# Verify accounts recovered after an incident

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

The after-the-fire sweep: statuses restored, delivery resumed, what the incident cost, what stayed paused on purpose.

**Intent.** Proof that everything restarted, nothing forgotten, learning acknowledged.

## When to use

- After un-freezing.
- After platform outages.
- After billing failures resolve.

## When not to use

- No specific contraindication beyond the preconditions below.

## Sources

Required: any connected source

## Preconditions

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

## Inputs

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

## Procedure

1. Compare current statuses to the pre-incident record. — tools: `google_ads_get_campaigns`, `meta_get_campaigns`, `tiktok_get_delivery_status`, `pinterest_get_account_entities`
2. Confirm delivery actually resumed, not just statuses. — tools: `meta_get_insights`, `google_ads_get_insights`
3. Date the gap and estimate the undelivered spend.

## Decision rules

- **When** Statuses restored but delivery has not returned → **conclude** Learning reset in progress: expected, dated, said out loud before anyone re-breaks things to 'fix' it.

## 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

- The readout changes nothing. Any change it motivates goes through Safe Writes: preview, human confirmation, then apply.

## Failure modes

- Restart spikes: platforms can overspend briefly on resume, and the first day misleads both directions.

## Output

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

## Related

- Skill: [campaign-anomaly-investigation](https://www.getmcpads.com/skills/campaign-anomaly-investigation.md)
- Skill: [spend-freeze-preview](https://www.getmcpads.com/skills/spend-freeze-preview.md)