Get Slack alerts when competitors launch new Meta ads

The system checks your competitors' Meta ads on a schedule and posts new ones straight to Slack.

How the work actually flows

A straight line. Runs once per one per tracked competitor.

Pattern: Sequence (1) ยท Multiple Instances with a priori Run-Time Knowledge (14)

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Starts itA stepRuns once per itemResultPayoff
Build size
Standard

A mid-size build with several tools working together.

Business functions
Messaging & NotificationsWeb Scraping & Data CollectionResearch & Market Intelligence
Connects
Meta Ad LibraryFirecrawlSlack

The problem it solves

Keeping tabs on what competitors are running on Facebook and Instagram means repeatedly checking their ad pages yourself, which is easy to forget and time-consuming to do well. Missing a new campaign means missing ideas or threats early. This watches your competitors for you and flags anything new.

Who it fits

Marketers and agencies who track competitor advertising strategy.

How it works

  1. On a schedule, the system checks the Meta Ad Library pages of the competitors you list
  2. It scrapes the latest ads from each page
  3. New ads are filtered out from ones you've already seen
  4. A formatted alert is posted to your Slack channel
What you get

Competitor ad moves you hear about the same day

You get a Slack alert the moment a competitor launches a new Meta ad, keeping you in the loop on their strategy.

What you get

A Slack alert whenever a tracked competitor launches a new ad.

What you need

A Firecrawl account and a Slack workspace with a connected app.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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