/ads-research
Agent 71: Competitor Ad Research (any industry)
Pulls real, currently-running competitor ads from the two public, no-login ad-transparency tools (Meta Ad Library, Google Ads Transparency Center), records hook/offer/format/run-length per ad with source URL and fetch date, and synthesizes repeating patterns and a differentiation gap. Run-length is used only as a cited heuristic for 'likely working' -- never presented as a real spend/conversion figure, since neither tool publishes those for an ordinary commercial advertiser. Feeds /ad-copy and /ad-creatives mode from-competitors.
verified (fixture) 2026-09-08 · manual-fallback: the ad pull itself needs the user's own browser observationv0.1.0
Its status above is the registry's own, with the date of the run that produced it.
What it is for
Contract A
- #71 — Competitor ad research
Example requests
- “research our competitors' ads”
- “what are other businesses in our space running”
- “find ads that are working in our industry”
- “competitor ad research”
What it needs, and what it hands back
Needs connected
- WebFetch
- WebSearch
Uses WebFetch, WebSearch, which exist in Claude Code. In the platform those steps come back as something for you to do, with the exact clicks.
Hands back
- clients/<business-slug>/plans/ads-research/<date>.md
Stops and asks
Nothing this agent does is irreversible on its own, so it asks for no approval of its own. Spending, sending and publishing are approved wherever they happen.
How it runs
These are the headings of its own written instructions — 277 lines you can read and change.
- Step 0 — Environment, profile, workspace
- Step 1 — Pull each competitor's ads (live attempt, then manual-fallback)
- Step 2 — Synthesize patterns
- Step 3 — Deliver