How to Connect Ad Platforms to n8n
Automate your marketing reporting and alerts. Connect ad platforms to n8n for scheduled workflows and data pipelines.
Every marketer has a version of the same morning routine: open Meta Ads Manager, check yesterday's numbers, open Google Ads, check those numbers, open a spreadsheet, update the report, send it to the team. Every. Single. Day.
n8n is a workflow automation platform that lets you build automated data pipelines — think Zapier, but open source and far more powerful. By connecting your ad platforms to n8n through Ad Superpowers' MCP server, you can automate the repetitive reporting, monitoring, and alerting tasks that eat your mornings.
Imagine: a workflow that runs every morning at 8am, pulls yesterday's performance from Meta, Google Ads, and TikTok, formats a summary, and posts it to your Slack channel. Or an alert that fires whenever any campaign's spend exceeds its daily budget. Or a weekly cross-platform report that lands in your inbox every Monday with trends and recommendations.
This guide shows you how to connect Ad Superpowers to n8n in about 10 minutes. You will need an n8n instance (cloud or self-hosted) and an Ad Superpowers account. The Free plan works for Meta, Google Ads, GA4, and Search Console automations.
The Old Way
Log into each ad platform every morning. Check numbers manually. Copy to spreadsheet. Build the report. Send to team. Repeat 365 days a year.
The New Way
Set up once. Automated reports, alerts, and data pipelines run on schedule. You get a Slack summary before your first coffee.
What You Need
- An n8n instance — cloud (n8n.io) or self-hosted
- An Ad Superpowers account (Free or Pro depending on platforms needed)
- 10 minutes for initial setup
Step-by-Step Setup
Create your Ad Superpowers account
Go to app.adsuperpowers.ai and sign up. Connect all the ad platforms you want to include in your automations. The Free plan includes Meta Ads, Google Ads, GA4, and Google Search Console. The Pro plan adds LinkedIn, TikTok, Shopify, and Klaviyo.
Generate your API key
Navigate to Settings in the Ad Superpowers dashboard. Under "API Keys", generate a new key. Copy it along with your MCP server URL: https://mcp.adsuperpowers.ai/v1. Keep both handy for the n8n setup.
Add the MCP connection in n8n
In your n8n instance, create a new workflow. Add an MCP Client node (or HTTP Request node if MCP is not natively available in your version). Configure it with the URL https://mcp.adsuperpowers.ai/v1 and your API key in the Authorization header as a Bearer token.
Build your first automated workflow
Start simple: create a workflow triggered by a Cron node (schedule) that runs daily at 8am. Connect it to the MCP node and configure it to pull yesterday's campaign performance from your primary ad platform. Add a Slack node (or Email node) to send the results. Activate the workflow and wait for tomorrow morning.
Expand with alerts and cross-platform data
Once your first workflow runs successfully, build on it. Add conditional logic to alert when metrics cross thresholds (spend over budget, ROAS below target, CTR dropping). Add parallel MCP queries to pull data from multiple platforms and combine them in a single report.
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Why automate your ad reporting?
Manual ad reporting is one of the biggest time sinks in digital marketing. A typical agency or in-house team spends 5-10 hours per week pulling data, formatting reports, and sending updates. That is 250-500 hours per year — on work that adds zero strategic value.
The problem is not that people are slow. It is that the process requires logging into multiple platforms, each with their own interface and data format. Meta shows data one way. Google Ads another. TikTok another. Combining them into a coherent cross-platform view is manual spreadsheet work.
n8n automation eliminates this entirely. By connecting to Ad Superpowers' MCP server, your n8n workflows can:
Pull data from any connected platform on a schedule — daily, hourly, or even every 15 minutes for high-spend accounts.
Transform and combine data from multiple platforms into unified reports. Compare Meta ROAS to Google Ads ROAS to TikTok ROAS in the same output.
Deliver reports via Slack, email, Google Sheets, or any of n8n's 400+ integration nodes. Your team gets the data where they already work.
Alert on anomalies: budget overruns, performance drops, or creative fatigue signals. Know about problems before they waste money.
The ROI is immediate. If your team saves even 2 hours per week on manual reporting, that is over 100 hours per year freed up for actual optimization work. Check our pricing page for plan details.
Workflow ideas for marketing teams
Here are proven n8n + Ad Superpowers workflows that marketing teams use:
Daily performance digest: A Cron-triggered workflow that runs every morning at 8am. It pulls yesterday's performance from all connected platforms, calculates key metrics (total spend, blended ROAS, cost per conversion), and sends a formatted summary to a Slack channel. Your team starts the day knowing exactly where things stand.
Budget alert system: A workflow that checks campaign spend every hour. If any campaign has spent more than 90% of its daily budget before noon, it sends an immediate alert. This catches budget pacing issues before they cause overspend.
Weekly cross-platform report: Every Monday morning, pull the previous week's data from all platforms, compare to the week before, highlight the biggest changes (positive and negative), and deliver a formatted report via email. Perfect for client reporting or management updates.
Creative fatigue monitor: A daily workflow that checks creative performance metrics — frequency, CTR trend, and conversion rate trend. When creatives show fatigue signals (rising frequency + declining CTR), it sends an alert with the specific ads that need refreshing.
Conversion anomaly detector: A workflow that compares daily conversion numbers to the 7-day average. If conversions drop more than 30% from the average, it alerts the team immediately. This catches tracking issues, landing page problems, or ad disapprovals quickly.
Monthly reporting pipeline: An end-of-month workflow that pulls comprehensive data from all platforms, calculates month-over-month changes, and exports to Google Sheets or a data warehouse for archiving and analysis.
n8n setup patterns
Building effective n8n workflows with Ad Superpowers follows some common patterns:
Cron + MCP + Output: The simplest pattern. A schedule trigger, an MCP query, and a delivery node (Slack, email, Google Sheets). This handles most daily reporting use cases.
Cron + Multiple MCP + Merge + Output: For cross-platform reports. Run parallel MCP queries for different platforms, use n8n's Merge node to combine the data, then deliver the unified report.
Cron + MCP + IF + Alert: For monitoring. Pull data on a schedule, use conditional logic to check thresholds, and send alerts only when conditions are met. This prevents alert fatigue while catching real issues.
Webhook + MCP + Response: For on-demand reports. Create a webhook that your team can trigger from Slack (using a slash command) to pull fresh data and return it immediately.
When configuring MCP queries in n8n, each tool call requires a tool name and parameters. The common tools are: meta_query (for Meta Ads data), run_gaql (for Google Ads), ga4_report (for GA4), and similar tools for other platforms. Check our setup docs and cookbook for the exact tool names and parameters.
Authentication: Always store your Ad Superpowers API key in n8n's credentials store (not hardcoded in workflows). This keeps your key secure and makes it easy to rotate.
Troubleshooting
If your n8n workflows cannot connect to Ad Superpowers:
1. Verify the MCP server URL is exactly https://mcp.adsuperpowers.ai/v1 — no trailing slashes, no extra paths. 2. Check your API key. You can regenerate it in the Ad Superpowers dashboard under Settings. 3. Make sure your n8n instance can make outbound HTTPS requests (relevant for self-hosted instances behind firewalls). 4. Test the connection with a simple MCP query first — list accounts before trying complex data pulls. 5. If using the HTTP Request node instead of a native MCP node, make sure you are sending the correct headers: Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY and Content-Type: application/json.
Common workflow issues:
Timeouts: Large data queries (full account history, many campaigns) can take longer than n8n's default timeout. Either narrow your date range, reduce the number of metrics requested, or increase the timeout in the HTTP node settings.
Scheduling: n8n Cron expressions use UTC by default. Make sure your schedule accounts for your timezone if you want reports to arrive at a specific local time.
Error handling: Add error handling nodes to your workflows. Ad platform APIs occasionally return temporary errors (rate limits, maintenance windows). n8n's retry functionality can handle these gracefully.
For more help, visit our troubleshooting docs or reach out through the Ad Superpowers dashboard.
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