# See the ads your competitors run, from your agent > Ask your agent which ads run for a competitor or on a topic, and it reads the public ad libraries of Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok and Google through Manifold, at 1 credit a page. It returns each ad's text, format, dates and reach range, then sums up the angles. Our search of LinkedIn for "AI visibility" returned 24 ads, 6 of them from companies selling AI search visibility. | | | | --- | --- | | Job | The offers and angles a market pays to promote | | Tools | ads_search_ads, ads_get_advertiser_ads, ads_get_ad | | Credits | 1 for the search in this run | | Libraries | Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok and Google | | Run on | LinkedIn, "AI visibility", 26 October 2026 | ## The prompt We asked our own agent, Claude Code connected to Manifold, on 26 October 2026: ```text What ads are companies running on LinkedIn about AI visibility? List the advertisers, what each ad says, the format and how long it has run, and sum up the angles they use. ``` ## The call | Step | Tool | Input | Credits | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | [`ads_search_ads`](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/ads#ads_search_ads) | platform LinkedIn, query "AI visibility" | 1 | One page of the LinkedIn Ad Library's results. For one competitor's full set, the call is [`ads_get_advertiser_ads`](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/ads#ads_get_advertiser_ads), and [`ads_get_ad`](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/ads#ads_get_ad) reads one ad in full. ## What came back 24 ads. Most were personal posts that people paid to promote and that matched the words "AI" and "visibility" on their own. The agent kept the six from companies selling AI search visibility: | Advertiser | Format | Shown | Impressions | What it says | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Searchable | Document | 24 to 26 Oct 2026 | 10k to 20k | Black Friday deals are live, but can AI find and recommend your products? | | Searchable | Document | 24 to 26 Oct 2026 | under 1k | Help your ecommerce clients compete across AI search this peak season | | Pengu insights | Video | | | Competitors' ads, keywords and whether ChatGPT mentions the brand, in one dashboard for agencies | | Edge Partners | Carousel | | | An advisory firm was missing from AI answers; what changed in 45 days | | ASCEND LLM | Single image | | | A ranking of the brands AI recommends in one industry, and a free audit | | Serendipity | Video | | | Search Console now reports AI Overview and AI Mode impressions apart; read them that way | Blank cells are blank in the library: LinkedIn shows dates and an impressions range for some ads and not for others. ## What the agent concluded - **Seasonal hooks.** Searchable ties AI visibility to Black Friday and sells to agencies with ecommerce clients. - **A free audit as the offer.** ASCEND LLM leads with an industry ranking and gives the audit away. - **A before and after.** Edge Partners sells a story of one client's answers changing over weeks. - **Agencies as buyers.** Pengu and Searchable both write to agency owners. None of them leads with a price. Searchable ran one of its ads in seven countries, which makes it the one to watch: the next call would be [`ads_get_advertiser_ads`](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/ads#ads_get_advertiser_ads) on Searchable. ## Run it on your market Name a topic or a competitor. For Meta and TikTok a keyword search works as above; for Google, your agent finds the advertiser first, because Google keys its library by advertiser. ## Questions ### Can I see a competitor's ad spend? Only where the library publishes it. Meta and LinkedIn give ranges for some ads, such as impressions, and many ads carry none. Your agent reports what the library shows and leaves the rest empty. ### Why did a keyword search return unrelated ads? LinkedIn matches the words anywhere in the ad, so promoted personal posts come back too. For one competitor, search by advertiser instead. ### Does it work for Google ads? Yes, by advertiser. Google keys its library by advertiser, so your agent finds the advertiser first and then reads its ads. ## Next - [Ad library tools in the docs](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/ads) - [The best ad library MCP servers](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/blog/best-ad-library-mcp-servers) - [Pricing](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/pricing) Published 11 October 2026. Updated 26 October 2026.