Reddit Ads MCP Server

What the code does

We read the source, 21 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

    const child = spawn(cmd, [url], { stdio: "ignore", detached: true });

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Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

claude mcp add mcp-server-reddit-ads -- npx -y mcp-server-reddit-ads

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server-reddit-ads": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-server-reddit-ads"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

[mcp_servers.mcp-server-reddit-ads]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "mcp-server-reddit-ads"]

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server-reddit-ads": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-server-reddit-ads"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server-reddit-ads": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-server-reddit-ads"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: REDDIT_CLIENT_ID (Reddit app client id (from the Ads developer portal)), REDDIT_CLIENT_SECRET (Reddit app client secret), REDDIT_REFRESH_TOKEN (OAuth refresh token (mint one with: npx mcp-server-reddit-ads auth)), REDDIT_ADS_WRITE_TIER (Write tier: read (default, no writes), safe, or spend), REDDIT_ADS_ACCOUNT_ID (Default ad account id (a2_...) for single-account use). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.