Competitive Ads Extractor
Pull and teardown competitor ads from public ad libraries so you can sharpen positioning and creative before you spend on campaigns.
Overview
competitive-ads-extractor is an agent skill most often used in Idea (also Launch distribution) that extracts and analyzes competitors’ ads from ad libraries to inform messaging and creative.
Install
npx skills add https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design --skill competitive-ads-extractorWhat is this skill?
- Extracts competitor ads from ad libraries for messaging and creative analysis
- Trigger phrases include competitive ads, ad library extract, competitor creative, and ad teardown
- Curated Open Design catalogue entry pointing to ComposioHQ awesome-claude-skills upstream bundle
- Install upstream repo assets when you need the full scripts and reference workflow
Adoption & trust: 804 installs on skills.sh; 61.4k GitHub stars; 2/3 security scanners passed (skills.sh audits).
What problem does it solve?
You are guessing headlines and creatives without seeing what competitors actually run in ad libraries.
Who is it for?
Solo founders researching rivals before validation copy or before scaling paid acquisition.
Skip if: Teams that need guaranteed API access, bulk automation, or legal clearance without reading each ad platform’s rules—you must install and run the upstream bundle responsibly.
When should I use this skill?
User mentions competitive ads, ad library extract, competitor creative, or ad teardown—or invokes `competitive-ads-extractor` by name.
What do I get? / Deliverables
You get a structured view of competitor ad messaging and creative approaches you can reuse in positioning, landing tests, and launch creatives.
- Competitor ad extraction summary
- Messaging and creative pattern notes for positioning and campaigns
Recommended Skills
Journey fit
Spans multiple journey phases - primary shelf plus alternate fits below.
Competitive ad research is canonical on the Idea shelf because messaging and creative patterns inform what you build and how you validate—before heavy ad spend. The competitors subphase is where ad-library teardowns belong alongside other rival positioning research.
Where it fits
Teardown top rivals’ Meta and Google ads to list recurring hooks before you commit to a niche.
Align hero copy and social proof patterns with creatives that already run in your category.
Draft first paid ad variants informed by competitor creative formats and CTAs.
How it compares
Research-oriented skill package for ad-library teardowns—not a hosted MCP ad spy SaaS.
Common Questions / FAQ
Who is competitive-ads-extractor for?
Indie builders and marketers using agent skills who want competitor ad messaging and creative patterns from public ad libraries during research and launch prep.
When should I use competitive-ads-extractor?
In Idea/competitors when scoping positioning; in Validate/landing when aligning hooks with market ads; in Launch/distribution when planning paid social or search creative tests.
Is competitive-ads-extractor safe to install?
The catalogue stub is lightweight; full workflows may need network and browser access from the upstream repo—review the Security Audits panel on this Prism page before installing third-party scripts.
SKILL.md
READMESKILL.md - Competitive Ads Extractor
# competitive-ads-extractor > Curated from ComposioHQ awesome-claude-skills. ## What it does Extract and analyze competitors' ads from ad libraries to understand messaging and creative approaches that resonate. ## Source - Upstream: https://github.com/ComposioHQ/awesome-claude-skills/tree/master/competitive-ads-extractor - Category: `marketing-creative` ## How to use This catalogue entry advertises the skill in Open Design so the agent discovers it during planning. To run the full upstream workflow with its original assets, scripts, and references, install the upstream bundle into your active agent's skills directory: ```bash # Inspect the upstream README for exact paths open https://github.com/ComposioHQ/awesome-claude-skills/tree/master/competitive-ads-extractor ``` Then ask the agent to invoke this skill by name (`competitive-ads-extractor`) or with one of the trigger phrases listed in this skill's frontmatter.