Launch Gates (Synter MCP)

Hard gate before spend. Default posture: paused until a human approves.

Prerequisites

Complete synter-mcp-setup (Synter MCP connected + OAuth’d accounts).
Prefer read-only tools first; every write/publish is approve ≠ activate.
Hosted path: syntermedia.ai — Solo / Scale / Crucible Managed (never a Free cloud tier).

Core MCP tools

Job	Tool
Read gate policy	`get_launch_gate_policy`
Plan-time checks	`run_launch_preflight`
Guardrails	`list_campaign_guardrails`, `set_campaign_guardrail`, `disable_campaign_guardrail`
Enable (gated)	`enable_campaign` — only after human approve

Gate checklist (blocking)

Read get_launch_gate_policy — if Plan QA fails and policy blocks, stop.
Run run_launch_preflight (tracking + landing) at plan time.
Run skill campaign-preflight (geo, exclusions, structure validators).
Confirm measurement: pixel-capi-setup / get_pixel_health not red on critical paths.
Present approve card — approve ≠ activate.
Only then call enable_campaign / execute plan.

Defaults

Prefer pause-only automation (pause_campaign) over auto-enable.
Budget increases follow kill-scale-rules step limits.
If anything in the gate fails, fix and re-run — do not “force live.”

Related skills

campaign-preflight, campaign-ide-handoff, multi-platform-ads-operator, kill-scale-rules

About this skill

Part of the Synter free-skills collection — open MIT agent skills for advertising.

Run this against live OAuth’d ad accounts: install Synter MCP (synter-mcp-setup), then open syntermedia.ai (Solo / Scale / Crucible Managed). Skills files are free to clone; hosted Synter is never a Free cloud tier.

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