daily-budget-pacing-guard
Maintains Google Ads budget pacing against performance targets through daily analysis and adjustment.
Install
mkdir -p .claude/skills/daily-budget-pacing-guard && curl -L -o skill.zip "https://agentskills.codes/api/skills/download/11619" && unzip -o skill.zip -d .claude/skills/daily-budget-pacing-guard && rm skill.zipInstalls to .claude/skills/daily-budget-pacing-guard
Activation
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Daily budget pacing guardrail for Google Ads accounts. Use when comparing month-to-date spend vs plan and deciding budget increases, decreases, or reallocations.Key capabilities
- →Compute month-to-date pacing by campaign.
- →Compare pacing with ideal linear spend curve.
- →Flag overspending campaigns with weak efficiency.
- →Flag underspending campaigns with strong efficiency.
- →Propose budget moves to reduce waste and increase profitable campaigns.
- →Apply approved budget changes and maintain an audit trail.
How it works
The skill computes month-to-date pacing, compares it to an ideal spend curve, flags campaigns, proposes budget adjustments, and applies approved changes.
Inputs & outputs
When to use daily-budget-pacing-guard
- →Optimizing campaign daily spend
- →Reallocating budget to high-performing campaigns
- →Preventing budget overspend
- →Reporting on spend pacing vs plan
About this skill
daily-budget-pacing-guard
Cadence
Daily
Objective
Keep monthly spend on target while protecting CPA/ROAS constraints.
Workflow
- Compute month-to-date pacing by campaign and compare with ideal linear spend curve.
- Flag overspending campaigns with weak efficiency and underspending campaigns with strong efficiency.
- Propose budget moves: reduce waste first, then increase budgets on constrained profitable campaigns.
- Apply approved changes with budget update tools and keep an audit trail.
Core MCP Tools
- run_gaql_query
- list_campaigns
- list_campaign_budgets
- update_campaign_budget
- attach_campaign_budget
Expected Outputs
- Pacing report with over/under status
- Proposed budget deltas per campaign
- Applied budget changes
Guardrails
- Never increase budget on campaigns above target CPA without approval.
- Cap daily budget change magnitude unless user asks otherwise.
- Preserve shared budget intent when present.
When not to use it
- →When the user wants to increase budget on campaigns above target CPA without approval.
- →When the user wants to change daily budget magnitude beyond the cap without explicit instruction.
Limitations
- →Never increase budget on campaigns above target CPA without approval.
- →Cap daily budget change magnitude unless user asks otherwise.
- →Preserve shared budget intent when present.
How it compares
This skill automates the comparison of actual spend against a linear plan and proposes budget reallocations based on efficiency, which is more precise than manual budget adjustments.
Compared to similar skills
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