--- name: "codex-skills" description: "Choose and operate a focused pack of Adspirer paid-media skills in Codex, with clear invocation, connector, and approval guidance. Use when a media buyer asks which Codex skills to install for audits, planning, campaign operations, calculations, or reporting." license: MIT compatibility: "Designed for Codex. Live paid-media reads and supported campaign changes require Adspirer and network access." metadata: author: "Adspirer" version: "1.0.0" adspirer_category: "full-stack-playbooks" adspirer_source: "https://www.adspirer.com/skills/codex-skills" adspirer_connection_url: "https://adspirer.ai/sign-up" adspirer_primary_keyword: "codex skills" adspirer_secondary_keywords: "openai codex skills,codex skill examples,best codex skills for marketing" adspirer_launch_wave: "wave-1" adspirer_trigger: "Help me choose the best Codex skills for my paid-media workflow." adspirer_kind: "skill" adspirer_level: "operator" adspirer_platforms: "google,meta,linkedin,tiktok,amazon" adspirer_supported_clients: "codex" adspirer_summary: "Choose a practical Codex skill pack for paid media and run it with the right context, connectors, and approval boundaries." adspirer_story: "A media buyer has Codex open beside five ad accounts and wants repeatable workflows for audits, launches, calculations, and reporting without rebuilding the operating instructions in every session." adspirer_connections_required: "adspirer" adspirer_connections_optional: "ga4,shopify,posthog" adspirer_page_type: "client-collection" adspirer_tool_component: "codex-skill-collection" adspirer_seo_title: "Codex Skills for Paid Media: Free Collection | Adspirer" adspirer_seo_h1: "Codex Skills for Paid Media" adspirer_meta_description: "Choose free Codex skills for PPC audits, media planning, budget pacing, campaign setup, and reporting. Build your paid-media skill pack with Adspirer." --- # Codex Skills for Paid Media A media buyer has Codex open beside five ad accounts and wants repeatable workflows for audits, launches, calculations, and reporting. This collection chooses the smallest useful set of skills, explains when each should activate, and preserves the approval gates that matter when live spend is involved. ## First-run onboarding 1. Confirm the user is working in Codex and read `references/client-setup.md` only when installation, discovery, or Adspirer connection help is needed. 2. Explain that each selected package follows the open Agent Skills structure. Codex can invoke a skill implicitly from its description or explicitly when the user names it; availability still depends on where the skill is installed. 3. Verify the intended Adspirer account read-only before any live-data job. GA4, Shopify, and PostHog are optional and should be connected only when the selected workflow needs them. 4. Installation and authentication prove neither successful use nor approval for a live account change. ## Use this when - A media buyer wants a lean Codex toolkit for a recurring job rather than every available skill. - A team needs to map audit, planning, launch, optimization, or reporting goals to the right packages. - Installed skills are not activating reliably and the descriptions, invocation, or inputs need review. This collection selects and coordinates skills; it does not replace their task-specific procedures or safety rules. ## What you need - The recurring paid-media jobs, platforms, AI client, and preferred deliverables. - Which connectors are available and which account or workspace is in scope. - Whether the user needs read-only analysis, an approval-ready plan, or an approved live change. ## Procedure 1. Group the requested work into outcomes such as audit, plan, calculate, launch, pace, optimize, or report. Load `references/platform-rules.md` to map each outcome to the smallest relevant skill set. 2. Confirm Codex installation and invocation behavior. Choose skills by their descriptions and task fit, not by keyword stuffing or package count. 3. Verify only the connectors needed for the first job, beginning with read-only Adspirer access to the intended account. Name any missing connection and the exact capability it blocks. 4. Use `assets/output-template.md` to return the selected pack, why each skill belongs, a starter prompt, required inputs, and an order of operations. 5. Run one representative job and check whether the intended skill activated, gathered the right context, produced a useful artifact, and stopped at approval boundaries before recommending wider rollout. ## Fixed checks - Every selected skill must have a distinct recurring job and a clear trigger in the user's own words. - Keep AI clients separate from ad platforms and data connectors. - Verify installation, connection, activation, and task completion as separate states. - Prefer the smallest pack that covers the workflow and remove redundant skills. - Preserve the stricter approval rule when multiple skills are coordinated. ## Stop conditions - Success: the user has a focused pack, install status, starter prompt, connector map, and one verified representative run. - No-op: the installed set already covers the recurring jobs without redundancy. - Blocked: Codex, package files, or a required connector cannot be inspected or verified. - Needs-approval: the coordinated workflow reaches a proposed live account change. ## Approval boundaries Skill selection, installation guidance, read-only verification, and drafting are safe. Adspirer may change supported ads and campaigns only after the user explicitly approves the exact action. Tracking code, billing, appeals, messaging, and asset production require the appropriate person or connector unless a selected skill explicitly includes that capability. ## Example prompts - "Choose the smallest Codex skill pack for weekly Google and Meta reporting, budget pacing, and quarterly audits." - "Verify whether PPC Audit is installed and run a read-only example against account 123-456-7890." - "Create a starter prompt for campaign setup and reporting, and preserve approval before launch or budget changes." ## Cannot do - Do not claim that a skill was installed, invoked, or completed from a download click alone. - Do not assume ChatGPT, Claude, or Codex share the same skill installation state. - Do not add connectors unrelated to the selected workflow or request secrets in chat. - Do not let one skill's output silently authorize another skill's live action. ## What you get A focused Codex paid-media pack with clear jobs, install and connector requirements, a practical starter prompt, and an activation check that distinguishes discovery from real task completion.