Amazon Ads runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. Last commit 23 Oct 2026.
Amazon Ads MCP server: 31 read tools, 77 opt-in preview-first writes.
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Today is the operative word: we check Amazon Ads every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
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 amazon-ads -e 'AMAZON_ADS_CLIENT_ID=<AMAZON_ADS_CLIENT_ID>' -e 'AMAZON_ADS_CLIENT_SECRET=<AMAZON_ADS_CLIENT_SECRET>' -e 'AMAZON_ADS_REFRESH_TOKEN=<AMAZON_ADS_REFRESH_TOKEN>' -e 'AMAZON_ADS_REGION=<AMAZON_ADS_REGION>' -e 'AMAZON_ADS_PROFILE_IDS=<AMAZON_ADS_PROFILE_IDS>' -- npx -y @getmcpads/amazon-ads-mcp-server{
"mcpServers": {
"amazon-ads": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@getmcpads/amazon-ads-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"AMAZON_ADS_CLIENT_ID": "<AMAZON_ADS_CLIENT_ID>",
"AMAZON_ADS_CLIENT_SECRET": "<AMAZON_ADS_CLIENT_SECRET>",
"AMAZON_ADS_PROFILE_IDS": "<AMAZON_ADS_PROFILE_IDS>",
"AMAZON_ADS_REFRESH_TOKEN": "<AMAZON_ADS_REFRESH_TOKEN>",
"AMAZON_ADS_REGION": "<AMAZON_ADS_REGION>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.amazon-ads]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@getmcpads/amazon-ads-mcp-server"]
env = { AMAZON_ADS_CLIENT_ID = "<AMAZON_ADS_CLIENT_ID>", AMAZON_ADS_CLIENT_SECRET = "<AMAZON_ADS_CLIENT_SECRET>", AMAZON_ADS_REFRESH_TOKEN = "<AMAZON_ADS_REFRESH_TOKEN>", AMAZON_ADS_REGION = "<AMAZON_ADS_REGION>", AMAZON_ADS_PROFILE_IDS = "<AMAZON_ADS_PROFILE_IDS>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"amazon-ads": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@getmcpads/amazon-ads-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"AMAZON_ADS_CLIENT_ID": "<AMAZON_ADS_CLIENT_ID>",
"AMAZON_ADS_CLIENT_SECRET": "<AMAZON_ADS_CLIENT_SECRET>",
"AMAZON_ADS_PROFILE_IDS": "<AMAZON_ADS_PROFILE_IDS>",
"AMAZON_ADS_REFRESH_TOKEN": "<AMAZON_ADS_REFRESH_TOKEN>",
"AMAZON_ADS_REGION": "<AMAZON_ADS_REGION>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"amazon-ads": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@getmcpads/amazon-ads-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"AMAZON_ADS_CLIENT_ID": "<AMAZON_ADS_CLIENT_ID>",
"AMAZON_ADS_CLIENT_SECRET": "<AMAZON_ADS_CLIENT_SECRET>",
"AMAZON_ADS_PROFILE_IDS": "<AMAZON_ADS_PROFILE_IDS>",
"AMAZON_ADS_REFRESH_TOKEN": "<AMAZON_ADS_REFRESH_TOKEN>",
"AMAZON_ADS_REGION": "<AMAZON_ADS_REGION>"
}
}
}
}Put your own values in place of
<AMAZON_ADS_CLIENT_ID> (Login with Amazon client ID of an application with Amazon Ads API access), <AMAZON_ADS_CLIENT_SECRET> (Client secret of that Login with Amazon security profile. Keep it secret), <AMAZON_ADS_REFRESH_TOKEN> (Refresh token (Atzr|...) granted to that client. Renewed in memory only), <AMAZON_ADS_REGION> (API region of the profiles: NA, EU or FE), <AMAZON_ADS_PROFILE_IDS> (Comma-separated advertising profile IDs this server may use. Required even for reads).
The author’s registry entry marks them as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
AMAZON_ADS_ENABLE_WRITES (true exposes the write tools, which preview first. Defaults to false).
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Amazon Ads — questions
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