Agent skill

Google Ads Audit

by cognyai in cognyai/claude-code-marketing-skills

Deep Google Ads account audit — keywords, quality scores, budget pacing, search terms

No licenceAuto-check passedMarketing & SEO

Install Google Ads Audit

skills CLI
$ npx skills add cognyai/claude-code-marketing-skills --skill google-ads-audit -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install cognyai/claude-code-marketing-skills google-ads-audit --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/cognyai/claude-code-marketing-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skill-pipeline/google-ads-audit .claude/skills/google-ads-audit && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
google-ads-audit
GitHub stars
104
Token cost
~938 tokens
SKILL.md length
147 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
47
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Deep Google Ads account audit — keywords, quality scores, budget pacing, search terms

  • Works in 7 steps: Account Discovery → Campaign Overview (last 30 days) → Keyword Performance → …
  • Tasks that involve Paid advertising
  • SKILL.md covers Prerequisites Check, Usage and Full Audit Steps
  • Reaches cogny.com

What it does

Google Ads Audit is an agent skill from cognyai/claude-code-marketing-skills. Deep Google Ads account audit — keywords, quality scores, budget pacing, search terms

Its SKILL.md is about 940 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Marketing & SEO, covering Paid advertising. It works with Google Ads. The repository describes itself as: Marketing skills for Claude Code — SEO audits and implementation, ad analysis, ad optimization. Free skills need no account. $9/mo for live Search Console, Bing & LinkedIn data.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Paid advertising

Example prompts

  • “/google-ads-audit”

Requirements

  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): mcp__cogny__google_ads__*, mcp__cogny__create_finding, WebFetch, WebSearch

Workflow steps

7 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Account Discovery
  2. Campaign Overview (last 30 days)
  3. Keyword Performance
  4. Search Term Analysis
  5. Budget Pacing
  6. Quality Score Distribution
  7. Report findings

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit a062fb4. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • mcp__cogny__google_ads__*
    • mcp__cogny__create_finding
    • WebFetch
    • WebSearch

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are sql).

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

    • cogny.com

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Google Ads Audit loads about 938 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 26 tokens; SKILL.md has 147 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~26
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~938

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 147 words (~938 tokens).

“Comprehensive Google Ads account audit using live data via Cogny's MCP server.”

— opening of SKILL.md by cognyai
name
google-ads-audit
allowed-tools
mcp__cogny__google_ads__*, mcp__cogny__create_finding, WebFetch, WebSearch
version
1.0.0
author
Cogny AI
requires
cogny-mcp
platforms
google-ads
user-invocable
true
argument-hint
[full|keywords|budget|quality|search-terms]

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skill-pipeline/google-ads-audit of cognyai/claude-code-marketing-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit a062fb4

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Money Adsiamzifei/show-me-the-money1k—~2.4kAutomated safety check: PassCustom licence

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Questions about Google Ads Audit

What does Google Ads Audit do?

Deep Google Ads account audit — keywords, quality scores, budget pacing, search terms. Google Ads Audit is an agent skill from cognyai/claude-code-marketing-skills.

When should I use Google Ads Audit?

Google Ads Audit fits situations like: tasks that involve Paid advertising.

How do I install Google Ads Audit in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add cognyai/claude-code-marketing-skills --skill google-ads-audit -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skill-pipeline/google-ads-audit in cognyai/claude-code-marketing-skills) into .claude/skills/google-ads-audit in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Google Ads Audit in Codex?

Run `npx skills add cognyai/claude-code-marketing-skills --skill google-ads-audit -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skill-pipeline/google-ads-audit in cognyai/claude-code-marketing-skills) into .agents/skills/google-ads-audit in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Google Ads Audit in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add cognyai/claude-code-marketing-skills --skill google-ads-audit -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/google-ads-audit, .gemini/skills/google-ads-audit, .github/skills/google-ads-audit and .opencode/skills/google-ads-audit in your project.

What does Google Ads Audit need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Google Ads Audit is instructions for the agent only. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: mcp__cogny__google_ads__*, mcp__cogny__create_finding, WebFetch, WebSearch.

Does Google Ads Audit access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. In commands or code: cogny.com; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Google Ads Audit safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Google Ads Audit use?

No licence was found for Google Ads Audit or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Google Ads Audit use?

About 938 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.8k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Google Ads Audit?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Google Ads Audit: Blog Google (AgriciDaniel/claude-blog, 2.3k stars), Ads (Cesarjoquin/Marketing-Skills, 202 stars), Ads (coreyhaines31/marketingskills, 54k stars) and Google Ads (superdesigndev/treg, 4.9k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Google Ads Audit?

cognyai (a GitHub organization) maintains it in cognyai/claude-code-marketing-skills, which has 104 GitHub stars. The repository holds 47 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 16, 2026.

Source: cognyai/claude-code-marketing-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.