUTLER_API_KEY=<ADBUTLER_API_KEY> --transport stdio adbutler -- npx -y @adbutler/mcp-server
```
Replace <…> with your own values

### Codex

1. **Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
codex mcp add adbutler --url https://mcp.adbutler.com/mcp
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
codex mcp add adbutler --env ADBUTLER_API_KEY=<ADBUTLER_API_KEY> -- npx -y @adbutler/mcp-server
```
Replace <…> with your own values

### Cursor

**Config file**
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "adbutler": {
            "url": "https://mcp.adbutler.com/mcp"
        }
    }
}
```
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "adbutler": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@adbutler/mcp-server"
            ],
            "env": {
                "ADBUTLER_API_KEY": "<ADBUTLER_API_KEY>"
            }
        }
    }
}
```
Replace <…> with your own values

### GitHub Copilot

**Config file**
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "adbutler": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.adbutler.com/mcp"
        }
    }
}
```
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "adbutler": {
            "type": "stdio",
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@adbutler/mcp-server"
            ],
            "env": {
                "ADBUTLER_API_KEY": "<ADBUTLER_API_KEY>"
            }
        }
    }
}
```
Replace <…> with your own values

### Gemini CLI

1. **Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
gemini mcp add -t http adbutler https://mcp.adbutler.com/mcp
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini mcp add -e ADBUTLER_API_KEY=<ADBUTLER_API_KEY> adbutler npx -y @adbutler/mcp-server
```
Replace <…> with your own values

## When to use it
- spin up a campaign with a budget and attach it to a zone
- surface the weakest ad items by CTR over a week
- assemble a VAST pre-roll with companion banners
- configure a programmatic deal and its demand sources
- audit which zones have no active placements

## Example prompts
- Create a campaign for the new client with a 5000 budget and assign it to the Homepage Banner zone
- List my worst-performing ad items by CTR for the last 7 days
- Run the `launch-campaign` prompt and walk me through it

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