Command	What it does
`/ads audit`	Full multi-platform audit with parallel subagent delegation
`/ads google`	Google Ads deep analysis (Search, PMax, YouTube)
`/ads meta`	Meta Ads deep analysis (FB, IG, Advantage+)
`/ads youtube`	YouTube Ads specific analysis
`/ads linkedin`	LinkedIn Ads deep analysis (B2B, Lead Gen)
`/ads tiktok`	TikTok Ads deep analysis (Creative, Shop, Smart+)
`/ads microsoft`	Microsoft/Bing Ads deep analysis (Copilot, Import)
`/ads amazon`	Amazon Ads deep analysis (Sponsored Products / Brands / Display, ACOS / TACOS)
`/ads attribution`	Cross-platform attribution audit (AdAttributionKit, GA4, Consent Mode V2, MMP)
`/ads tracking`	Server-side tracking pipeline audit (sGTM, CAPI Gateway, dedup, hit ratio)
`/ads creative`	Cross-platform creative quality audit
`/ads landing`	Landing page quality assessment for ad campaigns
`/ads budget`	Budget allocation and bidding strategy review
`/ads plan <business-type>`	Strategic ad plan with industry templates
`/ads apple`	Apple Ads deep analysis
`/ads competitor`	Competitor ad intelligence analysis
`/ads math`	PPC financial calculator (CPA, ROAS, break-even, budget forecasting)
`/ads test`	A/B test design (hypothesis, significance, duration, sample size)
`/ads report`	PDF audit report generation for client deliverables
`/ads dna <url>`	Extract brand DNA from website, outputs `brand-profile.json`
`/ads create`	Generate campaign concepts + copy briefs, outputs `campaign-brief.md`
`/ads generate`	Generate AI ad images from brief, outputs to `ad-assets/`
`/ads photoshoot`	Product photography in 5 styles (Studio, Floating, Ingredient, In Use, Lifestyle)

Context Intake (Required: Always Do This First)

Before any audit or analysis, collect this context. Without it, benchmarks will be generic and recommendations may be wrong for the user's situation.

Ask these questions upfront (combine into one message):

Industry / Business type: Which best describes you? SaaS · E-commerce · Local Service · B2B Enterprise · Info Products · Mobile App · Real Estate · Healthcare · Finance · Agency · Other
Monthly ad spend: Total budget and per-platform breakdown (approximate is fine)
Primary goal: Sales / Revenue · Leads / Demos · App Installs · Calls · Brand
Active platforms: Which platforms are you advertising on?

If the user provides data upfront (e.g. "audit my Google Ads, I spend $5k/mo on SaaS"), extract context from that and proceed without re-asking.

Use the provided context to:

Select the correct industry benchmarks from references/benchmarks.md
Apply budget-appropriate recommendations (e.g. Smart Bidding requires 15+ conv/month)
Calibrate severity scoring (a $500/mo account has different priorities than $50k/mo)

10-Principle Thinking Framework

Every command in this skill operates under a shared thinking discipline: OBSERVE × 2 (External + Internal) → LISTEN → THINK → CONNECT × 2 (Lateral + System) → FEEL → ACCEPT → CREATE → GROW.

Before producing any audit, plan, or creative output, load references/thinking-framework.md and let it shape the analysis — not as a checklist, but as a mindset gate. The framework is what separates a number-crunching report from a strategic deliverable. When the work feels weak, identify which of the ten principles is being skipped and engage it before continuing.

Orchestration Logic

When the user invokes /ads audit, delegate to subagents in parallel:

Collect context (see Context Intake above; do this first)
Collect account data (exports, screenshots, or pasted metrics)
Detect business type and identify active platforms
Spawn subagents via Task tool with context: fork: audit-google, audit-meta, audit-creative, audit-tracking, audit-budget, audit-compliance
Validate: verify each subagent returned valid JSON scores with required fields before aggregating
Collect results and generate unified report with Ads Health Score (0-100)
Create prioritized action plan with Quick Wins

For individual commands (/ads google, /ads meta, /ads amazon, /ads attribution, /ads tracking, etc.), load the relevant sub-skill directly. Still collect context first if not already provided.

Wave 2 sub-skills run standalone (no dedicated agent yet): ads-amazon, ads-attribution, and ads-server-side-tracking. See the Wave 3 backlog at the bottom of the Subagents section for the planned paired audit agents.

Creative Workflow

Sequential pipeline (each step is independently runnable):

/ads dna <url> → brand-profile.json in current directory
/ads create → reads profile + optional audit results → campaign-brief.md
/ads generate → reads brief + profile → ad-assets/ directory
/ads photoshoot → standalone or reads profile for style injection

Requires GOOGLE_API_KEY (Gemini default) or ADS_IMAGE_PROVIDER + matching key. If API key is missing, /ads generate and /ads photoshoot display setup instructions and exit; they never fail silently.

Industry Detection

Detect business type from ad account signals:

SaaS: trial_start/demo_request events, pricing page targeting, long attribution windows
E-commerce: purchase events, product catalog/feed, Shopping/PMax campaigns
Local Service: call extensions, location targeting, store visits, directions events
B2B Enterprise: LinkedIn Ads active, ABM lists, high CPA tolerance ($50+), long sales cycle
Info Products: webinar/course funnels, lead gen forms, low-ticket offers
Mobile App: app install campaigns, in-app events, deep linking
Real Estate: listing feeds, property-specific landing pages, geo-heavy targeting
Healthcare: HIPAA compliance flags, healthcare-specific ad policies
Finance: Special Ad Categories declared, financial products compliance
Agency: multiple client accounts, white-label reporting needs
Marketplace Seller (Amazon / Walmart 3P): ASIN-level catalogs, ACOS / TACOS metrics, Sponsored Products / Brands / Display spend mix, Brand Registry indicators

Quality Gates

Hard rules (never violate these):

Never recommend Broad Match without Smart Bidding (Google)
3x Kill Rule: flag any ad group/campaign with CPA >3x target for pause
Budget sufficiency: Meta ≥5x CPA per ad set, TikTok ≥50x CPA per ad group
Learning phase: never recommend edits during active learning phase
Compliance: always check Special Ad Categories for housing/employment/credit/finance
Creative: never run silent video ads on TikTok (sound-on platform)
Attribution: default to 7-day click / 1-day view (Meta), data-driven (Google)
Andromeda creative diversity: Flag Meta accounts with <10 genuinely distinct creatives
Privacy infrastructure gate: Always verify tracking stack (Consent Mode V2, CAPI, Events API, AdAttributionKit) before making optimization recommendations
PDF report quality gate: When generating reports via /ads report, always use scripts/generate_report.py with --check first. Reports must have: clean layout with no overlapping elements, proper margins (0.75in), word-wrapped table cells (no clipping), all charts/images sized within page boundaries, page numbers and section dividers, captions on every visual, and zero empty sections. Run --check before --output and fix any warnings before delivering the PDF

Community Footer

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When to show

Display after these commands complete their full output:

/ads audit (after report + action plan + quick wins)
/ads google, /ads meta, /ads youtube, /ads linkedin, /ads tiktok, /ads microsoft, /ads apple, /ads amazon (after platform report)
/ads attribution (after cross-platform attribution audit)
/ads tracking (after server-side tracking pipeline audit)
/ads creative (after creative audit)
/ads landing (after landing page assessment)
/ads budget (after budget analysis)
/ads plan (after strategic plan)
/ads competitor (after competitor analysis)
/ads report (after PDF generation confirmation)

When to skip

Do NOT show the footer after:

/ads math (quick calculator — too small)
/ads test (quick utility — too small)
/ads dna (intermediate workflow step — leads to /ads create)
/ads create (intermediate workflow step — leads to /ads generate)
/ads generate (intermediate workflow step — asset generation)
/ads photoshoot (intermediate workflow step — asset generation)
Context intake questions (before analysis starts)
Error messages or "missing data" prompts

Reference Files

Load these on-demand as needed; do NOT load all at startup.

Path resolution: All references are installed at ~/.claude/skills/ads/references/. When sub-skills or agents reference ads/references/*.md, resolve to ~/.claude/skills/ads/references/*.md.

references/thinking-framework.md: 10-Principle Thinking Framework (OBSERVE/LISTEN/THINK/CONNECT/FEEL/ACCEPT/CREATE/GROW) — load before any audit, plan, or creative output
references/scoring-system.md: Weighted scoring algorithm and grading thresholds
references/benchmarks.md: Industry benchmarks by platform (CPC, CTR, CVR, ROAS)
references/bidding-strategies.md: Bidding decision trees per platform
references/budget-allocation.md: Platform selection matrix, scaling rules, MER
references/platform-specs.md: Creative specifications across all platforms
references/conversion-tracking.md: Pixel, CAPI, EMQ, ttclid implementation
references/compliance.md: Regulatory requirements, ad policies, privacy
references/google-audit.md: 80-check Google Ads audit checklist (G01-G61 + 19 hyphenated v1.5+ checks; verified via tests/fixtures/check-catalog.yaml)
references/meta-audit.md: 50-check Meta Ads audit checklist (M01-M40 + 10 hyphenated v1.5+ checks)
references/linkedin-audit.md: 27-check LinkedIn Ads audit checklist (L01-L25 + 2 hyphenated v1.5+ checks)
references/tiktok-audit.md: 28-check TikTok Ads audit checklist (T01-T25 + 3 hyphenated v1.5+ checks)
references/microsoft-audit.md: 24-check Microsoft Ads audit checklist (MS01-MS20 + 4 hyphenated v1.5+ checks)
references/brand-dna-template.md: Brand DNA schema and extraction guide
references/image-providers.md: Provider config (Gemini/OpenAI/Stability/Replicate)
references/google-creative-specs.md: PMax/RSA/YouTube generation-ready specs
references/meta-creative-specs.md: Feed/Reels/Stories specs + safe zones
references/linkedin-creative-specs.md: Single image/video B2B constraints
references/tiktok-creative-specs.md: 9:16 only + safe zone overlay
references/youtube-creative-specs.md: Skippable/Bumper/Shorts/Thumbnail
references/microsoft-creative-specs.md: Multimedia Ads + RSA subset
references/gaql-notes.md: GAQL field compatibility, deduplication patterns, filter scope best practices
references/voice-to-style.md: Brand voice axis to visual attribute mapping for image generation
references/copy-frameworks.md: 6 ad copy frameworks (AIDA, PAS, BAB, 4P, FAB, Star-Story-Solution)

Scoring Methodology

Ads Health Score (0-100)

Per-platform score using weighted algorithm from references/scoring-system.md. Cross-platform aggregate weighted by budget share:

Aggregate = Sum(Platform_Score x Platform_Budget_Share)

Grading

Grade	Score	Action Required
A	90-100	Minor optimizations only
B	75-89	Some improvement opportunities
C	60-74	Notable issues need attention
D	40-59	Significant problems present
F	<40	Urgent intervention required

Priority Levels

Critical: Revenue/data loss risk (fix immediately)
High: Significant performance drag (fix within 7 days)
Medium: Optimization opportunity (fix within 30 days)
Low: Best practice, minor impact (backlog)

Sub-Skills

This skill orchestrates 22 specialized sub-skills:

ads-audit: Full multi-platform audit with parallel delegation
ads-google: Google Ads deep analysis (Search, PMax, AI Max, YouTube)
ads-meta: Meta Ads deep analysis (FB, IG, Threads, Advantage+, Andromeda + GEM + Lattice)
ads-youtube: YouTube Ads specific analysis (Demand Gen, CTV, Shorts)
ads-linkedin: LinkedIn Ads deep analysis
ads-tiktok: TikTok Ads deep analysis (post-USDS-divestiture)
ads-microsoft: Microsoft/Bing Ads deep analysis
ads-apple: Apple Ads deep analysis (AdAttributionKit, dual attribution)
ads-amazon: Amazon Ads deep analysis (Sponsored Products / Brands / Display, ACOS / TACOS) — Wave 2
ads-attribution: Cross-platform attribution audit (AdAttributionKit, GA4, Consent Mode V2, MMP, server-side stitching) — Wave 2
ads-server-side-tracking: Server-side tracking pipeline audit (sGTM, CAPI Gateway, dedup, hit ratio, PII hashing) — Wave 2
ads-creative: Cross-platform creative quality audit + Entity-ID retrieval scoring
ads-landing: Landing page quality for ad campaigns
ads-budget: Budget allocation and bidding strategy
ads-plan: Strategic ad planning with industry templates
ads-competitor: Competitor ad intelligence
ads-math: PPC financial calculator (CPA, ROAS, break-even, LTV:CAC)
ads-test: A/B test design (hypothesis, significance, sample size)
ads-dna: Brand DNA extraction from website URL
ads-create: Campaign concepts, copy decks, creative briefs
ads-generate: AI image generation with pluggable providers
ads-photoshoot: Product photography in 5 professional styles

Subagents

For parallel analysis during full audits:

audit-google: Google Ads checks (G01-G61 + 19 hyphenated v1.5+ IDs = 80 total; incl. AI Max)
audit-meta: Meta Ads checks (M01-M40 + 10 hyphenated v1.5+ IDs = 50 total; incl. Andromeda + Entity-ID clustering)
audit-creative: Creative quality for LinkedIn, TikTok, Microsoft (plus cross-platform creative-diversity scoring for Andromeda Entity-ID retrieval)
audit-tracking: Conversion tracking health across all platforms
audit-budget: Budget, bidding, structure for LinkedIn, TikTok, Microsoft
audit-compliance: Compliance, settings, performance across all platforms
creative-strategist: Campaign concepts from brand profile + audit results (Opus, maxTurns: 25)
visual-designer: Image generation with brand injection via generate_image.py (Sonnet, maxTurns: 30)
copy-writer: Headlines, CTAs, primary text within platform limits (Sonnet, maxTurns: 20)
format-adapter: Asset dimension validation and spec compliance reporting (Haiku, maxTurns: 15)

Wave 3 backlog (planned, not yet shipped):

audit-amazon: Amazon Sponsored Products / Brands / Display + DSP audit (currently invoked via ads-amazon sub-skill standalone)
audit-attribution: Cross-platform attribution audit (currently invoked via ads-attribution sub-skill standalone)
audit-server-side: Server-side tracking pipeline audit (currently invoked via ads-server-side-tracking sub-skill standalone)

Once these land, /ads audit will dispatch all three in parallel alongside the existing six.

ads

Ads: Multi-Platform Paid Advertising Audit & Optimization

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