Is the Creative Ads Explorer skill free?

Yes. The skill itself is free from DKeken/codex-skills-alternative. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.

What is the Creative Ads Explorer SkillProof Score?

8.8/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 8/10, docs & honesty 4/5.

How do I install Creative Ads Explorer?

Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.

Can I use Creative Ads Explorer with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?

The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.

Creative Ads Explorer

Generates a ranked angle x format matrix of up to 25 distinct paid-social ad hypotheses, not 25 near-identical variations.

by DKeken · DKeken/codex-skills-alternative

Tested · Works

Install — copy the command Download source ↗

Test report

Verdict: Tested · Works
Score: 8.8/10
Tested: Jul 16, 2026
Environment: Claude Code 2.x (agent harness)
Upstream re-checked: Aug 10, 2026 · 416bcee

Asked for 10-12 TikTok ad concepts for a protein-bar brand; baseline Claude produced a flat 12-item brainstorm list with two near-duplicate ideas and no stated hypotheses, the skill version cut the duplicates, tagged the testimonial/comparison ads with a real-proof-required flag, and picked a top-3 launch batch justified by distinct emotional levers rather than list order.

Scored on four weighted criteria — install, triggering, output vs. baseline, docs. How scoring works

Installs cleanly 5/5
Triggers reliably 5/5
Output vs. baseline 8/10
Docs & honesty 4/5

What Creative Ads Explorer does

Given a product, audience pain point, and platform, it crosses testing angles (pain, benefit, social proof, urgency, curiosity, comparison, origin story, transformation) against ad formats (hook-frame, UGC, static hero, before/after, 2-panel) to produce headline + visual prompt + explicit hypothesis per ad, kills near-duplicate ideas, and flags any ad that assumes real testimonials/stats the user must actually supply. Triggers on "give me N ad variations/concepts" or paid-social creative-testing requests.

How to install Creative Ads Explorer

git clone https://github.com/DKeken/codex-skills-alternative.git
cd codex-skills-alternative
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r skills/creative-ads-explorer ~/.claude/skills/creative-ads-explorer

Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ (per-project). Restart Claude Code after installing.

Commands — how to trigger Creative Ads Explorer

/creative-ads-explorer Generates a ranked angle x format matrix of up to 25 distinct paid-social ad hypotheses, not 25 near-identical variations.

It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:

Give me 10 TikTok ad concepts for my protein bar brand
Generate paid-social ad hypotheses across different emotional angles
I need distinct ad creative ideas to test, not just near-duplicates

Frequently asked questions

Is the Creative Ads Explorer skill free?: Yes. The skill itself is free from DKeken/codex-skills-alternative. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
Does Creative Ads Explorer work with Claude Code?: We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Jul 16, 2026. Verdict: Tested · Works. Asked for 10-12 TikTok ad concepts for a protein-bar brand; baseline Claude produced a flat 12-item brainstorm list with two near-duplicate ideas and no stated hypotheses, the skill version cut the duplicates, tagged the testimonial/comparison ads with a real-proof-required flag, and picked a top-3 launch batch justified by distinct emotional levers rather than list order.
What is the Creative Ads Explorer SkillProof Score?: 8.8/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 8/10, docs & honesty 4/5.
How do I install Creative Ads Explorer?: Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.
Can I use Creative Ads Explorer with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?: The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.