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Generate ad-copy variants and scrape competitor ads

Linked example of generate ad-copy variants and scrape competitor ads. The commenter said they used the Claude API through Google Apps Script to generate ad-copy variants, with a workflow that produced 10 variants in about 30 seconds instead of a 30-minute brainstorm.

Agent or tool
Claude
Topic
Software Development
Reported on
Reddit
Added
2026-10-15

Why it matters

Coding agents are moving from autocomplete to doing whole tasks: reading a codebase, making a plan and changing many files. This case is a concrete example of where that works in practice. It is one of 221 sightings filed under Software Development on Agent Sightings (number 176 by interest), and one of 213 involving Claude.

How you could try it

Here is a reusable prompt, written by us in our own words, that captures the task. Paste it into Claude or any similar agent and adjust the details to your situation.

In this repo, generate ad-copy variants and scrape competitor ads. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

Saved

The prompt breaks down into 3 steps you can check as the agent works:

  1. In this repo, generate ad-copy variants and scrape competitor ads.
  2. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff.
  3. Stop before merge or deploy.

Tip: Work on a fresh branch, ask for a plan before edits, and review the diff and test results before merging.

Source

Read the original first-hand account on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/digital_marketing/comments/1sywh5r/what_ai_tools_are_a…. Our summary is a paraphrase; details are in the source.

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