wasted-spend-finder
Scans your Google and Meta accounts for money being spent on search terms, placements, audiences, and ads that produce zero or near-zero conversions. Delivers clean exclusion lists you can upload directly. Platform: Google and Meta.
Install / Use
npx skills add irinabuht12-oss/marketing-skills --skill wasted-spend-finderInstalls into whichever agent you are using.
SKILL.md
Installable skill definition
Quality Score
Category
MarketingSupported Platforms
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Our assessment of wasted-spend-finder
wasted-spend-finder scores 74/100 on our quality scale, 363rd of 406 Marketing skills we index.
Its SKILL.md is 2.4 KB long, split into 7 sections and no code examples: moderately detailed.
With 1,836 GitHub stars, it is one of the more widely adopted skills in the catalogue.
Maintenance, license and trust
- The repository was last updated 6 days ago, so wasted-spend-finder is actively maintained.
- No license is declared. By default that means all rights are reserved: you can read it, but reusing or redistributing it is not clearly permitted. Ask the author before building on it commercially.
- Its trust signals score 88/100, with 1 caution from licensing, adoption, age or documentation. These come from repository metadata, not a code audit — read the skill file before letting an agent act on it.
Safety scan
No issues foundOur scan of the whole file found no instruction hijacking, hidden characters, credential access, data exfiltration or destructive commands.
Automated pattern scan on 2026-09-30. It catches known dangerous patterns, not every risk — read a skill before letting an agent act on it.
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Frequently asked questions
- How do I install wasted-spend-finder?
- Run
npx skills add irinabuht12-oss/marketing-skills --skill wasted-spend-finder. The install tabs above show the steps for each supported agent. - Which AI agents does wasted-spend-finder work with?
- It is written for Universal, as a SKILL.md file. Other agents that read the same format can often use it too.
- Is wasted-spend-finder safe to use?
- Our scan of the whole file found no instruction hijacking, hidden characters, credential access, data exfiltration or destructive commands. It declares no license and scores 88/100 on trust signals. Skills are instructions an agent will follow, so read the file before installing it and do not approve commands you do not understand.
- Is wasted-spend-finder still maintained?
- The repository was last updated 6 days ago, so wasted-spend-finder is actively maintained.
Skill content
View source on GitHubname: wasted-spend-finder description: Scans your Google and Meta accounts for money being spent on search terms, placements, audiences, and ads that produce zero or near-zero conversions. Delivers clean exclusion lists you can upload directly. Platform: Google and Meta. metadata: platform: Google and Meta
2/ Wasted Spend Finder — Google + Meta
What it does
Scans your Google and Meta accounts for money being spent on search terms, placements, audiences, and ads that produce zero or near-zero conversions. Delivers clean exclusion lists you can upload directly.
How it works
Claude analyzes your search term reports, placement reports, and audience segment data over a time window you choose (typically 30-90 days). It flags anything with meaningful spend but no conversions, and groups the results into actionable categories — negative keywords by theme, placement exclusions by type, and audience segments to remove.
Practical example
Across 12 campaigns over 60 days, Claude finds $6,800 spent on 340 search terms with zero conversions. It groups them into 8 negative keyword themes (competitor names, informational queries, wrong intent, geographic mismatches). It also flags 23 mobile app placements on Meta eating $1,200 with a 0.02% CTR and zero conversions. Total recoverable spend: $8,000/month.
What you get back
- Negative keyword list grouped by theme, ready for upload
- Placement exclusion list for Google Display and Meta
- Audience segments worth removing or restructuring
- Dollar amount attached to each category so you can prioritize
- Recommended match types for negative keywords (exact vs phrase)
When to use it
- Monthly account hygiene, should be a standard part of your workflow
- When onboarding a new client account for the first time
- After scaling campaigns when new queries and placements start leaking in
- Before budget increase requests to show you've cleaned up waste first
Data access (Ryze MCP)
This skill works best with live account data. Connect the free Ryze MCP once and Claude reads your Google Ads, Meta Ads, GA4 and Search Console directly:
- claude.ai / Claude Desktop: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector →
https://connector.get-ryze.ai/mcp - Claude Code:
claude mcp add ryze --transport http https://connector.get-ryze.ai/mcp - Cursor: Settings → MCP → add the same URL
Setup guide: https://www.get-ryze.ai/how-to-connect-claude-to-google-meta-ads-mcp
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Trust signals
From repository metadata: license, adoption, age and documentation. Not a code audit — see the Safety scan above for what the skill file itself contains.