YouTube Ads specific analysis covering campaign types, creative quality, audience targeting, and measurement. Evaluates video ad performance across skippable, non-skippable, bumper, Shorts, Demand Gen, and Connected TV formats. Covers VAC→Demand Gen migration, Shorts creative requirements, and CTV shoppable ads. Use when user says YouTube Ads, video ads, pre-roll, bumper ads, YouTube campaign, Shorts ads, or CTV 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 an excellent skill description that clearly defines its scope around YouTube Ads analysis, lists specific capabilities across multiple ad formats, and includes an explicit 'Use when' clause with natural trigger terms. It is highly specific, complete, and distinctive, making it easy for Claude to select this skill when appropriate and avoid false matches.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Specificity | Lists multiple specific concrete actions and capabilities: campaign types analysis, creative quality evaluation, audience targeting, measurement, VAC→Demand Gen migration, Shorts creative requirements, CTV shoppable ads, and evaluation across six named ad formats. | 3 / 3 |
Completeness | Clearly answers both 'what' (YouTube Ads analysis covering campaign types, creative quality, audience targeting, measurement, specific format evaluation, migration guidance) and 'when' with an explicit 'Use when user says...' clause listing 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', 'CTV ads'. These are all terms a user would naturally use when seeking help with YouTube advertising. | 3 / 3 |
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk | Highly distinctive with a clear niche in YouTube-specific advertising. The mention of specific formats (skippable, non-skippable, bumper, Shorts, Demand Gen, CTV), platform-specific migrations (VAC→Demand Gen), and YouTube-specific trigger terms make it very unlikely to conflict with general advertising or other platform-specific skills. | 3 / 3 |
Total | 12 / 12 Passed |
Implementation
85%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
This is a strong, well-structured skill that provides highly actionable YouTube Ads analysis guidance with clear workflows, specific benchmarks, and appropriate progressive disclosure to reference files. Its main weakness is moderate verbosity—case studies, platform comparison stats, and some marketing context could be trimmed to improve token efficiency. The validation checkpoints, deprecation section, and quick wins table are particularly well-executed.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The skill is generally information-dense and avoids explaining basic concepts Claude would know, but includes some unnecessary detail like the Facebook muted-video stat, case study narratives (DoorDash, Triscuit), and marketing-speak that doesn't add actionable value. The content could be tightened by ~20% without losing utility. | 2 / 3 |
Actionability | The skill provides highly concrete, specific guidance: exact benchmarks with numbers, specific check IDs (G-DG1, G-CTV1), precise format specs (9:16, 1080x1920), clear evaluation criteria per campaign type, a metrics table with benchmarks, and a quick wins table with time estimates. The references to external files for scoring algorithms and benchmarks are appropriately delegated. | 3 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | The Process section has a clear 10-step sequence with two explicit validation checkpoints (steps 6 and 9), a migration check (step 7), and clear ordering from data collection through report generation. The quick wins table provides a secondary lightweight workflow. Destructive operations aren't relevant here, but the validation steps for confirming active campaigns and campaign type identification are appropriate. | 3 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | The skill appropriately references four external files (google-audit.md, platform-specs.md, benchmarks.md, scoring-system.md) for detailed specifications, keeping the main skill as an operational overview. References are one level deep and clearly signaled. The content is well-organized with logical sections and a clear hierarchy from process to assessment to output. | 3 / 3 |
Total | 11 / 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 |
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frontmatter_unknown_keys | Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata | Warning |
Total | 10 / 11 Passed | |
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