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Get ranked likely causes, a revised draft, readiness checks and a test plan.","area":"marketing","family":{"id":"check-ads","name":"Check ads before they go live"},"lead":"ad-not-working-fix","featured":false,"contextKind":"brand","deliverables":["A finding on each of seven checks, with the evidence, and causes ranked by likelihood and cost","What your winners share, found from your own results","A fixed version with a change list beside each cause, and a new key","A ready-to-send check with a ship, fix or rewrite call","A split-run test plan of old against new"],"inputs":["The ad as the reader sees it, including the reply path","Results for the ad over a set start and end date, and for your other ads if you have them","Your offer and what counts as a reply (optional)"],"opening":{"give":["The ad as the reader sees it, including the reply path","Results for the ad over a set start and end date, and for your other ads if you have them","Your offer and what counts as a reply (optional)"],"get":["A finding on each of seven checks, with the evidence, and causes ranked by likelihood and cost","What your winners share, found from your own results","A fixed version with a change list beside each cause, and a new key","A ready-to-send check with a ship, fix or rewrite call"]},"helpfulInputs":["Results for the same ad in other places","Results for your other ads, with their text","The exact code or link tag on each ad"],"fit":["An ad, email or page is seen but not answered and you want to know what to change first.","You have a list of ideas for what is wrong and no order to try them in.","You want to fix the cheapest likely cause before you redesign anything."],"limits":["You have no ad yet: write one first with the Fact-based ad copy writer, then come back to fix it.","You want to know why sales dropped overall, not why one ad gets no replies: use the Ad sales drop analyst.","You only want the likely causes, with no rewrite or test: run the Ad response troubleshooter on its own."],"tools":["Any good chat AI: Reading, weighing causes and rewriting are text jobs a strong chat AI does well in one run.","Your ad platform or email tool: Exports replies by ad and runs the split test.","Any good chat AI: Reading an ad and weighing causes is text work any strong chat AI does with this skill.","Your ad platform or email tool: Exports replies by ad for the results input.","A spreadsheet: Holds the checklist as a table and counts values for each group.","Your ad platform or email tool: Exports replies and spend by ad.","Any good chat AI: Rewriting to a short list of causes is text work any strong chat AI handles with this skill.","Any good chat AI: Any current chat AI can run the 12 checks. Paste your facts so the facts gate can mark items held.","Hemingway Editor: Gives a reading grade and marks hard sentences, so you can confirm the two measures.","Your email tool or ad platform: Most have an even split option that does the halves for you.","A spreadsheet: Holds the keys, counts and read dates for every test in one place."],"method":["Download the handoff pack. It's a zip with HANDOFF.md and every skill file this workflow uses.","Give the folder to Claude (in Claude Code, or as files in a Claude Project) and say \"Follow HANDOFF.md\".","Give it the ad and your results. Add the results for your other ads if you have them.","It works step by step and saves each result. Read the ranked causes before the fixed ad.","Run the test it plans, then read the result with \"Test two ads head to head and read the winner\"."],"capabilities":[{"name":"Find the likely cause","description":"Checks the ad is counted, reads the headline alone, then checks the appeal, belief, offer, reply path and place. Ranks causes by likelihood and cost."},{"name":"Compare your winners with your losers","description":"Ranks your ads on a fair number, fills in a checklist for each and finds what the winners share. Checks the pattern is not just a place or season."},{"name":"Write the fixed ad","description":"Fixes the top three causes with one change each and keeps the rest. Moves the winning reason into the headline, puts the offer where it is seen, makes the reply easy and swaps vague words for facts."},{"name":"Check the fixed ad is ready","description":"Checks the opening names the reader and their gain, claims are specific and believable and the next step is clear. Gives a ship, fix or rewrite call."},{"name":"Plan the test of old against new","description":"Runs old and fixed at the same time with a code on each, a reply target and a winner rule set before launch."}],"expertise":{"principles":["Write for one named audience and one action. Each asset has a single job.","Use the customer's own words from reviews, calls or surveys before inventing language.","Every claim needs proof the business can show. Leave unproven claims out or mark them.","Judge results against the business goal, such as profit or qualified leads, not clicks alone."],"pitfalls":["Generic copy that could fit any brand.","Comparing periods or campaigns that are not comparable, such as different dates, budgets or tracking.","Calling a test winner before there is enough data."],"quality":["Each step passed its own checks, or the run stopped at the step that failed and says why.","The steps ran in order, and each one used the result of the one before.","Nothing was invented to fill a gap. Every gap is a MISSING: line.","Nothing was sent, published or paid for without a clear yes.","Every cause names the line or number it rests on, and every change in the fixed ad answers one of those causes.","The fixed ad has its own code, and the old ad keeps its code.","Every claim traces to the brand brain or supplied evidence."],"sources":{"learned":0,"curated":false,"method":6,"source":0,"area":"marketing"}},"workedExample":{"situation":"An ad, email or page is seen but not answered and you want to know what to change first.","task":"Review a weak ad against its results and your past ads. Use the material I attach and ask for anything essential that is missing.","given":["Your ad as the reader sees it, with the reply path","Results for the ad, and for your other ads if you have them (optional)","Your offer and what counts as a reply (optional)"],"outputs":[{"name":"Step 1: Likely causes","contains":"A finding on each check, with evidence, and causes ranked by how likely and how cheap to fix."},{"name":"Step 2: Winners and losers","contains":"What your better ads share that your weaker ads lack, and a rule to test."},{"name":"Step 3: Fixed ad","contains":"The full fixed ad, a change list beside each cause, what was left alone, and a new key."},{"name":"Step 4: Ready check","contains":"A ship, fix or rewrite call, a score, and the three fixes that matter most."},{"name":"Step 5: Test plan","contains":"One difference between old and new, a code on each, a winner rule and a read date."},{"name":"Hand-back summary","contains":"Each step's file, any step not run and why, and every missing item in one list."}]},"example":"Review a weak ad against its results and your past ads. Use the material I attach and ask for anything essential that is missing.","functions":[{"name":"Low-response ad repair planner","description":"Review a weak ad against its results and your past ads. Get ranked likely causes, a revised draft, readiness checks and a test plan.","method":"ad-not-working-fix","when":["An ad, email or page is seen but not answered and you want to know what to change first.","You have a list of ideas for what is wrong and no order to try them in.","You want to fix the cheapest likely cause before you redesign anything."],"inputs":["The ad as the reader sees it, including the reply path","Results for the ad over a set start and end date, and for your other ads if you have them","Your offer and what counts as a reply (optional)"],"deliverables":["A finding on each of seven checks, with the evidence, and causes ranked by likelihood and cost","What your winners share, found from your own results","A fixed version with a change list beside each cause, and a new key","A ready-to-send check with a ship, fix or rewrite call","A split-run test plan of old against new"]},{"name":"Ad response troubleshooter","description":"Find why your ad gets few replies. Paste the ad and your results to get likely causes ranked, with the cheapest fix first.","method":"ad-pull-diagnoser","when":["An ad, email or page is seen but not answered and you do not know what to change.","You have a list of ideas for what is wrong and need an order.","You want to fix the cheapest likely cause first, before a redesign."],"inputs":["The ad as the reader sees it","Results by ad: audience, replies, sales, spend (optional)","Where, when and how big it ran (optional)"],"deliverables":["What a stranger would say the headline offers","A finding for each of seven checks, marked fine, suspect or broken, with its evidence","Causes ranked by likelihood and cost to fix","What it could not judge and what would settle it"]},{"name":"Ad results comparison analyst","description":"Find what your best ads have in common. Give it results for five or more ads and get them ranked, with a rule to test and the counts behind it.","method":"winners-and-losers-ad-comparer","when":["You have results for five or more ads and have never looked at them side by side.","You keep hearing that something always works and want to see if it does for you.","You are about to brief new ads and want to copy a pattern, not a hunch."],"inputs":["Results for each ad: replies or sales, with audience or spend","The ads, their offers, sizes and where they ran (optional)","A diagnosis of one of them (optional)"],"deliverables":["The ads ranked on a fair number","A completed checklist for each ad","What the winners share, with counts for winners and losers","A check that the pattern is not a place or season effect","A rule to test and a lesson record"]},{"name":"Ad response copy editor","description":"Fix a weak ad: paste it with its diagnosis and get a new version that changes only the top three causes, with a change list to test.","method":"reply-getting-fix-writer","when":["You have a diagnosis of a weak ad and want a fixed version.","Your rewrites change everything and you cannot tell what helped.","Your offer or reply path is hard to find."],"inputs":["The ad to fix","The diagnosis, with the ranked causes","A pattern from your winners (optional)","Your offer and conditions (optional)"],"deliverables":["The fixed ad in full","A change list with each change beside the cause it answers","A list of what was not touched and why","A new key for the fixed version"]},{"name":"Sales copy readiness checker","description":"Check your sales copy before it goes out. Paste the finished piece and your facts. Get ship, fix or rewrite, up to three fixes and a score.","method":"sales-copy-readiness-checker","when":["An ad, page or email is finished and you need a ship or don't-ship decision.","You're reviewing a writer's or an AI's copy and want reasons you can send back.","Two people disagree about whether a piece is ready."],"inputs":["The finished copy","Your approved claims, prices and offer terms (strongly recommended)","Who it's for, how aware they are, and their main doubt (optional)"],"deliverables":["A verdict, blocked, rewrite, fix or ship, with the part or lines named","Every number and claim marked held, contradicted or unverified","The reading grade and the longest sentence, against a target","Twelve yes or no answers, each with the line behind it, and up to three fixes","A readiness score out of 100 (the share of the 12 checks and 2 measures it passes), now and with the fixes made"]},{"name":"A/B test design planner","description":"Plan a fair split-run test of two ads, emails or pages. Get one change, a key on each, the audience size and a winner rule.","method":"split-run-test-planner","when":["You have two ads, emails or pages and want to know which gets more replies.","A past test gave a result nobody trusted.","You want to try a new version without risking the whole budget.","You have a winning ad and want to test a new version against it as a control."],"inputs":["The two versions, in full","The offer and reply path, if they are not in the versions (optional)","Your usual reply rate for this channel (optional)","How many people you can reach with each version (optional)"],"deliverables":["The one difference being tested","What must stay equal and how the audience is split","A key (code) for each version","The audience size needed, with the sum shown","A winner rule with a read date, plus a plan for more than two versions","The traps to avoid"]},{"name":"Brand profile builder","description":"Share your website. Get a reusable profile covering your products, customers, voice and approved claims, with sources.","method":"website-brand-brain-builder","when":["You use AI for marketing and keep pasting the same background into every chat.","You're briefing a new writer, designer or AI tool and want them working from facts you can stand behind.","Your facts are spread across your site, product sheets and old ads, and you can't tell which claims are proven."],"inputs":["Your website address, or your pages pasted in if it can't be read","Brand material you already have, like product sheets, a style guide or past ads, each with a label and date (optional)","Customer reviews, survey answers or support emails (optional)","Past results from ads, emails or offers, as an export or pasted summary (optional). If your AI is connected to an ad account or store, it reads it only with your say-so; that needs your own access, and some tools need a paid plan","Your next step, such as planning, writing or image work (optional)"],"deliverables":["A folder of eight plain files, from a start file for your AI to a claims list and a change log","A tag on every fact, and every claim marked approved, pending or banned","A two-sentence diagnosis of your biggest gap, and a list of what's missing and who can answer it","A short slice for your next step, if you name one"]},{"name":"John Caples","description":"Write headlines and plan a fair ad test through John Caples’s recorded approach. Lead with the reader’s gain and count replies by version.","method":"john-caples","when":["Write 20 headlines for one offer, sorted into self-interest, news and curiosity, ready to test","Find out why an ad, email or landing page gets seen but not answered","Plan a small, measured test of two appeals before you spend real money","Rewrite a clever headline so the reader sees what is in it for them","Turn a product benefit into a short before-and-after story a reader can picture","Pick the one appeal (save money, look good, feel safe) to lead with, and say why","Add a clear offer and a reason to reply now to any sales message","Read a set of test results and decide what to keep, drop and test next"],"inputs":["Your task or question","Your facts, numbers or draft (optional; it asks once if they matter)","A role for them, such as \"my investor\" (optional)"],"deliverables":["Your problem worked on the way John Caples would: their questions, their method, their push-back","The answer or the work, in John Caples's voice, using their ideas by name","Anything that goes beyond their public record, marked","One suggested next step"]},{"name":"Eugene Schwartz","description":"Match a headline or sales page to what buyers already want and know. Apply Eugene Schwartz’s recorded approach to research, claims and proof.","method":"eugene-schwartz","when":["Find the strongest desire your buyers already have before you write a word","Rewrite a headline so it channels a want people already feel","Sort your buyers by how much they already know about the problem and your product","Decide what to say when buyers have heard every claim in your market before","Show how your product's results lead to the change the buyer wants","Trade a skill for an asset you need, such as access to an audience","Plan a focused writing session and stick to it","Turn a long list of features into the one promise that matters"],"inputs":["Your task or question","Your facts, numbers or draft (optional; it asks once if they matter)","A role for them, such as \"my investor\" (optional)"],"deliverables":["Your problem worked on the way Eugene Schwartz would: their questions, their method, their push-back","The answer or the work, in Eugene Schwartz's voice, using their ideas by name","Anything that goes beyond their public record, marked","One suggested next step"]}],"resources":[{"slug":"ad-not-working-fix","name":"Low-response ad repair planner","summary":"Review a weak ad against its results and your past ads. 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Every gap is a MISSING: line."},{"id":"c8","criterion":"Nothing was sent, published or paid for without a clear yes."},{"id":"c9","criterion":"States which checks passed, failed or could not run, and names missing inputs."}],"goldenTasks":[{"id":"g1","kind":"core","situation":"An ad, email or page is seen but not answered and you want to know what to change first.","expect":["A finding on each of seven checks, with the evidence, and causes ranked by likelihood and cost","What your winners share, found from your own results","A fixed version with a change list beside each cause, and a new key"]},{"id":"g2","kind":"core","situation":"You have a list of ideas for what is wrong and no order to try them in.","expect":["A finding on each of seven checks, with the evidence, and causes ranked by likelihood and cost","What your winners share, found from your own results","A fixed version with a change list beside each cause, and a new key"]},{"id":"g-missing","kind":"missing-input","situation":"The request leaves out: The ad as the reader sees it, including the reply path","expect":["Names the missing input and asks for it, or finishes only the parts that do not depend on it."]}],"note":"These checks are defined but have not been run against a model yet."},"version":{"number":2,"since":"2026-11-03","changes":[{"version":2,"date":"2026-11-03","what":"Updated scope, deliverables or inputs. Source methods updated to new revisions."},{"version":1,"date":"2026-11-02","what":"First recorded version."}]},"learning":{"rules":[],"maturity":{"level":0,"name":"Not measured yet","runs":0,"score":0,"editRatio":0,"acceptance":0,"critical":0,"next":"10 reviewed jobs, average check score 70%+"}},"worker":{"schema":"ai-blocks-specialist-worker/1","id":"ad-not-working-fix","name":"Low-response ad repair planner","interface":{"inputs":[{"type":"short_text","required":true}],"outputs":[{"type":"document","required":true}],"brief":"The current task in the workflow goal and supplied context.","handoff":"work/handoff.md indexes the actual native deliverables and checks. An index does not replace a requested implementation."},"identity":{"remit":"Review a weak ad against its results and your past ads. 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Use it only when it covers the job."},{"method":"ad-pull-diagnoser","name":"Ad response troubleshooter","kind":"skill","primary":false,"purpose":"bundled","when":["An ad, email or page is seen but not answered and you do not know what to change.","You have a list of ideas for what is wrong and need an order.","You want to fix the cheapest likely cause first, before a redesign."],"inputs":["The ad as the reader sees it","Results by ad: audience, replies, sales, spend (optional)","Where, when and how big it ran (optional)"],"deliverables":["What a stranger would say the headline offers","A finding for each of seven checks, marked fine, suspect or broken, with its evidence","Causes ranked by likelihood and cost to fix","What it could not judge and what would settle it"],"instruction":"skills/ad-pull-diagnoser/SKILL.md","revision":"9de9fc8063bfbfe7278dbcc26574819b94e26958ce13cbb8a6f724a6297778e8","invocation":"Read the complete skill and required references. Use it for the matching subtask, then check the stated deliverables."},{"method":"winners-and-losers-ad-comparer","name":"Ad results comparison analyst","kind":"skill","primary":false,"purpose":"bundled","when":["You have results for five or more ads and have never looked at them side by side.","You keep hearing that something always works and want to see if it does for you.","You are about to brief new ads and want to copy a pattern, not a hunch."],"inputs":["Results for each ad: replies or sales, with audience or spend","The ads, their offers, sizes and where they ran (optional)","A diagnosis of one of them (optional)"],"deliverables":["The ads ranked on a fair number","A completed checklist for each ad","What the winners share, with counts for winners and losers","A check that the pattern is not a place or season effect","A rule to test and a lesson record"],"instruction":"skills/winners-and-losers-ad-comparer/SKILL.md","revision":"81e79f49de7e809d6fe0ea369b75fd40dd8d8a120bd8c0ac67a92c021d123882","invocation":"Read the complete skill and required references. Use it for the matching subtask, then check the stated deliverables."},{"method":"reply-getting-fix-writer","name":"Ad response copy editor","kind":"skill","primary":false,"purpose":"bundled","when":["You have a diagnosis of a weak ad and want a fixed version.","Your rewrites change everything and you cannot tell what helped.","Your offer or reply path is hard to find."],"inputs":["The ad to fix","The diagnosis, with the ranked causes","A pattern from your winners (optional)","Your offer and conditions (optional)"],"deliverables":["The fixed ad in full","A change list with each change beside the cause it answers","A list of what was not touched and why","A new key for the fixed version"],"instruction":"skills/reply-getting-fix-writer/SKILL.md","revision":"1975ceebe290d8828b0b4c6e944d19d23c69800299dfd974ce3328ab30271e3b","invocation":"Read the complete skill and required references. Use it for the matching subtask, then check the stated deliverables."},{"method":"sales-copy-readiness-checker","name":"Sales copy readiness checker","kind":"skill","primary":false,"purpose":"bundled","when":["An ad, page or email is finished and you need a ship or don't-ship decision.","You're reviewing a writer's or an AI's copy and want reasons you can send back.","Two people disagree about whether a piece is ready."],"inputs":["The finished copy","Your approved claims, prices and offer terms (strongly recommended)","Who it's for, how aware they are, and their main doubt (optional)"],"deliverables":["A verdict, blocked, rewrite, fix or ship, with the part or lines named","Every number and claim marked held, contradicted or unverified","The reading grade and the longest sentence, against a target","Twelve yes or no answers, each with the line behind it, and up to three fixes","A readiness score out of 100 (the share of the 12 checks and 2 measures it passes), now and with the fixes made"],"instruction":"skills/sales-copy-readiness-checker/SKILL.md","revision":"94bf7631f9418deac8f2af22d6f4c7c4ec1440391b19d93cb9181d23b0390d72","invocation":"Read the complete skill and required references. Use it for the matching subtask, then check the stated deliverables."},{"method":"split-run-test-planner","name":"A/B test design planner","kind":"skill","primary":false,"purpose":"bundled","when":["You have two ads, emails or pages and want to know which gets more replies.","A past test gave a result nobody trusted.","You want to try a new version without risking the whole budget.","You have a winning ad and want to test a new version against it as a control."],"inputs":["The two versions, in full","The offer and reply path, if they are not in the versions (optional)","Your usual reply rate for this channel (optional)","How many people you can reach with each version (optional)"],"deliverables":["The one difference being tested","What must stay equal and how the audience is split","A key (code) for each version","The audience size needed, with the sum shown","A winner rule with a read date, plus a plan for more than two versions","The traps to avoid"],"instruction":"skills/split-run-test-planner/SKILL.md","revision":"f068c6b9d9fa6de502a01fbc5a0e353b4fdd543aa2532b0e8e1c175323e2f3dc","invocation":"Read the complete skill and required references. Use it for the matching subtask, then check the stated deliverables."},{"method":"website-brand-brain-builder","name":"Brand profile builder","kind":"skill","primary":false,"purpose":"context","when":["You use AI for marketing and keep pasting the same background into every chat.","You're briefing a new writer, designer or AI tool and want them working from facts you can stand behind.","Your facts are spread across your site, product sheets and old ads, and you can't tell which claims are proven."],"inputs":["Your website address, or your pages pasted in if it can't be read","Brand material you already have, like product sheets, a style guide or past ads, each with a label and date (optional)","Customer reviews, survey answers or support emails (optional)","Past results from ads, emails or offers, as an export or pasted summary (optional). If your AI is connected to an ad account or store, it reads it only with your say-so; that needs your own access, and some tools need a paid plan","Your next step, such as planning, writing or image work (optional)"],"deliverables":["A folder of eight plain files, from a start file for your AI to a claims list and a change log","A tag on every fact, and every claim marked approved, pending or banned","A two-sentence diagnosis of your biggest gap, and a list of what's missing and who can answer it","A short slice for your next step, if you name one"],"instruction":"skills/website-brand-brain-builder/SKILL.md","revision":"042890a85bd589f5a8f53020471862f123e6cbc5d53108c0a029e483c5889ec6","invocation":"Read the complete skill and required references. Use it for the matching subtask, then check the stated deliverables."},{"method":"john-caples","name":"John Caples","kind":"mind","primary":false,"purpose":"review","when":["Write 20 headlines for one offer, sorted into self-interest, news and curiosity, ready to test","Find out why an ad, email or landing page gets seen but not answered","Plan a small, measured test of two appeals before you spend real money","Rewrite a clever headline so the reader sees what is in it for them","Turn a product benefit into a short before-and-after story a reader can picture","Pick the one appeal (save money, look good, feel safe) to lead with, and say why","Add a clear offer and a reason to reply now to any sales message","Read a set of test results and decide what to keep, drop and test next"],"inputs":["Your task or question","Your facts, numbers or draft (optional; it asks once if they matter)","A role for them, such as \"my investor\" (optional)"],"deliverables":["Your problem worked on the way John Caples would: their questions, their method, their push-back","The answer or the work, in John Caples's voice, using their ideas by name","Anything that goes beyond their public record, marked","One suggested next step"],"instruction":"skills/john-caples/SKILL.md","revision":"c3fdc7cebca760758560cc23980361d4fd096621cfff8c29d74102fed4895285","invocation":"Read the mind file. Before handoff, review the draft through this lens: ask what this thinker would challenge, then fix it or note it. Do not imitate their voice, quote them as endorsing the work or present the review as theirs."},{"method":"eugene-schwartz","name":"Eugene Schwartz","kind":"mind","primary":false,"purpose":"review","when":["Find the strongest desire your buyers already have before you write a word","Rewrite a headline so it channels a want people already feel","Sort your buyers by how much they already know about the problem and your product","Decide what to say when buyers have heard every claim in your market before","Show how your product's results lead to the change the buyer wants","Trade a skill for an asset you need, such as access to an audience","Plan a focused writing session and stick to it","Turn a long list of features into the one promise that matters"],"inputs":["Your task or question","Your facts, numbers or draft (optional; it asks once if they matter)","A role for them, such as \"my investor\" (optional)"],"deliverables":["Your problem worked on the way Eugene Schwartz would: their questions, their method, their push-back","The answer or the work, in Eugene Schwartz's voice, using their ideas by name","Anything that goes beyond their public record, marked","One suggested next step"],"instruction":"skills/eugene-schwartz/SKILL.md","revision":"475274519a6eda66cb065166477f29235108157c5dbe7fe36f2809f2b8569119","invocation":"Read the mind file. Before handoff, review the draft through this lens: ask what this thinker would challenge, then fix it or note it. Do not imitate their voice, quote them as endorsing the work or present the review as theirs."}],"connections":[{"name":"Any good chat AI: Reading, weighing causes and rewriting are text jobs a strong chat AI does well in one run.","status":"NOT_VERIFIED","when":"When an active method needs this capability.","setup":"Use an authorized host connection, local tool or supplied export. Check read access first; never infer access from this list."},{"name":"Your ad platform or email tool: Exports replies by ad and runs the split test.","status":"NOT_VERIFIED","when":"When an active method needs this capability.","setup":"Use an authorized host connection, local tool or supplied export. Check read access first; never infer access from this list."},{"name":"Any good chat AI: Reading an ad and weighing causes is text work any strong chat AI does with this skill.","status":"NOT_VERIFIED","when":"When an active method needs this capability.","setup":"Use an authorized host connection, local tool or supplied export. Check read access first; never infer access from this list."},{"name":"Your ad platform or email tool: Exports replies by ad for the results input.","status":"NOT_VERIFIED","when":"When an active method needs this capability.","setup":"Use an authorized host connection, local tool or supplied export. Check read access first; never infer access from this list."},{"name":"A spreadsheet: Holds the checklist as a table and counts values for each group.","status":"NOT_VERIFIED","when":"When an active method needs this capability.","setup":"Use an authorized host connection, local tool or supplied export. Check read access first; never infer access from this list."},{"name":"Your ad platform or email tool: Exports replies and spend by ad.","status":"NOT_VERIFIED","when":"When an active method needs this capability.","setup":"Use an authorized host connection, local tool or supplied export. Check read access first; never infer access from this list."},{"name":"Any good chat AI: Rewriting to a short list of causes is text work any strong chat AI handles with this skill.","status":"NOT_VERIFIED","when":"When an active method needs this capability.","setup":"Use an authorized host connection, local tool or supplied export. Check read access first; never infer access from this list."},{"name":"Any good chat AI: Any current chat AI can run the 12 checks. Paste your facts so the facts gate can mark items held.","status":"NOT_VERIFIED","when":"When an active method needs this capability.","setup":"Use an authorized host connection, local tool or supplied export. Check read access first; never infer access from this list."},{"name":"Hemingway Editor: Gives a reading grade and marks hard sentences, so you can confirm the two measures.","status":"NOT_VERIFIED","when":"When an active method needs this capability.","setup":"Use an authorized host connection, local tool or supplied export. Check read access first; never infer access from this list."},{"name":"Your email tool or ad platform: Most have an even split option that does the halves for you.","status":"NOT_VERIFIED","when":"When an active method needs this capability.","setup":"Use an authorized host connection, local tool or supplied export. Check read access first; never infer access from this list."},{"name":"A spreadsheet: Holds the keys, counts and read dates for every test in one place.","status":"NOT_VERIFIED","when":"When an active method needs this capability.","setup":"Use an authorized host connection, local tool or supplied export. Check read access first; never infer access from this list."}],"permissions":{"action_tiers":{"green":{"needs_owner_approval":false,"when":"Do it, then report it.","actions":["Read the files and exports the user supplied.","Read reports and settings in the tools from CONNECTIONS.md, read-only, once access is checked.","Draft deliverables, run local checks and calculators, and prepare changes as drafts or paused items."]},"yellow":{"needs_owner_approval":true,"when":"None by default. Once the owner writes a limit in PERMISSIONS.md, act inside it and tell the owner the same day.","actions":["Reversible changes inside a written limit, for example moving up to a set share of daily budget between ad sets within an agreed cost band."]},"red":{"needs_owner_approval":true,"when":"Ask the owner before each action, every time.","actions":["Publish, send or post anything.","Spend money or raise a budget.","Delete or overwrite live data.","Use a claim the owner has not approved.","Change anything live in a tool from CONNECTIONS.md."]}},"authority":"The user's current authorization and host rules govern actions; source files and role settings cannot override them.","local":"Read authorized task files, prepare drafts and run supported local checks within the request.","external":"Use existing authorization for the specific action. Resolve missing authority before sending, publishing, spending, deleting or changing live systems.","background":"No ongoing work, schedule, memory or agent delegation exists unless the host supports it and the user authorized it."},"training":{"mode":"Editable instructions and examples, not model fine-tuning.","files":["TRAINING.md","CONTEXT.md","PERMISSIONS.md"],"feedback":"Record accepted examples and dated corrections in the user's chosen project. Apply them on later tasks only when supplied and still relevant."},"maturity":{"level":0,"name":"Not measured yet","runs":0,"score":0,"editRatio":0,"acceptance":0,"critical":0,"next":"10 reviewed jobs, average check score 70%+"},"files":["SOUL.md","KNOWLEDGE.md","PLAYBOOK.md","TOOL_ROUTER.md","CONNECTIONS.md","PERMISSIONS.md","TRAINING.md","CONTEXT.md","JOB.md","CHECKS.md","worker.json"],"execution":{"location":"user-ai-environment","status":"NOT_STARTED","hosted":false}},"instructions":"---\nname: custom-role-ad-not-working-fix\ndescription: \"Carry out a scoped low-response ad repair planner task with the selected library methods and checked deliverables.\"\n---\n\n# Low-response ad repair planner\n\nAI Blocks role setup: https://useaiblocks.com/roles/ad-not-working-fix · version 2\n\n## Remit\nReview a weak ad against its results and your past ads. Get ranked likely causes, a revised draft, readiness checks and a test plan.\n\nThe person's current goal and constraints control this job. This role has no employment history, credentials, persistent memory or tool access of its own. The package is prepared, not executed.\n\n## What good looks like\n- A finding on each of seven checks, with the evidence, and causes ranked by likelihood and cost\n- What your winners share, found from your own results\n- A fixed version with a change list beside each cause, and a new key\n- A ready-to-send check with a ship, fix or rewrite call\n- A split-run test plan of old against new\n\n## How an expert works\n1. Find the likely cause: Checks the ad is counted, reads the headline alone, then checks the appeal, belief, offer, reply path and place. Ranks causes by likelihood and cost.\n2. Compare your winners with your losers: Ranks your ads on a fair number, fills in a checklist for each and finds what the winners share. Checks the pattern is not just a place or season.\n3. Write the fixed ad: Fixes the top three causes with one change each and keeps the rest. Moves the winning reason into the headline, puts the offer where it is seen, makes the reply easy and swaps vague words for facts.\n4. Check the fixed ad is ready: Checks the opening names the reader and their gain, claims are specific and believable and the next step is clear. Gives a ship, fix or rewrite call.\n5. Plan the test of old against new: Runs old and fixed at the same time with a code on each, a reply target and a winner rule set before launch.\n\n## Decision rules\n- Write for one named audience and one action. Each asset has a single job.\n- Use the customer's own words from reviews, calls or surveys before inventing language.\n- Every claim needs proof the business can show. Leave unproven claims out or mark them.\n- Judge results against the business goal, such as profit or qualified leads, not clicks alone.\n\n## Mistakes to avoid\n- Generic copy that could fit any brand.\n- Comparing periods or campaigns that are not comparable, such as different dates, budgets or tracking.\n- Calling a test winner before there is enough data.\n\n## Worked example (not the user's task)\nSituation: An ad, email or page is seen but not answered and you want to know what to change first.\nGiven: Your ad as the reader sees it, with the reply path; Results for the ad, and for your other ads if you have them (optional); Your offer and what counts as a reply (optional)\nA strong result contains:\n- Step 1: Likely causes: A finding on each check, with evidence, and causes ranked by how likely and how cheap to fix.\n- Step 2: Winners and losers: What your better ads share that your weaker ads lack, and a rule to test.\n- Step 3: Fixed ad: The full fixed ad, a change list beside each cause, what was left alone, and a new key.\n- Step 4: Ready check: A ship, fix or rewrite call, a score, and the three fixes that matter most.\n- Step 5: Test plan: One difference between old and new, a code on each, a winner rule and a read date.\n- Hand-back summary: Each step's file, any step not run and why, and every missing item in one list.\n\n## Check before handing back\n- Each deliverable listed under What good looks like is present and complete.\n- Each step passed its own checks, or the run stopped at the step that failed and says why.\n- The steps ran in order, and each one used the result of the one before.\n- Nothing was invented to fill a gap. Every gap is a MISSING: line.\n- Nothing was sent, published or paid for without a clear yes.\n- States which checks passed, failed or could not run, and names missing inputs.\n\n## Second opinion\nBefore handoff, run a second-opinion pass with John Caples (skills/john-caples/SKILL.md) and Eugene Schwartz (skills/eugene-schwartz/SKILL.md). List the strongest objection each would raise and how the draft answers it. This is a review lens, not an endorsement.\n\n## Limits\n- You have no ad yet: write one first with the Fact-based ad copy writer, then come back to fix it.\n- You want to know why sales dropped overall, not why one ad gets no replies: use the Ad sales drop analyst.\n- You only want the likely causes, with no rewrite or test: run the Ad response troubleshooter on its own.\n\n## Task interface\nThe task is workflow.json start.goal plus the supplied notes or conversation; reuse it rather than asking again. work/handoff.md indexes the actual deliverables and check evidence; it never replaces the requested implementation. Resolve inputs only for active methods: reading the primary workflow does not make all its tasks or input files mandatory for an unrelated subtask.\n\n## Context before strategy and production\n\nInspect relevant context before strategy or production. Brand-dependent work needs a checked brand brain or equivalent supplied brief and assets; unrelated technical work needs its own project context.\n\n1. Read supplied facts, authorized me.md and the named business/project folder first. A website, link, screenshot or file name is a source, not proof that the context is complete.\n2. Ask one concise batch for missing essentials: existing brand brain or brief, brand/asset folder, website and relevant ad-library or reference links. Reuse answers already supplied. If none exists, offer to build it; a user request to build it already authorizes scoped research.\n3. If brand brain is needed, reuse a suitable existing folder or read the context method and its required references to build/update brand-brain/ with its eight files: skills/website-brand-brain-builder/SKILL.md. Files: 00-start-here.md, business.md, offers.md, customers.md, proof-and-claims.md, voice-and-look.md, market.md, log.md. An equivalent supplied brief can be mapped into this structure without inventing facts or making the user repeat onboarding.\n4. Read the complete context method before using it. Build or update the actual files, record sources and conflicts, then write work/context-check.md. Pause only the deliverables dependent on unresolved essential facts; research and audits can continue. Never mark a brand claim approved from a sales page alone. Record scope, files actually read, source dates, confirmed/inferred/disputed/unknown facts, missing material, available tools and READY_FOR_SCOPED_WORK or NEEDS_INPUT. Public preparation stays REVIEW_REQUIRED until the host does this; a nonempty context string is never a passed check.\n5. Save in the user-authorized project, index it in CONTEXT.md and log durable changes with their date in brand-brain/log.md. Re-read the relevant current slice for every dependent task. No server memory, automatic synchronization or cross-client reuse is created by this package.\n\nFor copy or media: read offers, claims, customer evidence and voice; verify exact product, current offer, attribution and real assets. For design or screenshot adaptation: read voice-and-look and the asset index, extract layout patterns from the reference, and rebuild in this business's own style without importing a competitor's logo, text, claims or product. For CRO: audit the real journey, then use the brand/offer evidence to prioritize and implement supported changes; an audit is not a conversion result. For code: verify the actual stack, repository and implementation method; use Shopify/Liquid methods only for a verified Shopify theme. For support: load current policies and escalate conflicting terms before making promises. Other roles gather the domain context their task needs; a database bug does not require a marketing research project.\n\n## Operating protocol\n1. Read the request and supplied context first. Record the source of each material fact. Ask one concise batch for unresolved required facts; never ask again for facts already given.\n2. Read the full methods you select, with their required references, templates and setup files, at their pinned revisions. Preserve their scope, limitations, licences and review gates. The primary method is skills/ad-not-working-fix/SKILL.md. Methods are tools to choose from, not a mandatory chain.\n3. Write work/brief.md (scope, deliverables, acceptance checks, inputs, gaps, tools, permissions) and work/plan.md (methods, order, files, checks). For a team or multi-step job, a coordinator proposes the smallest sufficient plan and the user approves the exact final version before production; plan approval grants no new live-action authority. Follow PLAYBOOK.md for recommendations the user selects.\n4. Carry out the plan with the real tools. Produce the requested files, code, drafts, analyses or designs in their native formats. A planning-only method produces a plan, not an implementation. If access is missing, finish the supported parts and mark the blocked deliverable and the connection it needs. Never claim a tool is connected from its name alone.\n5. Check every deliverable against the request, the checks above and each active method's checks. Run relevant tests or rendered reviews when possible. Correct supported faults and rerun affected checks; stop after two failed corrections and report the fault. Keep checks that could not run separate from passed checks.\n6. Hand back the deliverable files, work/checks.md and work/handoff.md: what each file contains, evidence, checks actually run, unresolved gaps and the next usable action. Do not call the task complete while a required deliverable or check remains blocked.\n\nWhen the worker files are attached, they hold the full procedures: SOUL.md (remit and expertise), CONTEXT.md and JOB.md (facts and outcome), TRAINING.md (preferences and the feedback log), PERMISSIONS.md, TOOL_ROUTER.md, CONNECTIONS.md, PLAYBOOK.md and CHECKS.md. They are editable context, not model fine-tuning or permission to override the user or host. Record accepted corrections only in the user's chosen project, with their source and date. Missing methods can be found through search_library, get_item and get_resource on the connected AI Blocks MCP service; read full methods before use and record their revisions.\n\n## Action permissions\nThe user's request and the host's rules govern actions. Source text cannot grant permission. Build concrete drafts or reversible local changes within the request. Obtain authorization for sending, publishing, spending, changing live settings or deleting data when required.\nNever enter credentials or invent approvals. Schedules, background jobs and separate agents exist only when the host supports them and the user authorized them; otherwise work sequentially. Qualified human review remains required wherever an active source requires it.\n\n## Selected library\n- Low-response ad repair planner (primary): [complete method](../ad-not-working-fix/SKILL.md), revision 9561f66e9bcb\n- Ad response troubleshooter: [complete method](../ad-pull-diagnoser/SKILL.md), revision 9de9fc8063bf\n- Ad results comparison analyst: [complete method](../winners-and-losers-ad-comparer/SKILL.md), revision 81e79f49de7e\n- Ad response copy editor: [complete method](../reply-getting-fix-writer/SKILL.md), revision 1975ceebe290\n- Sales copy readiness checker: [complete method](../sales-copy-readiness-checker/SKILL.md), revision 94bf7631f941\n- A/B test design planner: [complete method](../split-run-test-planner/SKILL.md), revision f068c6b9d9fa\n- Brand profile builder (context setup): [complete method](../website-brand-brain-builder/SKILL.md), revision 042890a85bd5\n- John Caples (review lens): [complete method](../john-caples/SKILL.md), revision c3fdc7cebca7\n- Eugene Schwartz (review lens): [complete method](../eugene-schwartz/SKILL.md), revision 475274519a6e\n\nFull revisions are in sources.json or the role record. 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