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name: cpa-diagnostics
description: When your CPA spikes, Claude breaks down exactly what caused it. It looks across your campaign data and isolates the contributing factors — audience fatigue, bid landscape shifts, creative decay, landing page conversion drops, budget distribution changes, or new competitor activity. Platform: Google and Meta.
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  platform: Google and Meta
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# 1/ CPA Diagnostics — Google + Meta

## What it does
When your CPA spikes, Claude breaks down exactly what caused it. It looks across your campaign data and isolates the contributing factors — audience fatigue, bid landscape shifts, creative decay, landing page conversion drops, budget distribution changes, or new competitor activity.

## How it works
Feed Claude your campaign data for the current period vs the previous period. It compares metrics at every level — campaign, ad set, ad, keyword, audience, placement — and identifies where the variance is coming from. Results are ranked by impact so you know what to fix first.

## Practical example
CPA went from $42 to $67 overnight. Claude identifies that 73% of the increase came from one ad set where frequency hit 4.2 and CTR dropped 31%. Another 18% came from a search campaign where a broad match keyword started matching irrelevant queries. The remaining 9% was a landing page with slower load time after a site update.

## What you get back
- Ranked list of factors driving the CPA change with percentage contribution
- Specific campaigns, ad sets, keywords, or audiences causing the issue
- Recommended fixes for each factor in priority order
- Comparison data showing exactly what shifted between periods

## When to use it
- CPA jumps more than 15-20% day over day or week over week
- Client asks "why did performance drop" and you need an answer fast
- Monday morning account checks when you need to catch weekend issues
- Before budget calls to identify and fix problems proactively

## Data access (Ryze MCP)

This skill works best with live account data. Connect the free Ryze MCP once and Claude reads your Google Ads, Meta Ads, GA4 and Search Console directly:

- claude.ai / Claude Desktop: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector → `https://connector.get-ryze.ai/mcp`
- Claude Code: `claude mcp add ryze --transport http https://connector.get-ryze.ai/mcp`
- Cursor: Settings → MCP → add the same URL

Setup guide: https://www.get-ryze.ai/how-to-connect-claude-to-google-meta-ads-mcp