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Budget Optimization & Pacing Skill · gtmagents | DecimalAI

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Budget Optimization & Pacing Skill

gtmagents/budget-optimization

Source gtmagents/gtm-agents ↗License Apache-2.0

Use when reallocating spend across channels/ad sets or setting guardrails to stay on plan.

SkillScore78Maintained

Automatic

Sales & GTM pack

Last verified 8/23/2026

What it changes

Passed 18 of 23 test cases with the skill, and 14 of 23 without it.

Without skill61%

With skill78%

Checks it passed that the model alone missed

Recommends daily budget caps.
Mentions updating SDR capacity plans.
Includes attribution window alignment.

and 6 more in the full report

5 fixed13 passed either way4 still failing1 broke

Pass-rate lift: +17 pp
Tokens: -7%
Agent turns: 0%
Response time: -24%

Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 8/23/2026v118 of 23 cases passed with skill

Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.

Use this skill

Save it into your project's skills folder. Claude Code picks it up in its next session.

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/gtmagents-budget-optimization/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/gtmagents-budget-optimization/SKILL.md

Want it pinned and updatable? pip install "decimalai>=0.15", then decimalai skills add gtmagents-budget-optimization, and start Claude Code with claude --plugin-dir "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/.agents"

1 · One-time — install the CLI (docs ↗)

pip install "decimalai>=0.15"

2 · Get the skill — writes .agents/skills/gtmagents-budget-optimization/ and pins it in .decimal/skills.lock

decimalai skills add gtmagents-budget-optimization

No CLI? Get the same file — curl · raw file

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/gtmagents-budget-optimization/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/gtmagents-budget-optimization/SKILL.md

Raw file: /s/gtmagents-budget-optimization/SKILL.md ↗ · machine-readable summary at /s/gtmagents-budget-optimization.json ↗

Safety checks: 3 of 3 passed

Code scan CleanIntent PassedContent Clean

See it in action

One of 5 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.

1 of 5

Prompt

I need to conduct a mid-month ad spend review for our active paid media campaigns. Please analyze our planned versus actual expenditures, identify high and low efficiency channels, and propose a reallocation strategy to maximize overall pipeline while maintaining safety limits. Provide a updated budget plan, scenario projections, and the supporting rationale to present to our finance team.

What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked	Without skill	With skill
Includes attribution window alignment.	Missed	Passed
Recommends daily budget caps.	Missed	Passed
Mentions updating SDR capacity plans.	Missed	Passed

case-01 · gemini-3.6-flash · 8/23/2026 · answers are capped and redacted

What's inside

The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.

SKILL.md30 linessingle file

Budget Optimization & Pacing Skill

When to Use

Weekly/monthly budget reviews.
Mid-flight adjustments after performance shifts.
Preparing reforecast scenarios for finance.

Framework

Reference Plan – planned vs actual spend, CPA/CPL, pipeline, ROAS.
Efficiency Bands – thresholds for pulling back or scaling (e.g., ±20% vs target CPA).
Scenario Modeling – reallocate budget to best-performing ad sets while respecting learning phase minimums.
Guardrails – set daily caps, alerts, and auto rules for overspend or underdelivery.

Checklist

Align reporting windows with attribution (24h, 7d click, 28d view if available).
Confirm finance approvals before large shifts.
Document rationale for every reallocation.
Update forecast + capacity plans (e.g., SDR follow-up) when pipeline mix changes.

Templates

Budget tracker spreadsheet (plan vs actual vs forecast).
Scenario calculator (impact of shifting X% spend).
Alert configuration guide (platform and BI tools).

Tips

Reserve 5–10% of spend for rapid experiments.
Keep retargeting budgets proportional to audience size to avoid fatigue.
Sync with lifecycle team so automation throughput can handle new volume.

Track record

Benchmark

18 / 23

test cases passed, vs 14 / 23 without

Adoption

Users: 0
Times used: 0

Safety and source details

SkillSafety

✓ 3 of 3 passed

Code scan15 of 15 checks clean

0 critical · 0 warning · 0 info — scanner v4 — 8/3/2026

View 15 scanner checks

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IntentSafe

LLM judge · does the skill do what it claims

ContentClean

LLM judge · policy & harmful-content review

Source

Imported

gtmagents / gtm-agents

plugins/paid-media/skills/budget-optimization/SKILL.md

View on GitHub ↗

License Apache-2.0Imported 8/3/2026Version v1

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Budget Optimization & Pacing Skill

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Framework

Checklist

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Tips

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