Agent skill

Google Ads

by superdesigndev in superdesigndev/treg

Traps when running Google Ads through treg — the API requirements and cleanup semantics that cost round-trips or money.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedMarketing & SEO

Install Google Ads

skills CLI
$ npx skills add superdesigndev/treg --skill google-ads -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install superdesigndev/treg google-ads --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/superdesigndev/treg.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/google-ads .claude/skills/google-ads && 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
GitHub stars
4.8k
Token cost
~1.9k tokens
SKILL.md length
808 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
12
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Traps when running Google Ads through treg — the API requirements and cleanup semantics that cost round-trips or money.

  • Works in 7 steps: Pin the API version — there is no… → contains_eu_political_advertising is… → Bidding strategy must be the… → …
  • Asked to analyse ad performance
  • SKILL.md covers 1. Pin the API version — there…, 2.…, 3. Bidding strategy must be… and 4. Removing a parent orphans…, plus 7 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Google Ads is an agent skill from superdesigndev/treg. Traps when running Google Ads through treg — the API requirements and cleanup semantics that cost round-trips or money. Use whenever asked to analyse ad performance, audit spend, create or change campaigns, adjust budgets or bids, or do media buying.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.9k 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: OpenRouter for agent tools. Join community here: https://discord.gg/6mQYYfFMAn.

When your agent uses it

  • Asked to analyse ad performance
  • Change campaigns
  • Do media buying

Example prompts

  • “Use the google-ads skill to trap when running Google Ads through treg — the API requirements and cleanup semantics that cost round-trips or money”
  • “/google-ads”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Pin the API version — there is no discovery ⚠️ 2/2 agents hit this
  2. contains_eu_political_advertising is required on campaign create ⚠️ 3/3 hit this
  3. Bidding strategy must be the sub-message, not the enum ⚠️ 1/2 hit this
  4. Removing a parent orphans children — and their status lies ⚠️ 2/2 confused by this
  5. Money is in micros ✅ 0/2 got this wrong — kept for asymmetry
  6. updateMask controls what changes
  7. login-customer-id failures look like auth failures

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 77ae02e. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    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 json and bash).

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

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • developers.google.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 loads about 1.9k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 65 tokens; SKILL.md has 808 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~65
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.9k

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 808 words (~1,883 tokens).

“Verified live on 2026-07-22 against a live account, via treg call google-ads. Each trap is tagged with how many independent agents hit it when working without this file, so you know which are real and which are here for insurance.”

— opening of SKILL.md by superdesigndev, Custom licence
name
google-ads

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/google-ads of superdesigndev/treg.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 77ae02e

Compare with similar skills

Google Ads next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

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Adscoreyhaines31/marketingskills54k1 repos~7.8kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Paid Adsfreekmurze/dotfiles1k14 repos~2.4kAutomated safety check: PassNone
Google Adszapier/connectors1761 repos~3.7kAutomated safety check: PassElastic-2.0

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Questions about Google Ads

What does Google Ads do?

Traps when running Google Ads through treg — the API requirements and cleanup semantics that cost round-trips or money. Google Ads is an agent skill from superdesigndev/treg. Traps when running Google Ads through treg — the API requirements and cleanup semantics that cost round-trips or money.

When should I use Google Ads?

Google Ads fits situations like: asked to analyse ad performance; change campaigns; do media buying.

How do I install Google Ads in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Google Ads in Codex?

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

Can I use Google Ads 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 superdesigndev/treg --skill google-ads -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, .gemini/skills/google-ads, .github/skills/google-ads and .opencode/skills/google-ads in your project.

What does Google Ads need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Google Ads is instructions for the agent only.

Does Google Ads access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: developers.google.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Google Ads 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 use?

Google Ads has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Google Ads use?

About 1.9k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.5k 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?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Google Ads: Blog Google (AgriciDaniel/claude-blog, 2.3k stars), Ads (Cesarjoquin/Marketing-Skills, 200 stars), Ads (coreyhaines31/marketingskills, 54k stars) and Paid Ads (freekmurze/dotfiles, 1k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Google Ads?

superdesigndev (a GitHub organization) maintains it in superdesigndev/treg, which has 4,763 GitHub stars. The repository holds 12 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

Source: superdesigndev/treg on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.