Is vantage-ads safe to install?

SaferSkills independently audited vantage-ads (Agent Skill) and scored it 100/100 (green). The audit ran 55 deterministic rules across Security, Supply Chain, Maintenance, Transparency, and Community; it found 0 high-severity and 0 lower-severity findings. The full rule-by-rule trace and per-finding evidence are below. Free, methodology-open.

CategoryWeightCategory scoreContribution

Securityprompt, exec, net, exfil, eval

35%

100

35.0 pts

Supply chainhash, typosquat, maintainer, lockfile

20%

100

20.0 pts

Maintenancestaleness, pinning, CI

15%

100

15.0 pts

TransparencySKILL.md, perms, README

15%

100

15.0 pts

Communityinstalls, verify, response

15%

100

15.0 pts

Findings & checks · 0 flagged

Securityscore 100 · 0 findings

✓—All security checks passedNo findings in this category for the latest scan.pass

Supply chainscore 100 · 0 findings

✓—All supply chain checks passedNo findings in this category for the latest scan.pass

Maintenancescore 100 · 0 findings

✓—All maintenance checks passedNo findings in this category for the latest scan.pass

Transparencyscore 100 · 0 findings

✓—All transparency checks passedNo findings in this category for the latest scan.pass

Communityscore 100 · 0 findings

✓—All community checks passedNo findings in this category for the latest scan.pass

The primary manifest — the file an agent reads to learn what this artifact does.

skills/vantage-ads/SKILL.md · 1 file

skills/vantage-ads/SKILL.md3.9 KB · Markdown

name: vantage-ads

description: >

TRIGGER when the user wants competitor paid-media / ad-creative intelligence —

"what ads are they running", "Meta Ad Library", "ad creative analysis",

"competitor ads", "their offers", "paid media teardown", "ad spy". Part of the

`vantage` suite. Reads public ad libraries to map creatives, offers, and spend

posture.

DO NOT trigger for running the user's OWN ads or pure keyword bid data (use

seo-dataforseo).

context: fork

Vantage-Ads — Paid-Media & Ad-Creative Intelligence

Public ad libraries are the single highest-signal competitive source — they reveal a competitor's actual offers, hooks, audiences, and (via ad longevity) what's working. This skill turns them into messaging and offer intelligence.

Web-only, all public. Sourcing in ../vantage/references/data-sources.md; score with scoring-framework.md §4.

Sources (check all that apply)

Channel	Source	What you get
Meta/Instagram	Meta Ad Library `facebook.com/ads/library`	Active creatives, full copy, "started running" date, variants, # active
Google/YouTube/Display	Google Ads Transparency Center `adstransparency.google.com`	Formats, creative, regions, date ranges
LinkedIn	Company Page → Posts → Ads tab	B2B ad creative & copy
TikTok	TikTok Creative Center Top Ads	Format/hook trends (region-limited)

Blind spots (always disclose): Google Search text ads and several networks aren't fully visible. "No ads found" = not visible here, not "not advertising."

What to extract (per competitor)

Spend posture — roughly how many active ads, across how many platforms?

(footprint, not exact spend). Heavy + multi-platform = serious paid motion.

Creative volume & iteration — many concepts and fresh dates = a real testing

engine. A handful of stale ads = low investment.

Winners (longevity proxy) — ads running many months are almost certainly

profitable. Catalog these — they're the competitor's proven messages.

Hooks & angles — categorize the opening lines (pain, outcome, social proof,

comparison, fear/FOMO, curiosity, offer-led). Which angle dominates?

Offers — free trial, demo, discount, lead magnet, webinar, tool. The offer is

the conversion mechanism — note strength and friction.

Audience signals — copy/imagery imply the targeted segment, role, region.
Landing-page match — click through: dedicated, message-matched LP vs dumping

to homepage. Mismatch = a beatable weakness.

Analysis frames

Angle distribution — tally angles across the set. An over-served angle is

crowded; an under-served, resonant angle is an opening for the subject brand.

Proven-message library — the long-running ads across competitors are a

pre-validated swipe file of what converts this buyer. Highest-value output.

Offer escalation — is anyone out-offering the set (better trial, stronger

magnet)? Match or beat, or differentiate on something other than offer.

Output

# Paid-Media Teardown — [set]
*Captured [date] · Sources: Meta Ad Library, Google ATC, [others]*

## Spend posture (footprint)
| Competitor | Meta active | Google formats | LinkedIn | Est. investment | Notes |
|-----------|------------:|---------------|---------|-----------------|-------|

## Proven messages (long-running ads = likely winners)
| Competitor | Hook | Angle | Offer | Running since | LP |
|-----------|------|-------|-------|---------------|----|

## Angle distribution across the set
[which angles are saturated vs open]

## Offer comparison
[trial/demo/discount/magnet strength per competitor]

## So what
- **Swipe-worthy proven angles** to test: …
- **Under-served angle / offer** the subject brand should own: …
- **Beatable weaknesses** (LP mismatch, stale creative): …
- **Blind spots:** [channels not publicly visible].

vantage-ads— agent skill

Is vantage-ads safe to install?

Vantage-Ads — Paid-Media & Ad-Creative Intelligence

Sources (check all that apply)

What to extract (per competitor)

Analysis frames

Output

Audit the pieces. Scan the whole. Decide.