---
title: meta_copy_campaign
description: Copy a Meta campaign into the same ad account, with no ad set and no ad. The copy always arrives paused.
---

Ask to copy a campaign that works. Meta makes one new campaign with the settings of the source and adds " - Copy" to its name. [`meta_rename`](/mcp/tools/meta-rename) gives the copy a full name. The copy has no ad set and no ad, and it arrives paused, so it delivers nothing until you activate it.

> Copy Spring Prospecting.

The agent calls `meta_copy_campaign`, then [`get_mutation_status`](/mcp/tools/get-mutation-status), and you see the id of the copy and the budget that it carries. That budget is what the copy can spend after you activate it. [Change what runs on Meta](/mcp/tools/change-what-runs-on-meta) shows how to rebuild the ad sets and the ads of the copy.

## Reference

**Available on:** [![Meta](/providers/meta.svg)](https://docs.adcrunch.dev/connect/providers)

Copy a Meta campaign on a live ad account, in the same ad account. The copy has no ad set and no ad: rebuild them with `meta_copy_adset` (with `campaignId` set to the new campaign) or `meta_create_adset`. A copy is shallow: Meta copies this one object with its settings, and none of the objects under it. The copy starts paused, and Meta adds " - Copy" to its name. To give the copy a full name, use `meta_rename`. The result gives the id of the copy and the budget that the copy carries, which is what an activate can spend. A copy starts its own learning phase. Meta refuses some copies: an Advantage+ shopping campaign and an Advantage+ app campaign cannot be copied, and a copy that targets the EU needs the default payor and the default beneficiary of the ad account. No argument makes the copy active. AdCrunch refuses a source that is not in this ad account with `not_found`. Runs asynchronously: returns a `workflowId` — call `get_mutation_status` with it to get the `id` of the copy and its `budget`: `{ "dailyBudget": 50 }` or `{ "lifetimeBudget": 500 }` in whole units of the ad account currency, or `"adset"` when each ad set carries its own budget. That budget is what the copy can spend after you activate it with `meta_set_status`. To change it, call `meta_update_budget` on the paused copy.

### Input

| Argument | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `advertiserId` | string | yes | Advertiser account ID (`acc_<id>`). Must belong to the active organization. |
| `id` | string | yes | The Meta ID of the campaign to copy, digits only. It must be in this ad account. Find one with `meta_list_campaigns`. |

### Output

A successful call returns this object in `structuredContent`.

| Field | Type | Always present | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `workflowId` | string | yes | The id of the change. The change has not reached Meta yet. Give this id to `get_mutation_status` to find out how the change ended. |

### Failure codes

A failed call has `isError` set, and `structuredContent.error` holds one of these codes. [Errors](/mcp/errors) describes the shape of a failed call.

- `not_found`
- `provider_not_connected`
- `missing_write_access`
- `forbidden`
- `invalid_request`
- `internal_error`

### Scope

The token must hold `mutation:write`. [Auth & scopes](/mcp/auth) lists each scope.

### Annotations

A client reads these hints. A hint that the tool does not declare has the default value of the MCP specification.

- **Writes.** The tool can change data.
- **Destructive.** The tool can make a change that you cannot undo. A client can ask you to confirm before it calls the tool.
- **Not idempotent.** A second call with the same arguments can change more.
- **Open world.** The tool reaches a system outside AdCrunch, such as an ad platform.

### Example

The arguments:

```json
{
  "advertiserId": "acc_1485443900032333",
  "id": "120215678901234567"
}
```

The result, in `structuredContent`:

```json
{
  "workflowId": "3f9c2b7e-8a41-4d6e-9b05-c1e7a2d4f860"
}
```