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verify-meta-auth

Use when verifying Meta API authentication, checking access token validity, inspecting permission scopes, exchanging short-lived tokens for long-lived tokens, or diagnosing “Invalid OAuth token” errors. Also use before starting Meta API work to confirm credentials are correctly configured.

ModelSource
sonnetpack: ads
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Meta API authentication failures are the top cause of blocked ad operations. Always run auth verification before starting any Meta API work in a new environment.

ItemValue
API version minimumv21.0
Recommended token typeSystem User (never expires)
debug_token auth methodQuery param only — NOT Authorization header
Active account_status1
I want to…File
Verify token validity, check permissions, confirm ad account and pixel accessreference/token-verification.md
Understand token types, set up System Users, exchange short-lived tokens, decode error codesreference/token-types-and-setup.md

Usage: Read the reference file matching your current task from the index above. Each file is self-contained with code examples and inline gotchas.