Buying JOLT inventory with an AI agent (AdCP)

JOLT is an AdCP seller. Connect an AI buying agent, describe a campaign in plain language, get a priced plan for any JOLT market, and book it — with human approval before anything plays.

What it is

The Ad Context Protocol (AdCP) is an open standard that lets AI agents plan and buy advertising by talking to sellers directly. JOLT runs an AdCP seller agent: point a compatible buying agent at it and the agent can ask for a plan, refine it, sync creative, book, and read delivery — the same inventory, the same pricing and the same approval as the wizard.

Connecting

JOLT's seller agent speaks MCP (Model Context Protocol) over HTTPS. Any MCP-capable assistant or agent framework can connect:

  1. Request access and credentials from the JOLT for AI agents page. Access is per organization and is approved by JOLT.
  2. Add the JOLT connector to your agent using the endpoint and credentials you receive. Native MCP clients such as the Claude app prompt for authorisation on first use.
  3. Call get_adcp_capabilities to confirm the connection and see what the seller supports.

What the agent can do

TaskWhat it does
get_productsTurn a brief into a priced plan: screens, impressions, plays, CPM, cost, in the market's currency
get_products (refine)Adjust an existing plan — radius, dates, share of time, budget
list_creative_formatsThe spec: portrait 1080 × 1920, image or video
sync_creativesRegister creatives from a public HTTPS URL
create_media_buyBook the plan. It is placed paused, pending human approval
update_media_buyChange a booked buy; re-enters approval
get_media_buy_deliveryImpressions, plays and spend delivered
request_discountAsk for a negotiated CPM on committed spend of 50,000 or more

Writing a brief

The agent reads the market from the brief — a country, a currency symbol or a known city (Sydney, London, Toronto, Auckland, Los Angeles). State what you can:

Where a city name exists in more than one market (Perth, Hamilton, Melbourne), the agent can pin the market explicitly. Budgets are read in the market's currency and never converted.

What comes back

A plan opens with a JOLT PLAN SPEC block — market, screens, share of time, flight, impressions, plays, CPM, cost — and carries a per-screen list, a coverage map link and the basis of every number (measured playout or modeled estimate). The same brief returns the same plan, so agents can compare options reliably.

Approval and delivery

Every buy booked through an agent is held for human approval by JOLT before it delivers, exactly like a wizard campaign. Creative goes through the same review. Once approved, the campaign plays on its start date and the agent can read delivery from the same records your report uses.

Pricing

Identical to the wizard: the market's rate card (or city rate), the plan's dayparts, pacing and lead time, held between the floor and cap, in the market's currency. Agents are not offered discounts unless the buyer asks; see Discounts for committed spend.

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