In short:
ak-paid-adshelps you pick a platform, split the budget, write ad copy, build audiences and find a fix for a campaign that burns money, based on the brief and numbers you give it. To actually launch, pause, change bids or spend, the action goes throughak-ads-management. It only advises and never changes anything in the account itself.
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Summary
Use it when you are about to run paid ads, need copy to test, need a retargeting plan, or have a campaign whose CPA is over target. You do not need it to switch campaigns on or off or move money in the account: that belongs to ak-ads-management.
flowchart LR
A["Goal + brief + numbers"] --> B["ak-paid-ads"]
B --> C["Strategy, copy, recommendations"]
C --> D["Stop: you decide"]
C --> E["ak-ads-management: authorized account actions"]
C --> F["No operating skill: draft + clear limits"]Four things to know to use it well:
| Point | Question | Example |
|---|---|---|
| A recommendation is not an action | Does the skill switch things on or off or move money in the account? | "Raise the winning group's budget in 20-30% steps" is a recommendation. It only becomes a real action once it is handed to ak-ads-management. |
| No access means unknown | How are numbers counted when the account cannot be reached? | An export is missing the conversion column for one ad group: the skill marks it "unknown", not zero performance. |
| Five details for an action | What does it take to hand off a launch, pause, bid or spend action? | Account <account ID>, campaign <campaign name>, currency VND, cap at <amount>/day, action "pause". |
| Four kinds of context | What does the skill need to know before advising? | Goal (leads, target CPA or ROAS, budget), product and offer (landing page), audience (do you have a customer list for a lookalike audience), current state (pixel installed, ads run before or not). |
An optimization recommendation is a suggestion based on the numbers it has seen, not an order to act now. Naming a skill or a connector does not mean you have access to the account.
Sample prompt for a new campaign:
/ak-paid-ads <platform> <campaign type>
Product: <product name>, offer: <offer>.
Goal: leads. Target CPA <amount>. Budget <amount>/month.
Landing page: <landing page URL>.
Constraints: follow the brand guidelines, run only in <region>.
Current state: never run ads before, no pixel installed.This skill has no flags. You can put the platform and campaign type right after the command, but spelling out the goal and budget in the request is still the safest way.
Below is the detailed version: the run flow, 5 situations with prompts (new campaign, ad copy, high CPA, retargeting past visitors, changing real budgets), how to pass arguments after the command, the change history by ak release, and common pitfalls. The detailed version and the interactive page are for subscribers. Your agent can also search them through the portal's MCP.
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Read "ak-paid-ads: strategy, copy and optimization for paid ads" on modernEngineer and apply it to this repo.
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- Version
- v1.0.0
- Updated
- 22/10/2026
- Licence
- All rights reserved
- Slug
- ak-paid-ads
