# Read your competitors’ LinkedIn ads and their offers. And the Google ads they run beside them B2B ad research shows how competitors sell to the same buyers on LinkedIn and Google. With Agentik, your AI searches LinkedIn’s ad library and reads each ad through ScrapeCreators, reads the offers with Firecrawl, and reads the same companies’ Google search ads from Google Ads Transparency through DataForSEO. - For: B2B marketers and founders - Providers: 3 (ScrapeCreators, Firecrawl and DataForSEO), 4 tools - Example (Three competitors in the United States, 3 ad library searches, 10 ads read, 6 landing pages read, 3 Google Ads Transparency lookups): at most $0.06, computed from the live catalog - Updated: 2026-10-10 ## Each provider does one part No single provider covers this job. Through Agentik your AI calls each one for its part, from one connection and one prepaid balance. - **ScrapeCreators** (2 tools, at most $0.03): Each competitor’s ads in LinkedIn’s ad library, with copy and format. - **Firecrawl** (1 tool, at most $0.02): The landing pages and lead magnets the ads promote. - **DataForSEO** (1 tool, at most $0.02): The same companies’ Google search ads, from Google Ads Transparency. ## Give this to your agent ```text Use my connected Agentik MCP server for this job: linkedin ad research. Research my competitors’ B2B ads. First ask me for three competitors, their domains and my country. Search the LinkedIn ad library for each with scrapecreators/get-v1-linkedin-ads-search and read the ten most recent ads with scrapecreators/get-v1-linkedin-ad. Read their landing pages and lead magnets with firecrawl/scrape. Read the Google search ads they run with dataforseo/google-ads-search. Finish with each competitor’s angles, offers, formats and calls to action on LinkedIn and Google, what they test, and three ad ideas for us. Before running anything, inspect each tool with inspect_tool, ask me for any input you don’t have instead of inventing it, and tell me the total price. Wait for my go. At the end, tell me what Agentik charged. ``` ## You provide - Three competitors and their domains - Country ## What you get: a B2B ad comparison with three ad ideas - Each competitor’s LinkedIn ads with copy and format - The offers and lead magnets behind them - Their Google search ads for comparison - Three ad ideas for you ## How to research competitors’ LinkedIn ads in Claude or ChatGPT Prices are the most each call can reserve for this example: Three competitors in the United States, 3 ad library searches, 10 ads read, 6 landing pages read, 3 Google Ads Transparency lookups. ### 1. Search the LinkedIn ad library ScrapeCreators searches LinkedIn’s ad library for each competitor in your country. - [LinkedIn Ad Library search](/tools/scrapecreators/get-v1-linkedin-ads-search.md) `scrapecreators/get-v1-linkedin-ads-search` (ScrapeCreators, 3 competitors): at most $0.0056 ### 2. Read the ads Each of the ten most recent ads is read in full, with its copy, format and call to action. - [LinkedIn ad details](/tools/scrapecreators/get-v1-linkedin-ad.md) `scrapecreators/get-v1-linkedin-ad` (ScrapeCreators, 10 ads): at most $0.02 ### 3. Read the offers Firecrawl reads the landing pages and lead magnets the ads promote. - [Scrape a web page to markdown](/tools/firecrawl/scrape.md) `firecrawl/scrape` (Firecrawl, 6 pages): at most $0.02 ### 4. Compare with their Google ads Google Ads Transparency, through DataForSEO, lists the same companies’ Google search ads. - [Google Ads Transparency ads by advertiser](/tools/dataforseo/google-ads-search.md) `dataforseo/google-ads-search` (DataForSEO, 3 advertisers): at most $0.02 ### 5. Write the ad ideas Your AI compares angles, offers and formats across both networks and writes three ad ideas. Example total: at most $0.06. Each call is billed for measured usage; unused reservations are released. ## Ask it your way - What do my three competitors advertise on LinkedIn right now? - Which lead magnets do B2B companies in my space promote on LinkedIn? - Compare my competitors’ LinkedIn ads with their Google search ads. - Give me three LinkedIn ad ideas that my competitors aren’t running. ## Why through Agentik - LinkedIn’s ad library, landing pages and Google Ads Transparency come from three providers through one connection. - The whole example costs a few cents. ## Good to know - LinkedIn’s ad library shows ads and dates, not spend or results. - Google Ads Transparency lists ads by advertiser; a company can advertise under another name. ## When to use something else To run your own LinkedIn campaigns, use Campaign Manager. This playbook reads what competitors publish, from public libraries. ## LinkedIn ad research: questions ### Does it show results or spend? No. LinkedIn’s ad library and Google Ads Transparency show ads and dates, never spend or results. ### Which countries work? The countries LinkedIn’s ad library covers; your agent asks for yours. ### What does the example cost? At most $0.06, reserved before each call and settled at the measured usage. ## Keep going - [Competitor ad research](/competitor-ad-research.md): Their longest-running Meta and Google ads, why they work, where they send people, and how those offers changed. - [Account research](/account-research.md): Their site, latest news, official filings and the profiles of the people you’ll meet, in a one-page brief with sources. - [Google Ads campaign plan](/google-ads-campaign-plan.md): Keyword ideas from your site and a competitor’s, their volume and cost per click, a traffic forecast at your bid, competitors’ Google and YouTube ads, and a campaign ready to build. - [Advertising tools for your agent](/tools/advertising.md) - [Social tools for your agent](/tools/social.md) - [Scraping tools for your agent](/tools/scraping.md) [All playbooks](/playbooks.md) · [Connection guides](/docs/clients.md) · [Billing](/docs/billing.md) --- [HTML page](/linkedin-ad-research) · [Agent index](/llms.txt)