Updated May 2026

13 Claude recipes for Facebook + Google Ads marketers

Updated May 2026. The most useful recipe in this list is Recipe 1: feed Claude five brand-voice samples and produce 10 ad copy variants for about $0.012 per run on Claude Sonnet 4.6, or $0.04 on Claude Opus 4.7. Every other recipe builds on that pattern. Claude pricing verified from claude.com/pricing and platform.claude.com. Facebook + Google CPC benchmarks from WordStream (2017 baseline) and Databox.

The Bottom Line

Solo founders and small-team B2B marketers running paid ads have a 30-day window where Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Opus 4.7 produce ad-copy variants, angles, and audits faster and cheaper than any agency. Sam Piliero May 18 2026 tutorial (23,618 views in three days at 6.04x his channel average) on the new Facebook Ads MCP integration was the catalyst that put Claude inside the ad-account workflow. His video covers the MCP side (reporting, editing, launching paused campaigns by prompt). These thirteen recipes are the production version of the copy and creative side his demo explicitly does not cover, with the exact prompts, expected outputs, and per-run Claude API costs.

Why these recipes work in May 2026

Three things changed in the last six weeks. First, Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.7 with a new tokenizer and improved instruction-following on long structured briefs. Second, Google Marketing Live 2026 (May 20) introduced AI Max for Search, Shopping, and Travel campaigns plus Ask Advisor (Gemini agent across Ads / Analytics / Merchant Center / Marketing Platform). Third, Sam Piliero (74,000 subscribers) published Claude Has Officially Changed Facebook Ads Forever! (Tutorial) on May 18, which hit 23,618 views in three days at 6.04x his channel-average performance. His video walks through the new Facebook Ads MCP integration in Claude: connect a custom MCP connector at mcp.facebook.com/ads, then prompt Claude to report on spend, rename campaigns, pause low-ROAS ads, and create paused campaign shells. He also calls out the limit: Claude in this V1 cannot see ad creative, copy, or images, so all copy and creative still happens outside the MCP.

The common thread: paid-ads marketers are now using Claude as the front of their pipeline (copy, angles, audits) rather than a polish step at the end. The thirteen recipes below are the production prompts for that workflow, each with the exact Claude API cost per run computed against rates verified May 2026 from platform.claude.com: Claude Opus 4.7 at $5 per million input tokens and $25 per million output tokens, Sonnet 4.6 at $3 per million input tokens and $15 per million output tokens, and Haiku 4.5 at $1 per million input tokens and $5 per million output tokens.

Reference: Claude plan and API costs

PlanPrice (May 2026)Best For
Claude Free$0Trial only; no Claude Design or Cowork
Claude Pro$17/mo annual ($20/mo monthly)Solo marketers running these recipes daily
Claude MaxFrom $100/mo (5x usage) to ~$200/mo (20x)Heavy daily users running 50+ ad recipes/week
Claude Team$20/seat/mo annual ($25 monthly)Marketing teams of 3+ with shared brand voice docs
Claude API directPay per token (Opus $5/$25, Sonnet $3/$15, Haiku $1/$5 per million)Batch runs across many products or accounts

Source: claude.com/pricing and platform.claude.com. Verified May 2026.

Reference: Facebook + Google Ads benchmarks

Several recipes below paste these numbers into the prompt so Claude has the right baseline. All values are from public WordStream and Databox benchmark datasets, cited verbatim.

Vintage note: Facebook benchmarks below are from the WordStream 256-account dataset collected November 2016 to January 2017 and published February 2017. WordStream has not refreshed this dataset since. Treat as the most widely cited historical baseline, not 2026-current numbers. Override with your own account-specific last-30-day CPC where possible. Google Ads benchmarks are from the Databox May 2023 dataset and dated as such.

  • Facebook Ads average CPC (all industries): $1.72 (WordStream 2017)
  • Facebook Ads Finance & Insurance CPC: $3.77 (highest)
  • Facebook Ads Apparel CPC: $0.45 (lowest)
  • Facebook Ads Consumer Services CPC: $3.08
  • Facebook Ads Travel & Hospitality CPC: $0.63
  • Facebook Ads average CTR (all industries): 0.90 percent; Legal 1.61, Retail 1.59, Apparel 1.24
  • Google Ads CPC median across industries: $1.27 (Databox May 2023 dataset)
  • Google Ads SaaS CPC: $1.40
  • Google Ads Technology CPC: $1.30
  • Google Ads Consulting CPC: $1.76
  • Google Ads Education CPC: $2.91
  • Google Ads Health Care CPC: $3.08
  • Google Ads eCommerce CPC: $0.38

These rates are baseline. Your account-specific numbers should override them in any prompt where they appear.

1. Generate 10 ad copy variants in your brand voice

When to use: You have a working ad and want 10 fresh variants to keep creative fatigue from killing performance.

The Claude prompt
You are a senior direct-response copywriter for a B2B SaaS brand.
Brand voice samples (do not mimic exactly; match cadence and word choice):
<paste 5 of your existing high-performing organic posts>

Product: <one-line value prop>
ICP: <one-line audience>
Top 3 pain points: <list>
Top 3 outcomes the product delivers: <list>

Write 10 Facebook primary-text variants for a cold-traffic campaign.
Mix the formats evenly:
- 3 short hooks (max 80 chars, designed to stop scroll)
- 4 problem-agitate-solve (max 200 chars)
- 3 social-proof openers (max 150 chars)

Constraints:
- No emoji
- No clickbait phrasing ("you wont believe...")
- No unverifiable health/financial claims
- One clear CTA per variant

Output each variant numbered, with character count in brackets.
Expected output snippet
1. [76] Stop paying $1.72 average CPC on Meta to copy that does not convert your ICP.
2. [73] Your top competitor just shipped 12 ad variants this week. You shipped 1.
3. [194] Most B2B founders rewrite ad copy weekly. Top performers test 10 variants per week, kill 7, scale 3. Heres the system. CTA: Start free.
...
[10 numbered variants follow]

Estimated Claude API cost per run: About $0.012 on Sonnet 4.6, about $0.04 on Opus 4.7

Sonnet 4.6 at $3 input / $15 output per million tokens; Opus 4.7 at $5 input / $25 output per million tokens. Verified May 2026 from platform.claude.com.

2. Write 5 Meta ad angles for a single offer

When to use: You have one offer and need five different attack angles (pain-based, identity-based, social-proof, contrarian, fear-of-missing-out) before picking the winner.

The Claude prompt
Offer: <product or service, one line>
Price: <exact price or pricing model>
ICP: <audience>
Top objection from current customers: <one line>

Write 5 distinct Facebook ad angles for this offer:
1. Pain-based (lead with the most expensive cost of the problem)
2. Identity-based (lead with who the buyer becomes after)
3. Social-proof (lead with the strongest customer line)
4. Contrarian (lead by attacking the dominant industry wisdom)
5. FOMO (lead with the time-bound reason to act now)

For each angle, write:
- 1 primary text (max 200 chars)
- 1 headline (max 40 chars)
- 1 description (max 30 chars)
- 1 image brief (one sentence for the visual concept)
Expected output snippet
Angle 1: Pain-based
Primary: "Every week without a content system costs you 12 buying-window leads..."
Headline: "Stop losing leads to silence"
Description: "Get the system"
Image brief: "Founder at laptop, calendar empty, late-evening glow."
...
[Angles 2-5 follow same shape]

Estimated Claude API cost per run: About $0.018 on Sonnet 4.6, about $0.06 on Opus 4.7

Roughly 1,500 input tokens, 1,200 output tokens. Sonnet 4.6 verified May 2026.

3. Generate 20 Google responsive search ad headlines + 4 descriptions

When to use: You are building or refreshing a Google RSA group and need the full 15-headline + 4-description slot loadout, with extras for testing.

The Claude prompt
Build a Google Responsive Search Ad asset set for a paid campaign.

Product / service: <one-liner>
Target keyword cluster: <main keywords>
Final URL: <landing page url>
Top customer outcome: <one line>
Top objection: <one line>

Generate:
- 20 headlines (max 30 chars each), mix of:
  - 4 with the exact keyword
  - 4 with a benefit-led claim
  - 4 with social proof or numbers
  - 4 with a CTA
  - 4 with a pain-point opener
- 4 descriptions (max 90 chars each), each pairing one outcome with one CTA

Constraints:
- No superlatives ("best", "#1") that breach Google trademark policy
- No "free" claims unless the offer is genuinely free
- No dynamic-keyword-insertion syntax

Return as a numbered table.
Expected output snippet
Headlines
1. [28] Brand Brain for Solo Founders
2. [29] 7-Day Trial, $1, Cancel Anytime
3. [27] 4x Faster LinkedIn Output
...
Descriptions
1. [86] Cancel anytime. Brand voice in 5 minutes. Trusted by 500+ founders. Start free trial.
...

Estimated Claude API cost per run: About $0.027 on Sonnet 4.6

Roughly 2,000 input tokens, 1,800 output tokens at Sonnet 4.6 rates.

4. Turn a single product page into a Meta ad creative brief

When to use: You are launching paid traffic on a product that has a working landing page but no ad creative yet.

The Claude prompt
Paste the full product page copy (hero, features, pricing, FAQ) between the markers.

<<<PRODUCT PAGE START>>>
<paste your full product page text here>
<<<PRODUCT PAGE END>>>

From this page, extract:
1. The single strongest pain point (one line)
2. The single strongest outcome (one line)
3. The 3 most credible proof elements (testimonials, numbers, brand mentions)
4. The price and trial terms

Then write a Meta ad creative brief that includes:
- Audience hypothesis (interests, behaviors, lookalikes)
- 3 visual concepts (one sentence each)
- 3 primary-text variants (max 200 chars)
- 3 headline variants (max 40 chars)
- A 15-second UGC video script (3 shots)
- A 6-second hook-only video script (1 shot)

Reference the verified Meta CPC benchmarks (WordStream): all-industry average CPC $1.72, Finance & Insurance $3.77, Apparel $0.45.
Expected output snippet
Pain: "Founders spend 4 hours per week posting and still get under 200 views..."
Outcome: "Ship 5 LinkedIn posts a week in 30 minutes, in your voice."
Audience hypothesis: Lookalike of last 90 days trial activations, layered with...
[3 visual concepts, 3 primary text, 3 headlines, 2 video scripts follow]

Estimated Claude API cost per run: About $0.05 on Sonnet 4.6, about $0.17 on Opus 4.7

Larger input (product page paste). Roughly 4,000 input tokens, 2,500 output tokens.

5. Write a 5-shot UGC ad script for a $0.45 to $3.08 CPC Meta audience

When to use: You are running Meta cold-traffic UGC ads and want a script tight enough to film in one take.

The Claude prompt
Write a 30-second 5-shot UGC ad script for a product I will describe.

Product: <one line>
Spokesperson: <persona, e.g. "27-year-old founder, gym clothes, kitchen background">
Hook angle: <pain, identity, or proof>
Single CTA: <one verb + benefit>

Shot structure (each shot has on-camera dialog + caption overlay + 1 visual cue):
1. [0-3s] Hook (must stop scroll in 1 second)
2. [3-9s] Pain or problem framing
3. [9-18s] Product demonstration
4. [18-25s] Proof or transformation
5. [25-30s] CTA

Constraints:
- No script lines longer than 12 words (UGC pacing)
- Caption overlays must be safe for Meta policy (no health/financial claims)
- Final CTA must work whether the viewer has sound on or off

Reference Meta CPC range: Apparel $0.45, all-industry average $1.72, Finance $3.77. Match the energy of the cheapest CPC vertical (Apparel) for hook intensity.
Expected output snippet
Shot 1 (0-3s): ON CAMERA: "I post 5 LinkedIn posts a week in 30 minutes."
CAPTION: "5 posts. 30 min. Same voice."
VISUAL: Kitchen counter, phone propped, founder mid-bite of toast.
...
[Shots 2-5 follow]

Estimated Claude API cost per run: About $0.015 on Sonnet 4.6

Roughly 1,000 input tokens, 1,000 output tokens.

6. Calculate your campaign break-even CPC with Claude

When to use: You are about to launch a campaign and need to know the maximum CPC you can pay before the campaign is unprofitable.

The Claude prompt
Calculate the break-even CPC for a paid campaign.

Inputs:
- Landing page conversion rate (visit to lead): <percent>
- Lead to customer conversion rate: <percent>
- Average revenue per customer (LTV): <dollars>
- Target customer acquisition cost as percent of LTV: <percent, default 30>
- Industry CPC benchmark (Databox / WordStream): <dollars; default $1.27 median across industries>

Walk me through:
1. Expected CAC at break-even
2. Maximum allowable CPC at my conversion rates
3. Comparison to industry CPC benchmark (am I above or below median)
4. Three concrete moves to lower CAC if I am above benchmark (rank by speed)

Cite the WordStream / Databox numbers I gave you. Do not invent additional benchmarks.
Expected output snippet
Break-even CAC: $150 (30% of $500 LTV)
Conversion chain: 5% landing-page conv * 20% lead-to-customer = 1% visit-to-customer
Maximum allowable CPC: $1.50
Industry CPC median: $1.27 (Databox 2023)
Verdict: You can pay up to $1.50 CPC profitably; you are at par with industry median.
3 moves to lower CAC: 1) Tighten landing-page CTA; 2) ...; 3) ...

Estimated Claude API cost per run: About $0.008 on Sonnet 4.6

Small input (~600 tokens), small output (~500 tokens). Cheap math run.

7. Rewrite a losing ad into 6 fresh variants without changing the offer

When to use: You have an ad that is dying on creative fatigue but the underlying offer still converts on landing page.

The Claude prompt
Original ad (paste verbatim):
<paste original primary text + headline + description>

Why it is losing (one line): <e.g. CTR dropped 40% in 14 days>
Audience: <one line>
Offer: <unchanged from original>

Produce 6 rewrites that keep the offer identical but change:
- Variant A: Same hook structure, swap proof element
- Variant B: Swap from question to declarative
- Variant C: Swap from feature lead to outcome lead
- Variant D: Swap to contrarian frame
- Variant E: Swap to identity-based frame
- Variant F: Swap to time-bound urgency

For each variant: primary text (max 200 chars), headline (max 40 chars), description (max 30 chars).
End with a one-line recommendation on which variant to test first and why.
Expected output snippet
Variant A: Same hook, swapped proof:
Primary: "Most founders post 1x/week. Our users ship 5..."
Headline: "5 posts per week in 30 min"
Description: "Start free"
...
[Variants B-F follow]
Recommendation: Test Variant D first; the contrarian frame outperforms when CTR drops 40%+ on fatigue.

Estimated Claude API cost per run: About $0.022 on Sonnet 4.6

Roughly 1,500 input tokens, 1,500 output tokens.

8. Build a Google Ads negative-keyword list from a product page

When to use: You are about to launch a Google Search campaign and want to block irrelevant clicks before spend bleeds.

The Claude prompt
Paste your product page copy and your target keyword cluster.

<<<PRODUCT PAGE START>>>
<paste full product page>
<<<PRODUCT PAGE END>>>

Target keywords: <comma-separated list>

Build a Google Ads negative-keyword list (50+ terms) covering:
- Free-intent searchers (e.g. "free", "torrent", "cracked")
- Wrong-job-function searchers (if B2B SaaS, exclude students, hobbyists)
- Wrong-stage searchers (e.g. "review", "complaint", "lawsuit")
- Adjacent products you do NOT sell (e.g. if you sell Brand Brain not Buffer, exclude Buffer-specific queries)
- Off-platform terms (e.g. job titles, education, internships)

Output as a single comma-separated list, alphabetized.
Then add a 5-line rationale block explaining the categories of exclusions.
Expected output snippet
alternative free, buffer pricing, buffer reviews, buffer vs, careers, complaint, cracked, ...
[50+ comma-separated terms]

Rationale:
- Free-intent exclusions: 12 terms
- Adjacent-product exclusions: 14 terms (Buffer, Hootsuite, Loomly)
- Off-platform exclusions: 8 terms
- ...

Estimated Claude API cost per run: About $0.04 on Sonnet 4.6

Larger output (~3,000 tokens for the list). Roughly 2,500 input + 3,000 output.

9. Triage a 30-day ad performance CSV

When to use: You exported the last 30 days from Meta Ads Manager or Google Ads and want a ranked verdict on what to kill, hold, or scale.

The Claude prompt
Paste 30-day ad performance data in this exact format (one ad per line):

ad_name,spend,impressions,clicks,ctr,cpc,leads,cost_per_lead
<paste data>

Industry CPC benchmark (Databox May 2023):
- eCommerce $0.38, Apparel $0.54, Real Estate $0.70, Technology $1.30, SaaS $1.40, Consulting $1.76, Education $2.91, Health Care $3.08, all-industry median $1.27.

Industry CTR benchmark (WordStream Facebook 2017 baseline):
- all-industry average 0.90%, Legal 1.61%, Retail 1.59%, Apparel 1.24%.

Tell me:
1. Which 3 ads to KILL (with the deciding metric and why)
2. Which 3 ads to HOLD (give them another 7 days, deciding metric)
3. Which 3 ads to SCALE (the deciding metric and recommended new daily budget)
4. The 3 new angles I should test based on what is winning

Cite the benchmark numbers above when justifying decisions. Do not invent additional benchmarks.
Expected output snippet
KILL:
1. ad_summer_v3: CPC $3.21 vs your category benchmark $1.40 (SaaS). 2.3x over. Spend wasted.
2. ...

HOLD:
1. ad_pain_point_v2: CTR 0.74% (below 0.90% all-industry avg) but cost-per-lead within target. Give 7 days.
...

SCALE:
1. ad_proof_v5: CTR 1.92% (2.1x Apparel benchmark of 1.24%), CPC $0.51 (below your category $1.40). Double daily budget.
...

New angles:
1. Contrarian "you do not need 50 ad variants" (proof_v5 won on contrarian framing)
2. ...

Estimated Claude API cost per run: About $0.032 on Sonnet 4.6

Roughly 3,000 input tokens (CSV paste), 1,500 output tokens. Cheap analysis run.

10. Build a 5-email re-engagement sequence for paid leads who never converted

When to use: You spent $1.27 to $3.08 CPC acquiring leads who downloaded a lead magnet and went cold within 14 days.

The Claude prompt
Build a 5-email re-engagement sequence for paid leads who downloaded our <lead magnet> and have not booked a call or upgraded in 14+ days.

Product: <one-line value prop>
Original lead magnet topic: <one line>
Cost per lead (last 30 days): <dollars from your account>

Industry-standard cost-per-lead reference: SaaS Google Ads CPC $1.40, with a 3-5% landing page conversion gives roughly $28-$47 per lead. Anything materially above that is worth re-engaging.

Sequence shape (one email per day for 5 days):
Day 1: Pattern-interrupt subject line + the contrarian frame from <lead magnet>
Day 2: Customer story (specific name, outcome, time period)
Day 3: Common objection + reframe
Day 4: Show vs tell (link to a free tool or demo)
Day 5: Hard close ("if not now, when, and what will change")

For each email:
- Subject (max 60 chars)
- Preview text (max 90 chars)
- Body (under 150 words)
- Single CTA
- Send time (use IST timezone if I do not specify)
Expected output snippet
Day 1
Subject: "Most ad copy advice is wrong"
Preview: "The 3 reframes that work in 2026"
Body: ...
CTA: "Open the framework"
...
[Days 2-5 follow]

Estimated Claude API cost per run: About $0.05 on Sonnet 4.6

Roughly 1,800 input tokens, 3,000 output tokens (5 emails). Same recipe works on Opus 4.7 at ~$0.17.

11. Stress-test your offer with 10 customer objections Claude predicts

When to use: You are about to scale spend on a new offer and want to know which objections to pre-empt in your ad copy and landing page.

The Claude prompt
Stress-test this offer.

Offer: <full offer, including price, deliverables, guarantee>
ICP: <audience>
Price point: <exact dollar amount>

Industry benchmark context:
- Facebook all-industry CPC average $1.72 (WordStream)
- Google all-industry CPC median $1.27 (Databox)
- Average CAC at break-even on $500 LTV with 1% visit-to-customer: $5

Predict the 10 most likely objections this ICP will raise, ranked by frequency. For each objection:
1. Verbatim phrasing the prospect uses
2. Underlying fear or belief driving it
3. The shortest ad-copy line that pre-empts it
4. The landing-page section that should address it
5. Whether this is a "kill" objection (lose the sale) or "delay" objection (push to next quarter)

End with the 3 objections you would address in the ad itself vs the 7 you would push to the landing page.
Expected output snippet
Objection 1: "I tried Buffer/Hootsuite, this is the same thing."
Fear: Wasted previous SaaS spend.
Pre-empt line: "Built for solo founders who fired Buffer."
LP section: Hero
Type: Kill
...
[Objections 2-10 follow]
Ad-copy objections: 1, 4, 7. Landing-page objections: 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10.

Estimated Claude API cost per run: About $0.022 on Sonnet 4.6

Roughly 1,200 input tokens, 1,800 output tokens.

12. Generate 30 Google Ads ad-group themes from a single seed keyword

When to use: You are building out a new Google Search campaign and need a structured ad-group plan that does not double-bid against itself.

The Claude prompt
Seed keyword: <one phrase>
Product / service: <one-liner>
Locations: <countries / states>
Budget per month: <dollars>

Build 30 Google Ads ad-group themes covering:
- 6 informational ("what is X", "how does Y work")
- 6 comparison ("X vs Y", "alternatives to Z")
- 6 commercial-intent ("best X for Y", "X pricing")
- 6 transactional ("buy X", "X free trial", "X demo")
- 6 brand-defense ("[your brand] reviews", "[your brand] vs [competitor]")

For each theme:
- Ad group name
- 3 keywords (broad match modifier, phrase match, exact match) using current Google Ads match-type conventions
- 1 headline matching that intent
- 1 negative-keyword to exclude

Constraints:
- No keywords overlap across groups (avoid self-cannibalization)
- All keywords meet Google Ads minimum 1 word
- No exact-match keywords longer than 6 words (Google quality-score guidance)
Expected output snippet
Group 1 (Informational): "what is brand voice ai"
Keywords: brand voice ai, "ai brand voice", [what is brand voice ai]
Headline: "Brand Voice AI Explained"
Negative: "career"
...
[Groups 2-30 follow]

Estimated Claude API cost per run: About $0.05 on Sonnet 4.6

Roughly 1,500 input tokens, 4,000 output tokens (long structured table).

13. Audit a competitor Facebook Ads Library page

When to use: You want to learn from a competitor running paid traffic without copying them blindly.

The Claude prompt
Paste a structured summary of competitor ads pulled from the Meta Ads Library (facebook.com/ads/library).

For each competitor ad, give me:
- Headline / primary text (verbatim)
- Visual type (UGC, product shot, motion graphic, talking head)
- Days running
- Apparent CTA
- Apparent funnel destination

<<<COMPETITOR ADS START>>>
<paste 5-10 competitor ads in the format above>
<<<COMPETITOR ADS END>>>

Then:
1. Identify the 3 angles the competitor is testing
2. Identify which 1 angle is the winner (deciding clue: longest days-running)
3. Identify the 3 angles they are NOT testing (gaps you can exploit)
4. For each gap angle, draft 1 primary text (max 200 chars) and 1 headline (max 40 chars) you could run
5. Flag any policy or claim risk in their copy you should avoid

Cite Meta Ads Library URL: facebook.com/ads/library.
Expected output snippet
Angles competitor is testing:
1. Pain-based (3 ads, all running 7-14 days)
2. Social-proof (2 ads, longest one 32 days; winner)
3. Identity-based (1 ad, 4 days; too new to judge)

Gap angles to exploit:
1. Contrarian (no competitor running this)
   Primary text: ...
   Headline: ...
...
Policy risk flag: Competitor ad 4 includes "guaranteed results"; do NOT copy this phrasing; Meta policy violation risk.

Estimated Claude API cost per run: About $0.03 on Sonnet 4.6

Roughly 2,000 input tokens, 1,800 output tokens.

Bonus: how Brand Brain orchestrates these

Honest scope. Brand Brain does not buy ads on Meta or Google. It does not push creatives to ad accounts and it does not optimize bids. What it does run is the layer alongside your paid stack: brand voice training from your existing content, multi-format content generation (LinkedIn, X, Threads, Instagram, Facebook organic posts, carousels), a content review queue, and cross-platform scheduling.

Most solo founders we see running these Claude recipes for paid ads also run Brand Brain for the organic feed that warms the same audience. The pattern goes: paid ad on Meta drives the click, the prospect lands on your site, then checks your LinkedIn or Instagram before buying. If those organic feeds are quiet, the prospect bounces. Brand Brain keeps those feeds shipping in your brand voice (5 posts a week in 30 minutes) so the paid click converts at the rate your prompt assumed.

Brand Brain Starter is $29 per month and Creator is $99 per month, both with a 7-day free trial. The free social media post generator runs the same brand-voice engine that powers the paid product.

For deeper context on how Claude integrates with the rest of a marketing stack, the Claude for Small Business Marketing guide covers the seven launch integrations Anthropic shipped on May 13, and the Claude Design pricing breakdown covers the visual side of the same Pro plan that runs these prompts.

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Brand Brain free social media post generator runs the same brand-voice engine that powers the paid product. No signup. Match the tone you would feed into Recipe 1, then decide whether to add Brand Brain to your stack.

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Sources

Every dollar amount and benchmark in this article is cited from one of these primary sources. Verified May 2026.

Anthropic adjusts pricing periodically. Claude API rates and subscription prices may move. Re-pull claude.com/pricing before any major spend commitment.

One More Honest Note

Claude is a first-draft engine. Every output from these recipes must still be human-reviewed for policy compliance (Meta Advertising Policies on business.facebook.com/policies, Google Ads Policies on support.google.com/adspolicy) before going live. Treat Claude as the writer, never the reviewer.

The dollar amounts in this article are verified May 2026. If you are reading this more than 60 days after publication, treat them as baselines and confirm current pricing on the linked source pages.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can Claude write Facebook and Google Ads copy?

Yes. Claude Opus 4.7 and Sonnet 4.6 can both produce ready-to-paste primary text, headlines, descriptions, and responsive search ad assets for Facebook (Meta) Ads and Google Ads, given a brand voice sample, a value proposition, and target audience details. The most useful recipe in this list is Recipe 1: feed Claude five of your existing brand-voice posts plus your value proposition and ask for ten ad copy variants in three formats (short hook, problem-agitate-solve, social proof). At Claude API rates published on claude.com/pricing as of May 2026, that single run costs roughly $0.01 to $0.05 on Sonnet 4.6 ($3 per million input tokens, $15 per million output tokens) and ten times that on Opus 4.7 ($5 per million input tokens, $25 per million output tokens). Both rates are from platform.claude.com pricing documentation.

Which Claude model should I use for ad copy?

For volume ad copy work, Claude Sonnet 4.6 is the right default at $3 per million input tokens and $15 per million output tokens. For high-stakes hero-creative briefs or first-time brand-voice tuning, step up to Claude Opus 4.7 at $5 per million input tokens and $25 per million output tokens. For repetitive variant expansion (turning ten copies into thirty), Claude Haiku 4.5 at $1 per million input tokens and $5 per million output tokens is the cheapest serious option. All three rates verified May 2026 from platform.claude.com pricing documentation.

How much does it cost to write a full Facebook campaign with Claude?

A realistic full Meta campaign brief in Claude (audience research + 10 ad copies + 3 angles + 5 image briefs + 5 video hooks) consumes roughly 8,000 input tokens and 6,000 output tokens. On Sonnet 4.6 at $3 input and $15 output per million tokens, that is about $0.024 + $0.09 = $0.114 per campaign brief. On Opus 4.7 at $5 input and $25 output per million tokens, the same brief is about $0.04 + $0.15 = $0.19 per campaign brief. Compared to a typical Meta agency retainer of $1,500 to $5,000 per month, the marginal compute cost is rounding error.

Does Claude know current Google Ads CPC benchmarks?

Claude does not know your specific account benchmarks. It needs you to paste them in. Standard industry CPC benchmarks from Databox (May 2023 data): eCommerce $0.38, Apparel $0.54, Real Estate $0.70, Technology $1.30, SaaS $1.40, Consulting $1.76, Education $2.91, Health Care $3.08, with a median across all industries of $1.27. Feed those numbers into your prompts as context. Recipes 6, 9, and 11 in this list include those benchmark values directly so you can paste-and-go.

Are these prompts compliant with Facebook and Google Ads policies?

The prompts in this list ask Claude to produce ad copy in line with Facebook (Meta) and Google policy guidelines, including no personal attributes targeting, no clickbait phrasing, no unverifiable health or financial claims, and no superlative claims that breach Google trademark policy. Every output Claude returns should still be human-reviewed for policy compliance before going live. Meta and Google both publish current policy on business.facebook.com/policies and support.google.com/adspolicy. Treat Claude as the first draft, never the policy reviewer.

Can Claude analyze my ad performance and tell me what to fix?

Yes, with the right structured input. Recipe 10 in this list is the Claude ads-performance triage prompt: export your last 30 days of ad performance from Meta Ads Manager or Google Ads as a CSV, paste the headline metrics into the prompt, and Claude produces a ranked list of which ads to kill, which to scale, and what new angles to test. Use Sonnet 4.6 for this. Average run is about 3,000 input tokens and 1,500 output tokens, which is about $0.032 per analysis on Sonnet rates verified May 2026.

What is Sam Piliero Claude for Facebook Ads workflow?

Sam Piliero published "Claude Has Officially Changed Facebook Ads Forever! (Tutorial)" on May 18, 2026, which hit 23,618 views in three days at 6.04x his channel-average performance per outlier scoring. The video demos the new Facebook Ads MCP integration in Claude: he adds a custom connector pointing at mcp.facebook.com/ads, links his Facebook business account, then prompts Claude to pull 7-day ad spend in HTML tables, plot a year of spend versus purchases as charts, rename a campaign by prompt, pause ads under 0.5x ROAS, and create a paused campaign shell. He also flags the current limitation: Claude cannot see ad creative, copy, or video assets in this V1, so all copy and creative work still happens outside the MCP. That is exactly where the thirteen recipes below come in. Video reference: youtube.com/watch?v=CPc4lB33RvU.

Can Brand Brain run these Claude recipes for me?

Brand Brain is not an ad-buying platform and does not push ads to Meta or Google. Brand Brain runs the organic-content side that pairs with your paid stack: brand voice training, multi-format content generation (LinkedIn, X, Threads, Instagram, Facebook organic), content review queue, and cross-platform scheduling. Many solo marketers run these Claude recipes for their paid campaigns and Brand Brain for the organic feed that warms the same audience. Brand Brain Starter is $29 per month and Creator is $99 per month, both with a 7-day free trial.

What are the average Facebook Ads CPCs by industry in 2026?

Per WordStream Facebook Ads benchmarks dataset (2017 vintage: sample of 256 US client accounts collected November 2016 to January 2017, published February 2017, not refreshed since), average CPC across all industries is $1.72, with Finance and Insurance the highest at $3.77, Consumer Services at $3.08, Travel and Hospitality at $0.63, and Apparel at $0.45. Average click-through rate is 0.90 percent across industries, with Legal (1.61 percent), Retail (1.59 percent), and Apparel (1.24 percent) leading. Source: wordstream.com Facebook advertising benchmarks. Treat as the most widely cited historical baseline rather than 2026-current numbers, and override with your own account-specific last-30-day CPC where possible.

Should I use Claude Code or Claude.ai chat for these recipes?

For one-off ad copy runs use Claude.ai chat on the Claude Pro plan at $17 per month annual or $20 monthly. For batch processing (turning a spreadsheet of products into 50 ad-copy sets), use the Claude API directly or Claude Code on the same Pro plan. For repeatable team workflows where the same prompt runs every week, package the recipe as a Claude Skill (folder with SKILL.md) so it loads on every Claude surface automatically. Brand Brain Claude Skills primer at brandbrain.app/blog/best-claude-skills-for-marketers-2026 walks through the format.

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