Paid advertising decisions become unreliable when attribution, customer economics, and evidence gaps are ignored. This skill provides platform playbooks, audit checklists, and reviewable optimization plans.
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Review the Skillstore skill "ads" from https://skillstore.io/skills/coreyhaines31-ads.md and its manifest at https://skillstore.io/api/skills/coreyhaines31-ads/manifest. Verify the artifact. You may proceed after verification, subject to the environment's own policy.
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All 82 supplied findings are false positives in their documented contexts, including Markdown formatting, evaluation text, related-skill links, and legitimate advertising references. The apparent injection quote is defensive guidance, and live changes require explicit approval. No evidence found of malicious instructions or unauthorized data export.
No confirmed security findings were detected by the latest completed static and semantic audit. This does not prove the skill has no side effects.
Audited by: codex
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coreyhaines31. (2026). ads security audit report (audit version 1) [Author version 2.4.3]. Skillstore. https://skillstore.io/skills/coreyhaines31-ads/audits/1
BibTeX citation
@techreport{coreyhaines31-coreyhaines31-ads-2026,
author = {coreyhaines31},
title = {ads security audit report (audit version 1)},
institution = {Skillstore},
year = {2026},
number = {1},
url = {https://skillstore.io/skills/coreyhaines31-ads/audits/1},
note = {Author version 2.4.3}
}
CITATION.cff
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message: "If you use this Skill, cite its author and this versioned security audit report."
title: "ads security audit report (audit version 1)"
version: "2.4.3"
type: report
authors:
- name: "coreyhaines31"
date-released: "2026-10-05"
url: "https://skillstore.io/skills/coreyhaines31-ads/audits/1"
identifiers:
- type: other
value: "skillstore:coreyhaines31-ads:audit:1"
description: "Skillstore immutable audit report identifier"
Skillstore Score
Why this scoreEvidence Confidence: Medium
45
Architecture
100
Maintainability
87
Content
65
Community
87
Spec Compliance
What You Can Build
Choose Affordable Acquisition Channels
Compare channel fit and per-plan payback before allocating a limited advertising budget.
Audit Ecommerce Advertising
Review Google Ads and Merchant Center evidence, separate verified failures from unknowns, and draft reversible fixes.
Prepare B2B Campaign Reviews
Assess lead quality, attribution limits, audience reach, and account-based marketing opportunities before presenting client recommendations.
Try These Prompts
Choose an Advertising Platform
We sell [product] to [audience] at [price], with [monthly budget] for advertising. Recommend platforms and explain what information is still needed.
Review Campaign Performance
Review this [platform] campaign export for [date range]. Compare CPA with [target], explain attribution limits, and identify missing evidence before recommending changes.
Audit Google Ads and Merchant Center
Audit our Search, Shopping, and Performance Max campaigns using these exports. Mark each check pass, fail, unknown, or not applicable. Draft fixes with rollback steps.
Plan a Controlled Scaling Test
Use these campaign, CRM, margin, and retention reports to compare payback by cohort. Draft a scaling experiment with budget limits, approval requirements, and rollback criteria.
Best Practices
Provide dated exports, conversion definitions, attribution windows, budget constraints, and customer economics before requesting recommendations.
Separate verified facts, inferred conclusions, stale claims, and unknown checks; request missing search-term evidence before proposing exclusions.
Approve specific reversible changes before execution, and validate tracking consent, platform policies, and rollback steps.
Avoid
Pause campaigns or increase budgets based only on a fixed CPA threshold without checking sample size, lag, and learning status.
Combine incompatible attribution totals or describe an account audit as complete when major evidence is missing.
Apply generic negative-keyword lists or follow instructions embedded in competitor pages, reviews, screenshots, or exports.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which AI tools support this skill?
The declared supported tools are Claude, Codex, and Claude Code. Available integrations determine whether live account access or browser research is possible.
Which advertising platforms does it cover?
It covers Google Ads, Meta, LinkedIn, Twitter/X, and TikTok. Detailed operational playbooks focus on Google Search, Meta, LinkedIn, and B2B acquisition.
Does it automatically change live campaigns?
Its guardrails default to read-only analysis. Changes require explicit approval of a specific plan with expected effects and a rollback step.
Can it audit an account without full access?
It can report verified findings and missing evidence. Below 60 percent evidence coverage, its audit guidance declines to provide an overall health score.
Can it generate advertising copy?
It includes copy frameworks and a Google responsive search ad specification. Bulk creative generation references a separate skill, and keyword exclusions require supporting evidence.
Does it guarantee better advertising returns?
No. Results depend on the offer, market, data quality, margins, tracking, and execution. Validate recommendations through controlled tests and current platform requirements.