YouTube Ads specific analysis covering campaign types, creative quality, audience targeting, and measurement. Evaluates video ad performance across skippable, non-skippable, bumper, Shorts, and Demand Gen formats. Use when user says YouTube Ads, video ads, pre-roll, bumper ads, YouTube campaign, or Shorts ads.
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Quality
Discovery
100%Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.
This is a strong skill description that clearly defines its scope (YouTube Ads analysis), lists specific capabilities across multiple ad formats, and includes an explicit 'Use when' clause with natural trigger terms. It uses proper third-person voice throughout and is concise without being vague. The description would effectively help Claude distinguish this skill from other advertising or analytics skills.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Specificity | Lists multiple specific concrete actions: campaign types analysis, creative quality evaluation, audience targeting, measurement, and performance evaluation across specific ad formats (skippable, non-skippable, bumper, Shorts, Demand Gen). | 3 / 3 |
Completeness | Clearly answers both 'what' (YouTube Ads analysis covering campaign types, creative quality, audience targeting, measurement, and video ad performance evaluation) and 'when' (explicit 'Use when' clause with specific trigger terms). | 3 / 3 |
Trigger Term Quality | Excellent coverage of natural terms users would say: 'YouTube Ads', 'video ads', 'pre-roll', 'bumper ads', 'YouTube campaign', 'Shorts ads'. These are terms users would naturally use when seeking help with YouTube advertising. | 3 / 3 |
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk | Highly distinctive with a clear niche in YouTube Ads specifically. The mention of platform-specific formats (bumper, Shorts, Demand Gen, pre-roll) and the YouTube-specific trigger terms make it very unlikely to conflict with general advertising or other platform-specific ad skills. | 3 / 3 |
Total | 12 / 12 Passed |
Implementation
70%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
This is a solid reference skill for YouTube Ads analysis with good structure, clear workflow, and appropriate progressive disclosure to external reference files. Its main weaknesses are moderate verbosity in explaining concepts Claude likely already knows (YouTube ad formats, general attribution principles) and a gap between the evaluation criteria listed and truly actionable scoring instructions. The benchmarks table and campaign type specifications add genuine value.
Suggestions
Trim explanatory context Claude already knows (e.g., 'YouTube is upper/mid-funnel', what each audience type is) and focus on the specific evaluation criteria and thresholds unique to this skill.
Add a concrete example of a finding or recommendation output (e.g., 'Finding: Only 1 video variation in Campaign X. Recommendation: Add 2+ variations with different hooks. Priority: High.') to make the analysis more actionable.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The content is mostly efficient and well-structured with tables and clear sections, but includes some unnecessary explanatory context Claude would already know (e.g., explaining what bumper ads are 'best for', general attribution advice like 'don't judge by last-click alone'). Some sections like Audience Targeting Best Practices contain general knowledge rather than skill-specific instructions. | 2 / 3 |
Actionability | Provides concrete benchmarks, specific metrics, and clear evaluation criteria for each campaign type, which is good. However, there's no executable code or specific commands—the skill is instruction-based but some guidance remains at the 'evaluate this' level without specifying exactly how to score or what thresholds trigger specific recommendations. The references to external files (scoring-system.md, benchmarks.md) are good but the skill itself lacks concrete examples of analysis output. | 2 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | The Process section provides a clear numbered sequence with two explicit validation checkpoints (confirm active video campaign exists, verify all campaign types identified). The workflow moves logically from data collection → reference loading → validation → evaluation → validation → report generation, which is well-structured for this type of analytical task. | 3 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | The skill effectively references external files (google-audit.md, platform-specs.md, benchmarks.md, scoring-system.md) for detailed specifications while keeping the YouTube-specific content inline. References are one level deep and clearly signaled in the Process section. The content is well-organized with clear section headers for different aspects of the analysis. | 3 / 3 |
Total | 10 / 12 Passed |
Validation
90%Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.
Validation — 10 / 11 Passed
Validation for skill structure
| Criteria | Description | Result |
|---|---|---|
frontmatter_unknown_keys | Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata | Warning |
Total | 10 / 11 Passed | |
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