# Apply a Meta naming convention with Safe Writes

> Tier: recipe. Operating recipe: real tool sequence, core rules, known traps.

The Meta execution of the naming audit: three levels of renames staged as previews.

**Intent.** Rename campaigns, ad sets and ads to the convention, previewed each.

## When to use

- After naming-consistency-audit produced its list.

## When not to use

- Without the audit.
- Mid-flight on heavily automated accounts: rules matching on names will misfire, list them first.

## Sources

Required: Meta Ads

## Preconditions

- The account is ticked in the dashboard, confirmed via list_accounts.

## Inputs

- `window`: Analysis window. Default: last 30 days.

## Procedure

1. Derive target names per level from the audit. — tools: `meta_get_campaigns`, `meta_get_adsets`, `meta_get_ads`
2. Preview renames level by level. — tools: `meta_rename_campaign`, `meta_rename_adset`, `meta_rename_ad`

## Decision rules

- **When** Automated rules key on the old names → **conclude** Renaming breaks them silently: list affected rules before any confirmation.

## Evidence requirements

- Every figure carries its account, metric and window.
- Anything below a readable sample size is reported as unjudged, not as zero.

## Human approval boundary

- Every rename previews and waits for confirmation, level by level.

## Failure modes

- Renames do not touch history joins by ID, but every saved report filtered on names goes stale at once.

## Output

- **Readout**: The figures, with windows and accounts named.
- **Flags**: What deserves a deeper skill or a human decision.

## Related

- Skill: [naming-consistency-audit](https://www.getmcpads.com/skills/naming-consistency-audit.md)