SpritesWe got tired of the 3am page tooRead the writeup
Add Sprites to GitHub Copilot
Available on Copilot in VS Code, and Copilot CLI. Any Copilot plan that includes agent mode. You need a Sprites account with Reddit Ads already connected — the connector acts on that connection, so GitHub Copilot never handles a Reddit credential.
Open the MCP configuration
Run MCP: Add Server from the Command Palette and choose Workspace or Global. Workspace writes .vscode/mcp.json, which is worth committing so the team shares the same connector; Global keeps it to you across every project.
VS CodeCommand PaletteMCP: Add ServerWorkspaceAdd Sprites as an HTTP server
The top-level key is servers, not mcpServers, and a remote endpoint needs an explicit type of http. This is the shape VS Code and Copilot share.
.vscode/mcp.json{ "servers": { "sprites": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.sprites.ai/mcp" } } }Authenticate
VS Code shows an Auth action above the server entry once the file is saved. Run it, sign in to Sprites in the browser window that opens, and approve the scopes.
Spriteswants access on behalf of Copilot- Read your connected ad accounts and site data
- Draft campaigns, creatives and pages for your approval
- Apply only the changes you approve
AllowCancelSwitch Copilot Chat to agent mode
MCP tools are only offered to the agent. Pick Agent from the mode dropdown in Copilot Chat, then open the tool picker and confirm Sprites is listed.
Agent modeCopilot Chat → mode dropdown
Run the first prompt
Ask GitHub Copilot this. It routes to a Sprites door, which reads your Reddit Ads account and answers — no account to name, no confirmation to give first.
- With Sprites, which Reddit ad groups are converting and which are just clicking?
- Ask Sprites which communities discuss the problem our product solves.
- Use Sprites to rewrite our Reddit ad so it reads native to r/devops.
- Have Sprites pause the Reddit ad groups with spend and no conversions this month.
- With Sprites, launch a Reddit campaign across our top 8 communities at $60/day.
Open the Copilot Chat tool picker in agent mode; Sprites appears with its tools, each one toggleable.
What GitHub Copilot can do with Reddit Ads
The same doors, whichever client you are in. Marketing data inside the editor where the tracking code lives, so a conversion event can be checked against what GA4 actually recorded before the pull request is opened.
Performance by ad group
CPA, CTR, leads and ROAS by campaign, ad group and ad. Give each community its own ad group and one expensive subreddit stops hiding inside a campaign average.
Find the right rooms
The subreddits where your problem is actually discussed, with the threads and phrasing to prove it, before you target them.
Copy that does not get downvoted
Ad text drafted in the register of the community it runs in, not lifted from the Google Ads account.
Cut the tourist traffic
Ad groups with clicks and no conversions, named with the spend attached.
Know what the audience says
Pain points and verbatim phrasing from the threads in your target communities, turned into hooks you can test.
Launch around a list
A campaign whose structure follows the community list rather than fighting it.
How approvals work here
GitHub Copilot renders tool results as text, so a Reddit change comes back written out rather than as a card. The approval waits for you in Sprites — open it there and the same run continues. Nothing is applied until you approve it.
What it reads
- Campaigns, ad groups, ads and community targeting
- Spend, CTR, conversions, CPA, leads and ROAS
- Performance by campaign, ad group and ad
- Public discussion in candidate communities
What it can change
- Create campaigns, ad groups and ads
- Community targeting, budgets, schedules and status
- Ad copy, drafted per community and approved before it runs
When it does not work in GitHub Copilot
Three things go wrong in this client specifically, and each has a one-line fix.
Sprites is configured but Copilot never uses it.
Chat is not in agent mode. Ask mode does not call MCP tools at all.
The config is ignored.
The top-level key is servers. mcpServers is the shape other clients use and VS Code does not read it.
Teammates do not see the connector.
It was added Globally rather than to the Workspace. Move it to .vscode/mcp.json and commit that file; each person still signs in as themselves.
Reddit Ads and GitHub Copilot: questions
Which URL do I paste into GitHub Copilot?
https://mcp.sprites.ai/mcp. There is one endpoint and every client uses it — every OAuth grant is bound to exactly that address, so a variant of it will not be honoured.
Can GitHub Copilot change my Reddit Ads account without asking?
GitHub Copilot renders tool results as text, so a Reddit change comes back written out rather than as a card. The approval waits for you in Sprites — open it there and the same run continues. Nothing is applied until you approve it.
Do I need a Reddit Ads API key or developer token?
No. Reddit Ads is connected once inside Sprites through Reddit Ads, and the connector acts on that connection. GitHub Copilot never sees a credential for it.
Why GitHub Copilot for Reddit Ads specifically?
Marketing data inside the editor where the tracking code lives, so a conversion event can be checked against what GA4 actually recorded before the pull request is opened.
Is there an official Reddit Ads MCP server?
No. Reddit has not published an MCP server for its Ads API; only community wrappers exist, which you host and hold the credentials for yourself. Sprites is a hosted MCP server that reaches Reddit Ads alongside Google, Meta, LinkedIn and TikTok.
Can it target individual subreddits?
Yes. Ad groups are built with community targeting, and when each community gets its own ad group, CPA is read community by community — which matters, because cost varies widely from one subreddit to the next.
Keep going
The same GitHub Copilot connector reaches every other channel — nothing else to add.
Reddit Ads, from GitHub Copilot
Paste one URL, sign in once, and the next Reddit question you ask GitHub Copilot gets answered from the live account.