# Read TikTok ad-level performance with archived ads included

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Ad performance with STATUS_ALL awareness: archived ads carry history that default filters hide.

**Intent.** Ad-level truth including the archived inventory most reads silently drop.

## When to use

- Creative reviews.
- Historical comparisons.

## When not to use

- No specific contraindication beyond the preconditions below.

## Sources

Required: TikTok Ads

## Preconditions

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

## Inputs

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

## Procedure

1. Pull ads including archived status. — tools: `tiktok_get_ads`
2. Join performance and creative references. — tools: `tiktok_get_insights`, `tiktok_get_creatives`

## Decision rules

- **When** A period comparison ignores archived ads → **conclude** The past is amputated: re-pull with all statuses before comparing eras.

## 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

- Default status filters hide archived ads: a 572-ad account can really hold 848.

## Output

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

## Related

- Skill: [creative-fatigue](https://www.getmcpads.com/skills/creative-fatigue.md)