Amazon Ads changes

Pause Or Turn On Ads

Pause or turn on your Sponsored Products campaigns, keywords, and product targets.

This tool changes your Amazon Ads account

set_ad_status pauses or turns on ads in your Amazon Ads account. Changes apply right away in your Amazon Ads account. Launch Fast records each change with what changed, when, and which AI app made it. To undo a change, ask your AI app to undo it. It uses undo_ad_change. Launch Fast tells the assistant to confirm each change with you first, unless you named the change exactly. Your AI app may also ask before it runs a change tool.

Field	Value
MCP tool	`set_ad_status`
Behavior	Makes a change in your Amazon Ads account. Destructive: a paused campaign or keyword stops showing ads.
Cost	Free
Permission	Change Amazon Ads (Amazon Ads tools). Amazon verification is necessary.
Sign-in	OAuth only. API keys cannot make Ads changes. Your last Amazon verification (the code from your authenticator app) must be from the last 30 days.
Ad type	Sponsored Products only
Amazon connection	Amazon Ads
App view	None. The assistant shows the result as text and a table.

What It Does

set_ad_status pauses Sponsored Products campaigns, keywords, or product targets, or turns them back on. One call takes up to 50 campaigns or up to 50 keywords. It does not archive campaigns.

When To Use It

Use it to stop spend on a campaign or keyword that does not sell. You can also turn on a paused one. To change a bid, use set_ad_bids.

Inputs

Give status and one of campaigns or keywords.

Input	Required	Values	Example
`status`	Yes	`paused` or `enabled`	`paused`
`campaigns`	Give this or `keywords`	1 to 50 campaigns, each by name or `campaign_id`	`["SP Garlic Exact"]`
`keywords`	Give this or `campaigns`	1 to 50 keywords or product targets	See the rows below
`keywords[].campaign`	Yes	The campaign name, or its `campaign_id`	`SP Garlic Exact`
`keywords[].keyword`	Yes	The keyword text, a product target ASIN, or an auto targeting group	`garlic press`
`keywords[].match`	When the keyword has more than one match type in the campaign	`exact`, `phrase`, or `broad`	`exact`
`keywords[].ad_group`	When the keyword is in more than one ad group	The ad group name	`Garlic Press Exact`
`marketplace`	No	Two letters, such as `US`, `CA`, `UK`, or `DE`. Give it only when you advertise in more than one marketplace.	`US`
`reason`	No	One line on why, up to 300 characters. Launch Fast saves it with the change. The default is "Asked for in chat."	`Pause keywords that spend with no sales`

How To Name Campaigns And Keywords

A campaign: its name as the Ads reports show it, or its campaign_id.
A keyword: its text and its match type (exact, phrase, or broad). Give the match type when the keyword is in the campaign with more than one.
A product target: its ASIN.
An auto targeting group: close match, loose match, substitutes, or complements.
An ad group: its name. Give it only when the keyword is in more than one ad group.

What The Answer Contains

A status: applied, partly applied, not applied, going through, or unconfirmed.
A table with one row for each change: what was paused or turned on, and the result.
The change id (it starts with ac-). Use it with get_ad_changes and undo_ad_change.
Notes about large changes, and the currency when it is not USD.
The day that the result is due. Ask for it then with get_ad_changes. Launch Fast compares the two weeks before the change with the two weeks after it, so the result shows about three weeks later.

Status	Meaning
`applied`	All changes reached Amazon Ads.
`partly applied`	Some changes reached Amazon Ads. The table shows what happened to the rest.
`not applied`	Nothing changed in Amazon Ads. The table shows why.
`going through`	Amazon was still applying the change when the answer came back. The answer waits up to 45 seconds. Launch Fast keeps applying the change, and if the call was cut off, it carries the change on within about 15 minutes. Check it in a minute with `get_ad_changes`.
`unconfirmed`	Amazon accepted the change but then showed a different value. Check the value in Amazon Ads before you change it again.

Example Prompts

Pause the campaign SP Garlic Broad.

Pause "garlic crusher" phrase in SP Garlic Phrase. It spent $40 with no sales.

Turn SP Garlic Press back on.

Common Errors

Error	What it means	What to do
`invalid_input`: no status	The call has no `status`, or it has another value.	Give `paused` or `enabled`.
`invalid_input`: campaigns or keywords	The call has both `campaigns` and `keywords`, or neither.	Give one of them. Campaigns and keywords go in separate calls.
`invalid_input`: more than 50 items	The call has more than 50 campaigns or keywords.	Put the rest in another call.
`invalid_input`: archived campaign	Amazon cannot change an archived campaign.	Choose a campaign that is not archived.
`not_found`	No Sponsored Products campaign has that name, or the keyword is not in the campaign. The answer lists similar campaign names, or keywords in that campaign.	Use a name from the answer, or find it with `amazon_ads_entity_graph_lookup`.
`oauth_required`	You connected Launch Fast with an API key. API keys cannot change Amazon Ads.	Add Launch Fast as a connector in your AI app and sign in. See Getting started.
`mfa_required`	Your last Amazon verification is more than 30 days old, or Amazon access for this app ended.	Connect the app again and enter your authenticator code on the Launch Fast sign-in page. See Authentication.
`not_enabled`	Ad changes through Launch Fast are paused for now, or Amazon access for the app needs a fresh verification. The message says which.	For a fresh verification, verify again in Settings > MCP & API keys. For a pause, make the change in Amazon Ads.
`busy`	Another change on this Amazon Ads account is in progress.	Wait a minute and try again. Check the change with `get_ad_changes`.
Rate limit: `amazon_ads rate limit exceeded`	Your account made more than 10 Ads change calls in one minute. The limit counts all the change tools together.	Wait the number of seconds in the message, then try again.

amazon_ads_performance_diagnostics finds campaigns and keywords that waste spend.
undo_ad_change puts the old status back.

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