This is how to find targeting identifiers in LinkedIn Ads with AI: connect your LinkedIn Ads account to PaidSync.ai, then ask Claude to look up the targeting identifier for a name in a facet, so every campaign targets the entity you meant. The lookup only reads and never changes a campaign.
LinkedIn targets by identifier and not by name. Guessing one gives a real but different entity, so the lookup tool is the only safe source:
search_linkedin_targeting_entities resolves a name to its identifier across facets such as locations, industries, titles, skills, employers, seniorities and job functions. Companies are the employers facet.get_linkedin_audience_size confirms the identifiers you collected reach a usable audience.search_linkedin_targeting_entities and get_linkedin_audience_size only read your account, so you can find targeting identifiers as often as you need.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| search_linkedin_targeting_entities | Returns the identifier for each name |
| get_linkedin_audience_size | Sanity checks the combined audience |
Some facets, such as seniorities and company size ranges, are fixed lists. Leave the query out for those and the tool returns every option, so you pick from the real list.
These steps use Claude to find targeting identifiers in LinkedIn Ads. PaidSync.ai also works in ChatGPT, and the prompts are the same.
Sign up at paidsync.ai, then connect LinkedIn Ads on LinkedIn's own sign-in screen. Use a LinkedIn login that has access to the ad account where you want to find targeting identifiers.
Open Claude's connector directory, add PaidSync.ai and sign in. Ask "list my LinkedIn ad accounts", then pick the account where you will find targeting identifiers.
Decide whether the name is a location, a job title, a skill, an industry or an employer.
Ask for the identifier of each name and read the matches, since similar titles can sit side by side.
Copy the identifier of the entity you meant and discard near matches.
Ask the assistant to repeat the matched name beside each identifier, then count the audience to see it behaves as expected.
Use these two prompts to find targeting identifiers in LinkedIn Ads, in this order.
search_linkedin_targeting_entities and get_linkedin_audience_size only read the account, so nothing you do to find targeting identifiers edits a campaign.search_linkedin_targeting_entities and get_linkedin_audience_size work in either. Tokens are encrypted at rest.Every LinkedIn Ads tool PaidSync.ai offers is on the LinkedIn Ads MCP Server page, including the tools used to find targeting identifiers.
In Campaign Manager you type a name and pick from suggestions. With PaidSync.ai, ask Claude for the match and it returns the identifier the API uses.
A wrong number points to a different real entity, and the campaign would serve against it. The lookup removes the guess.
Yes. The tools used here only read, and PaidSync.ai reports on LinkedIn Ads in the ChatGPT app as well as in Claude, so you can find targeting identifiers there with the same prompt.
A connected LinkedIn ad account and the names you want to target.
PaidSync.ai is free for 15 tasks a month with no card, enough to find targeting identifiers in LinkedIn Ads and see the result. Pro starts at $99 a month. See pricing.
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