RecipeGoogle Ads
Scan Google Ads for disapproved and limited ads
Policy status across ads via GAQL: disapproved and limited inventory, grouped by policy topic.
IntentWhat policy stopped, before it is discovered as silent underdelivery.
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- Steps
- 1
- Tools
- 1
- Rules
- 1
- Failure modes
When to use it
Use it when
- Weekly.
- After bulk creative changes or claims-heavy copy.
Do not use it when
- No specific contraindication beyond the preconditions below.
What it needs first
Required
Preconditions
- The account is ticked in the dashboard, confirmed via list_accounts.
Inputs
window- Analysis window.Default: last 30 days.
Procedure
In order. Every tool named is one the gateway ships, and links to its reference.
Query ad policy status across active campaigns.
Group by policy topic and affected spend.
Decision rules
The observable condition, what it lets you conclude, and what takes the conclusion back.
When
Disapprovals cluster on one policy topic
Conclude
One copy or claim pattern to fix, not N ads: name the pattern.
Evidence every conclusion must carry
- Every figure carries its account, metric and window.
- Anything below a readable sample size is reported as unjudged, not as zero.
Where the agent stops
- The readout changes nothing. Any change it motivates goes through Safe Writes: preview, human confirmation, then apply.
How it goes wrong quietly
The cases where the analysis is wrong and still looks right. Read them before trusting a number.
- 'Eligible (limited)' still serves somewhere: limited is not stopped, report the difference.
What the answer contains
- 01Readout
- The figures, with windows and accounts named.
- 02Flags
- What deserves a deeper skill or a human decision.