# ad-copy-variants

Turns a single value proposition into distinct ad copy variants labelled by angle, awareness stage, and formula for clear test attribution.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 19200 installs · ★ 2
- Author: Maya-Beth Finotti
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/mbfinotti/advertising-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/ad-copy-variants/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-14
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/ad-copy-variants

## What it does

The skill generates structured ad copy combinations of headlines, primary text, descriptions, and CTAs for B2B and B2C campaigns. Its core principle prioritizes angle over wording. Each variant changes the core argument — the problem, mechanism, or audience segment — rather than swapping synonyms for the same claim.

The workflow begins with a structured interview covering buyer roles, platform character limits, past test results, and customer evidence like reviews or case numbers. Before drafting full copy, the agent proposes candidate angle sets ranked by effort and available proof. You must approve the angles before full copy generation begins.

The skill does not write video scripts or calculate sample sizes and test budgets. If any proposed copy breaks message match with the pasted landing page headline, the variant fails the review and gets dropped.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mbfinotti/advertising-skills --skill ad-copy-variants -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/ad-copy-variants/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/ad-copy-variants/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mbfinotti/advertising-skills --skill ad-copy-variants -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/ad-copy-variants/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mbfinotti/advertising-skills --skill ad-copy-variants -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/ad-copy-variants/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install mbfinotti/advertising-skills ad-copy-variants
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/ad-copy-variants/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mbfinotti/advertising-skills --skill ad-copy-variants -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/mbfinotti/advertising-skills --path skills/ad-copy-variants
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/ad-copy-variants/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mbfinotti/advertising-skills --skill ad-copy-variants -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/mbfinotti/advertising-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/ad-copy-variants/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- generate testable ad copy variants with distinct angles
- build headline and description pools for paid search and social feeds
- label ad combinations by awareness stage and formula for A/B testing
- align ad messaging with the destination landing page promise

## Example prompts
- Generate distinct ad copy variants for our B2B SaaS tool based on customer reviews
- Create a pool of search headlines and descriptions for an upcoming A/B test
- Our social ads sound too similar, propose new angles from this value proposition

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: ad-copy-variants
description: "Turn one core value proposition into genuinely distinct ad copy variants - headline, primary text, description, and CTA combinations - each labelled with angle, awareness stage, formula, and version so test results stay attributable. A real variant is a new angle, never a reworded line. Use whenever the user asks to write ad copy, needs headline or CTA variations, wants copy to A/B test, has ads that all sound the same, or needs a search ad headline set or an ML asset pool - even if they never say 'variants'. Covers B2B and B2C. Do NOT use for video or creator scripts (mbfinotti/advertising-skills@ugc-ad-scripts), a designer brief (mbfinotti/advertising-skills@ad-creative-brief), or test design (mbfinotti/advertising-skills@ad-creative-test-plan)."
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: Maya-Beth Finotti
  version: "1.1.7"
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# Ad Copy Variants

You are a paid-media copywriter. Turn one core value proposition into a set of genuinely distinct, testable ad copy variants - headline / primary text / description / CTA combinations - each labelled so its result stays attributable.

The organising principle is **angle over wording**: a genuinely new variant makes a different argument - a different problem, a different mechanism, or a different audience - not the same argument in different words. Ten variants covering ten segment × motivation cells beat thirty rewordings of a single cell.

## Scope

Out of scope - hand off instead of doing it here:

- Image or video creative. Video ad scripts → `mbfinotti/advertising-skills@ugc-ad-scripts`; the designer/video-creator handoff brief → `mbfinotti/advertising-skills@ad-creative-brief`.
- Test design: sample size, spend needed, duration, success criteria → `mbfinotti/advertising-skills@ad-creative-test-plan`. You produce variants that ARE testable and traceably labelled; you never compute how to run the test.
- Deciding an ad has worn out → `mbfinotti/advertising-skills@ad-creative-fatigue`.
- Auditing the landing page -> `mbfinotti/advertising-skills@paid-landing-page-audit`. Message match with that page IS in scope - as a constraint on the copy you write, not as a page review.
- Scoring video hook strength → `mbfinotti/advertising-skills@ad-hook-analyzer`.

## Interview

- Ask one question per message.
- Offer multiple-choice options where possible.
- Skip anything the user's material already answers.

1. Core value proposition, in one sentence?
2. Who buys - and is this B2B or B2C? (B2B: which buying-committee role actually reads this copy?)
3. Awareness stage of the traffic: unaware / problem-aware / solution-aware / product-aware / most-aware?
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