Search competitor ads,
skip the guesswork
Search every ad library from your AI assistant
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Built by a team from Amazon and Canva
Plug into the AI you already use
View the ads without leaving your chat
Run inside the chat assistants you already use like Claude, Perplexity and ChatGPT
Prefer the terminal? Use the CLI
Works across your coding CLI and agents like Claude Code, Cursor, Hermes and OpenClaw
Research Meta, Google, LinkedIn & TikTok ads inside your AI
Everything your paid social team needs to research competitors and brief creatives without picking up a new tool
Four libraries, one tool
Search the Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, and TikTok ad libraries in one prompt
Know what your competitors are running
Ask questions like you'd ask a researcher and get competitor insights in seconds instead of spending hours clicking through ad libraries
Always live data
Proxy pulls from the actual ad libraries so what you see is what's running right now
Analyse any video or image ad
Ask Proxy to break down any type of ad and get the hook, the message, and the creative angle in seconds
Learn to out-research your competitors
Playbooks and teardowns from the team building competitor ad research inside your AI assistant.
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Read articleFrequently asked questions
Everything you need to know about researching competitor ads with Proxy
Proxy is a free tool that gives your AI assistant, like Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor, real-time access to competitor ads across Meta, Google, LinkedIn, and TikTok. Instead of switching to a separate dashboard, you ask your AI to pull competitor ads and it does it directly in conversation.
Proxy is an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server. Once installed, it connects your AI assistant to the Meta Ad Library, Google Ads Transparency Center, LinkedIn Ad Library, and TikTok. You type a request like "show me what ads Notion is running on Google", and Proxy fetches the live data and returns it inside your chat.
Proxy covers Meta (Facebook and Instagram), Google Ads, LinkedIn, and TikTok: all four major ad libraries in one tool. Most competitor ad tools are single-platform. Proxy lets you research a competitor across all four in a single session.
Proxy is free to start, with no credit card required. You get 30 credits a month to research competitor ads right away, and can upgrade to a paid plan any time you need more capacity.
No. There are no API keys, no code, and no dashboards to configure. If you use ChatGPT, find Proxy in the ChatGPT App Store. If you use Claude or Cursor, a single guided install gets you connected in minutes.
Proxy works with ChatGPT (via the ChatGPT App Store), Claude Desktop, Cursor, and any other MCP-compatible client. Claude is the most popular client among Proxy users.
You can pull any brand's current ads from Meta, Google, or LinkedIn, plus top-performing TikTok ads by keyword or industry, and ask your AI to analyse them. Summarise the messaging, spot patterns, compare creatives across competitors, or identify which ads have been running longest. You can also transcribe competitor video ads to extract scripts and hooks, and discover competitors you didn't know existed by describing your market.
Yes. Proxy transcribes and analyses competitor video ad content using AI. You can get a full transcript, hook breakdown, and creative summary for any video ad, without downloading the file or switching tools.
MCP (Model Context Protocol) is an open standard that lets AI assistants connect to external tools and data sources. An MCP server is a connector that gives your AI the ability to do things beyond its training data, like fetching live ad library results. Proxy is an MCP server purpose-built for competitive ad research.
Those tools are standalone dashboards that require a separate subscription ($50 to $150+/mo) and context-switching out of your workflow. Proxy lives inside the AI tools you're already using, covers Meta, Google, LinkedIn, and TikTok together, includes video analysis, and is free to start, with no credit card required.