Facebook Ad Tracker & Monitor

Monitor Facebook advertisers, campaigns, products, landing pages, and copy changes using PipiAds monitoring tools.

Security Scan

The skill's requests and runtime instructions are consistent with a monitoring tool that uses the PipiAds service: it only asks for an API key, requires npm to install a published helper package, and its commands align with the stated purpose.

Purpose & Capability

Name/description, required env var (PIPIADS_API_KEY), required binary (npm), and the listed monitor commands all align with a PipiAds-based Facebook ad monitoring tool. Nothing requested appears unrelated to the stated purpose.

Instruction Scope

SKILL.md contains focused instructions for obtaining an API key, setting PIPIADS_API_KEY, and using monitoring commands. It does not instruct reading unrelated files, other environment variables, or exfiltrating data to third-party endpoints beyond the PipiAds tooling.

Install Mechanism

The SKILL.md includes an npm -g install of pipiads-mcp-server@1.0.3. Installing a global npm package is a reasonable way to provide the CLI bridge but is a moderate-risk operation because it runs third-party code on the host; verify the package and its source before installing. Also note a minor inconsistency: registry metadata earlier said 'No install spec', but the SKILL.md contains an install block.

Credentials

Only PIPIADS_API_KEY is required and is declared as the primary credential. That key is proportional to a service that provides ad monitoring. There are no additional unrelated SECRET/TOKEN env vars requested.

Persistence & Privilege

The skill is not always-included, does not request special system-wide configuration, and relies on a user-provided API key. Autonomous invocation is enabled by default (normal), but the skill does not request elevated or persistent privileges beyond installing a helper CLI.

Assessment

This skill appears coherent, but before installing: (1) confirm you trust pipiads.com and the npm package pipiads-mcp-server (review the package on the npm registry or GitHub repo if available); (2) avoid installing global packages from untrusted sources — prefer a scoped or containerized install if possible; (3) only provide a PIPIADS_API_KEY with the minimum necessary permissions and be ready to revoke it if you see unexpected behavior; (4) if you want to limit autonomous actions, consider restricting the agent's ability to invoke skills or require explicit consent for operations that create monitoring tasks.

Use this skill when the user wants monitoring-oriented Facebook advertiser tracking instead of one-off ad research.

Setup

1. Get your API key at pipiads.com
2. Set the environment variable: PIPIADS_API_KEY

When to Use

• Create ongoing Facebook advertiser monitoring tasks
• Review newly discovered ads, products, and landing pages
• Analyze ad count, copy reuse, and longest-running creatives
• Organize tasks into monitor groups and manage notifications

When NOT to Use

• The user only wants TikTok ad research
• The user wants Facebook adspy or ad library discovery without monitoring
• The user wants ecommerce product research beyond monitored advertisers

Core Tools

Monitor Setup

• search_fb_advertisers — Find advertisers for monitoring
• create_monitor_task — Create a monitoring task
• set_monitor_task_group — Assign tasks to groups
• cancel_monitor_task — Cancel a task

Monitor Review

• list_monitor_tasks — List tasks
• get_monitor_task_detail — Task detail
• get_monitor_board — Dashboard overview
• get_monitor_realtime_overview — Real-time overview
• get_monitor_daily_overview — Daily overview
• get_monitor_ad_list — Monitored ad list
• get_monitor_ad_detail — Monitored ad detail
• get_monitor_latest_products — Latest products
• get_monitor_product_list — Product list
• get_monitor_product_stats — Product statistics
• get_monitor_landing_pages_overview — Landing page overview
• get_monitor_landing_page_list — Landing page list
• get_monitor_ad_count_stats — Ad count statistics
• get_monitor_deep_analysis — Deep analysis
• get_monitor_most_used_copy — Most-used copy
• get_monitor_longest_run_copy — Longest-running copy

Groups & Notifications

• create_monitor_group
• list_monitor_groups
• update_monitor_group
• delete_monitor_group
• get_monitor_notifications
• save_monitor_notifications

Recommended Workflow

1. Use search_fb_advertisers to find the exact advertiser.
2. Create a task with create_monitor_task.
3. Review results through overview, ad list, and product/landing page tools.
4. Organize tasks with groups and notifications if the user needs repeated tracking.

Cost Awareness

Each API call consumes credits from your PipiAds account:

• List/Search: 1 credit per result returned
• Detail: 1 credit per request (free if queried within 3 days)

Use exact advertiser names before creating monitoring tasks.