Ads Performance Analytics (Paid Media Dashboard Reading)
A discipline playbook for reading paid media dashboards without fooling yourself — attribution, reconciliation, incrementality, and a scale/hold/kill decision.
Marketing & SEOIntermediate★ 867⑂ 120AI score 9/10Last updated: Sep 15, 2026
What it does
- Decodes platform-reported metrics: self-attribution bias, view-through, modeled conversions, mismatched attribution windows.
- Gives a reconciliation pattern between platform reports and warehouse revenue, plus the correct blended-CAC formula.
- Compares seven attribution models (last-click, first-click, linear, time-decay, U-shaped, DDA, MMM) with stage-based guidance.
- Covers the ROAS-vs-LTV horizon trap, cohort cuts by month/channel/campaign, and statistical noise (day-of-week, seasonality, reporting lag).
- Details incrementality testing: geo holdout, Conversion Lift, switchback, PSA tests, with expected incremental rates by channel type.
- Ends in a 12-consideration checklist producing one of three answers: Scale / Hold / Kill.
Who it's for
- Performance marketers, growth and agency analysts.
- Founders building board-deck paid media metrics.
- Data teams reconciling platform reports against warehouse truth.
Example uses
- "Platforms sum to 1,600 conversions but the warehouse shows 950 — where did they go?" → cross-platform double-count diagnosis and a board-safe restatement.
- "Retargeting shows 3.5x ROAS, should I 4x the budget?" → incrementality challenge plus a two-week geo holdout design.
- "Meta's ROAS beats Google's, should I shift budget?" → channel-level LTV and payback comparison that flips the decision.
· · · Install guide · · ·
Try it now, no install
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↓ If it works for you, download the ZIP below and install it. Then it runs on its own — no pasting each time.
Install in the Claude app (no terminal)
- Download the ZIP with the button below.
- In Claude, open Settings → Capabilities and turn on 'Code execution and file creation'. (one time)
- Go to Customize → Skills → + → 'Upload a skill' and upload the ZIP.
Install in Claude Code
Let Claude do it — paste this into Claude Code
Install the skill I found on Claude Skill Mart. Copy the dist/codex/.agents/skills/ads-performance-analytics folder from the GitHub repo rampstackco/claude-skills into my ~/.claude/skills/rampstackco-ads-performance-analytics/. When it's done, tell me in one line what this skill can do.
Install with a command instead
git clone https://github.com/rampstackco/claude-skills.git && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r claude-skills/dist/codex/.agents/skills/ads-performance-analytics ~/.claude/skills/⚠ This is a third-party skill. Check the source repository before installing.
- Open a terminal.
- Clone the repo:
git clone https://github.com/rampstackco/claude-skills.git - Create the skills folder if needed:
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills - Copy just this skill:
cp -r claude-skills/dist/codex/.agents/skills/ads-performance-analytics ~/.claude/skills/ - Confirm the bundled
references/files came along. - Restart Claude Code and test with a prompt like "help me read this Meta Ads dashboard" or "compare ROAS vs LTV by channel".
View source on GitHub ↗License: MIT