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paid-creative-ai

When the user wants to create AI-generated ad creative, test performance creative, manage creative fatigue, or optimize paid media with AI tools. Also use when the user mentions 'ad creative,' 'performance creative,' 'creative testing,' 'creative fatigue,' 'Meta ads,' 'Google ads,' 'TikTok ads,' 'AI ads,' 'ad budget,' 'ROAS,' 'Advantage+,' or 'Performance Max.' This skill covers AI-powered paid creative from generation through performance optimization. Do NOT use for technical implementation, code review, or software architecture.

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Quality

64%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

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npx tessl skill review --optimize ./packages/skills-catalog/skills/(gtm)/paid-creative-ai/SKILL.md
SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

39%

Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

This skill contains genuinely useful strategic frameworks for paid creative AI management, with strong workflow clarity in its testing and scaling processes. However, it is severely over-length—cramming what should be 4-5 separate reference files into a single monolithic document. The benchmark tables alone (CPM, CPC, ROAS, CPA by industry) consume hundreds of tokens that should be in referenced files, and some platform explanations include unnecessary conceptual context that Claude doesn't need.

Suggestions

Move Sections 7 (Platform Cost Benchmarks), 8 (Cross-Platform Creative Strategy), and 9 (Attribution and Measurement) into separate reference files and link to them from the main SKILL.md with one-line summaries.

Trim platform AI tool descriptions (Section 1) to just setup best practices and key constraints—remove explanatory text about what each tool 'does' conceptually since Claude can infer this.

Create the referenced `references/quick-reference.md` bundle file and move all benchmark tables there, keeping only the most critical thresholds (kill criteria, fatigue signals) inline.

Reduce the 'Before Starting' discovery questions from 7 to 3-4 essential ones, or make them conditional based on context already provided by the user.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

This skill is extremely verbose at ~500+ lines. It includes extensive benchmark tables, budget allocation matrices, and platform comparisons that Claude could reason about contextually. Much of this is reference data that should be in separate files, not inline. The platform explanations include unnecessary context (e.g., explaining what Advantage+ does conceptually rather than just providing actionable setup steps).

1 / 3

Actionability

The skill provides concrete frameworks (70/20/10 rule, kill criteria thresholds, testing timelines) and specific metrics benchmarks, which is good. However, there is no executable code or commands—everything is strategic guidance with specific numbers. For a non-code skill this is acceptable, but some guidance remains at the level of general best practices rather than precise, situation-specific instructions.

2 / 3

Workflow Clarity

The multi-step workflows are well-sequenced with clear phases (Concept Testing → Element Isolation → Winner Scaling), explicit timelines, specific budget thresholds, and clear kill/scale decision criteria with minimum data requirements. The AI Creative Production Workflow has day-by-day steps with validation (Step 4 quality filter). The creative refresh pipeline includes a weekly cadence checklist.

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

The skill is a monolithic wall of text with 10 major sections all inline. It references `references/quick-reference.md` at the bottom but no bundle files exist. The massive benchmark tables (Sections 7-9), platform comparisons, and budget allocation matrices should be in separate reference files. The skill tries to be both an overview and a complete reference, defeating progressive disclosure.

1 / 3

Total

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Passed

Description

89%

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 with excellent trigger term coverage and completeness, including both positive triggers and negative boundaries. The main weakness is that the capability descriptions are somewhat high-level—terms like 'manage creative fatigue' and 'optimize paid media' could be more concrete with specific actions. Overall, it would perform well in a multi-skill selection scenario.

Suggestions

Add more specific concrete actions to improve specificity, e.g., 'generate ad copy variants, design creative briefs, analyze ad fatigue metrics, recommend budget allocation across channels' instead of the more general 'manage creative fatigue' and 'optimize paid media.'

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Specificity

The description names the domain (AI-generated ad creative, paid media) and mentions some actions like 'create,' 'test,' 'manage creative fatigue,' and 'optimize,' but these are fairly high-level and not as concrete as listing specific discrete actions (e.g., 'generate ad copy variants,' 'analyze CTR trends,' 'rotate creatives based on frequency caps').

2 / 3

Completeness

Clearly answers both 'what' (AI-powered paid creative from generation through performance optimization) and 'when' (explicit 'Use when' triggers with a comprehensive list of keywords). It also includes a helpful negative boundary ('Do NOT use for technical implementation, code review, or software architecture').

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Excellent coverage of natural trigger terms users would actually say: 'ad creative,' 'performance creative,' 'creative testing,' 'creative fatigue,' 'Meta ads,' 'Google ads,' 'TikTok ads,' 'AI ads,' 'ad budget,' 'ROAS,' 'Advantage+,' 'Performance Max.' These are highly relevant and cover multiple platforms and common user vocabulary.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The description carves out a clear niche around AI-powered ad creative and paid media optimization, with platform-specific terms (Meta, Google, TikTok) and domain-specific jargon (ROAS, Advantage+, Performance Max). The explicit exclusion of technical/code tasks further reduces conflict risk with engineering-oriented skills.

3 / 3

Total

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Passed

Validation

100%

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation11 / 11 Passed

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

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