How to connect Microsoft Advertising with ChatGPT

Connect ChatGPT to Microsoft Advertising MCP. List active campaigns with their current budgets, run a performance report for last month, and more using natural language, with authentication handled for you.

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How to connect Microsoft Advertising MCP with ChatGPT

ChatGPT can take action across your apps and files, stay with a project for hours, and turn a goal into finished materials like sheets, slides, and docs, not just answers.

In this guide, I will explain the easiest and most secure way to connect your Microsoft Advertising account to ChatGPT via Composio Connect, so it can list campaigns, create ad groups, update bids, run reports, and manage keywords through natural language commands without ever putting your account credentials at risk.

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Why use Composio over default connectors?

  • Apps with read and write access. Default connectors mostly can read your data. Composio's Microsoft Advertising integration lets ChatGPT take actions like creating drafts, sending updates, labeling records, and more.
  • 1,500+ SaaS toolkits out of the box. Composio gives you instant access to a vast catalog of pre-built connectors, from Gmail and Slack to Notion, Linear, and Salesforce.
  • One MCP server for every app. Connect any of your applications on demand through a single endpoint, rather than juggling a separate server for each app.
  • Smart, context-aware tool loading. Unlike traditional MCP servers that dump every available tool into the LLM context window, Composio searches for and loads only the tools relevant to the task at hand.
  • Cross-app automation. Chain actions across multiple apps in a single run - fetch a thread, summarize it in Notion, and post highlights to Slack without leaving the conversation.

Prerequisites

  • A ChatGPT account. We will use the ChatGPT desktop app, and the steps are the same on the web.
  • Access to the Microsoft Advertising workspace you want to connect.
  • Composio plugin.

Note: Composio connects through OAuth. You will be asked to sign in and approve specific permissions. Review the permission screen carefully if you are using a work account.

Step-by-step: Connect Microsoft Advertising to ChatGPT

1. Install the Composio plugin

Click the button. ChatGPT opens the Composio plugin page. Click Install plugin.

Install in ChatGPT

Composio plugin page in ChatGPT with the Install plugin button

You can also find it inside ChatGPT: go to Settings, open Plugins, search the marketplace for Composio, and click Install plugin.

2. Authenticate

After you install, ChatGPT asks you to authenticate with Composio. Log in and click Allow access to authorize ChatGPT to use your Composio account.

Composio login and Allow access screen for ChatGPT

3. Start using Composio

That is it. Composio tools are now available in ChatGPT. Type @Composio followed by your request, for example @Composio find unread Microsoft Advertising messages and summarize them, and it will run the actions you authorize. On first use it asks you to authorize Microsoft Advertising.

Option 2: Add Composio as an MCP server

If you cannot use the plugin marketplace, add Composio as a custom MCP server instead.

1. Open the MCP settings

In ChatGPT, go to Settings and open the Plugins section. Inside the Plugins page, click the MCP tab.

ChatGPT settings showing the Plugins page with the MCP tab selected

2. Add the server

Click Add server. In the Name field enter Composio, for Type select Streamable HTTP, and in the URL field paste the Composio MCP server URL:

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ChatGPT Add server dialog with the name Composio, type Streamable HTTP, and the Composio MCP URL

Then click Save. The Composio server now appears in your MCP plugins list.

ChatGPT Plugins page showing the Composio MCP server added to the list

3. Authenticate

Click Authenticate on the Composio entry, log in via Composio, and click Allow access. Composio tools are then available in ChatGPT the same way as with the plugin.

What you can do after connecting Microsoft Advertising

  • List active campaigns with their current budgets
  • Run a performance report for last month
  • Update bids for underperforming ad groups

Security + privacy notes (important)

  • Use least-privilege access: Only grant permissions you actually need.
  • Review OAuth permissions before approving: Make sure requested scopes match what you expect Composio and ChatGPT to do.
  • Keep write actions human-reviewed: For actions like sending messages, creating labels, or editing drafts, keep manual confirmation enabled.
  • Be careful with sensitive data: Avoid using this setup with highly sensitive information unless allowed by your personal, company, or client policies.
TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every Microsoft Advertising action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Activate Ad Groups

Activate up to 1,000 ad groups in a Microsoft Advertising campaign.

Activate Campaigns

Activate 1 to 100 Microsoft Advertising campaigns.

Create Search Ad Groups

Create up to 1,000 Search ad groups under a Microsoft Advertising campaign.

Create Search Campaigns

Create up to 100 Search campaigns with unshared budgets in a Microsoft Advertising account.

Delete Ad Groups

Permanently delete 1 to 1,000 ad groups from a Microsoft Advertising campaign.

Delete Campaigns

Permanently delete 1 to 100 campaigns from a Microsoft Advertising account.

Generate Account Performance Report

Submit an account-performance report without polling, or check an existing report_request_id once.

Get Current Advertising User

Return the connected Microsoft Advertising user and their customer/account roles; optionally look up another accessible user by ID.

List Advertiser Accounts

Return advertiser accounts accessible under a customer, including lifecycle and pause state needed before campaign work.

List Ad Groups

Return ad groups in a Microsoft Advertising campaign.

List Campaigns

Return campaigns in a Microsoft Advertising account.

List Accessible Customers

Return Microsoft Advertising customers accessible to the connected user, optionally filtered by a case-insensitive name prefix.

Update Ad Groups

Partially update up to 1,000 ad groups in a Microsoft Advertising campaign.

Update Campaigns

Partially update up to 100 campaigns in a Microsoft Advertising account.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

With a standalone Microsoft Advertising MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Microsoft Advertising tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Microsoft Advertising and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint.

Yes, you can. ChatGPT fully supports MCP integration. You get structured tool calling, message history handling, and model orchestration while Tool Router takes care of discovering and serving the right Microsoft Advertising tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Microsoft Advertising scopes and actions are allowed when connecting your account to Composio. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials or API configuration so you keep full control over what the agent can do.

All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your Microsoft Advertising data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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