ai-agent

facebook-political-ads: Track Ads

Name: facebook-political-ads: Track Ads
Author: propublica

Monitor Facebook political ads for insights. For startup founders tracking ad trends.

From the repo · “Monitoring Facebook Political Ads”

intermediate⏱ 5 minutes💵 Free (since it's open-source)

237 stars48 forksHTMLGuide quality 8/10 · reviewed Jun 30Updated 3/2/2022100% free · open source

What it is

Checks and monitors Facebook Political Ads for you.

Real use case example

"A political researcher can set up this skill in 5 minutes. They sign up for free, connect their Facebook account, and set up a Slack channel to receive alerts. Then, any time a new political ad goes live, they get a notification in Slack mentioning the ad's name, content, and target audience."

Best insideClaude DesktopClaude CodeAny AI Client

When to use it

•When researching competitors' ad strategies during an election cycle
•When tracking the effectiveness of your own Facebook ad campaigns
•When analyzing ad trends and sentiment around a specific policy issue

Ready-to-paste prompt

node index.js --start-date 2022-01-01 --end-date 2022-01-31 -- keywords='election, politics'

Heads up: You need to have a Facebook Developer account and comply with Facebook's terms of service to use this tool, including obtaining the necessary permissions and providing a valid App ID and App Secret

Saves to your device

Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

✅ Light setup

Installs with a command or two; your AI agent can do it for you.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/facebook-political-ads && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/facebook-political-ads/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/facebook-political-ads/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

What's inside — free to inspect

No purchase needed

Read the entire source before you build — unlike paid marketplaces that hide it behind a buy button.

top-level files

folders

77.2M

source size

MIT

license

Key files

jsconfig.js

README.md

File tree

backend/

docker-compose/

extension/

.eslintrc.js

.gitignore

.prettierrc.js

ARCHITECTURE.md

CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

INSTALLATION.md

jsconfig.js

LICENSE

README.md

Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

✅ Light setup

Installs with a command or two; your AI agent can do it for you.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/facebook-political-ads && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/facebook-political-ads/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/facebook-political-ads/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

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Details

Creator

propublica

Language

HTML