Media Auditor: Every Ad Change Checked Before and After It Goes Live

A second pair of eyes on every ad change, before launch and after.

The Media Auditor is the AI PPC audit agent in the Ai1 platform by MyZone AI: it tests each proposed ad change against the brief, budget and platform checklist before launch, then reads the live account afterwards and flags any difference, while changing nothing itself.

We'll walk through what the Media Auditor will do for your team. Your Ai1 team will tell you when Media Auditor is ready for your account.

Plans & pricing

  • Mistakes found before they spend

    Wrong budgets, targeting slips and missing exclusions are flagged while a change is still a proposal.

  • A second pair of eyes

    The specialist who made a change is not the one who checks it.

  • Live settings that match your approval

    After a push it reads the account itself and raises any difference straight away.

  • Findings you can act on

    Each finding points to the rule, brief or plan it breaks, so the fix is clear.

Get to know Stanislav

Stanislav reads the small print on everything, from train timetables to his own grocery receipts. He checks every ad change before and after it goes live and flags anything off brief, off budget or against platform policy, without changing a thing.

AI agent. Fictional persona; not a real person.

Stanislav, the persona of the Media Auditor
NameStanislav K.
RoleMedia Auditor
Experience17 years
Work historyAd operations analyst at a regional media agency
Quality checker at an online travel retailer
PersonalityChecks only, never edits, plain, fair verdicts
Based inOstrava, Czech Republic

Why Stanislav has a personality

AI does better work as a specific expert, so the Media Auditor works as Stanislav (Media Auditor, Ostrava, Czech Republic). You can rename Stanislav or change the personality, experience and profile settings at any time.

Why our agents have personalities

The Media Auditor in short

Last updated · Reviewed by the MyZone AI team

The Media Auditor at a glance
Before your reviewEach proposal is tested against the brief, the approved plan and the platform checklist
Paused launchesChecked end to end before anyone can approve switching them on
After a pushIts own view-only read of the account, compared with what was approved
Daily drift passSettings that changed without approval, such as a platform's auto-applied suggestions
VerdictsPass, fail or unknown, and unknown whenever it cannot read the account
Policy flagsIts own reading of the platform's rules; each ad platform makes its own review decision
What it never doesBuild, fix, pause, approve or switch on anything

What the Media Auditor does for you

  • Checks proposals first

    Before a change reaches your review, it is tested against the brief, the approved plan and the platform checklist.

  • Gates new launches

    A paused campaign is checked end to end before anyone can approve switching it on.

  • Reads the account after a push

    It compares what is live with what was approved, using its own view-only read rather than the maker's word.

  • Looks for settings drift

    A daily pass finds settings that changed without approval, such as a platform's auto-applied suggestions.

  • Flags likely policy problems

    Ads and settings that look likely to break the ad platform's policies are flagged before they go out.

  • Gives a clear verdict

    Each check ends as pass, fail or unknown. If it cannot read the account, the answer is unknown rather than a pass.

How the Media Auditor differs from a one-off account audit

A one-off audit looks at an account on a single day and leaves the next change unchecked. The Media Auditor sits in the flow of work: every proposal is tested before it reaches your review, every paused launch is checked end to end, and the live account is read again after each push. A daily pass catches settings that drift without approval. It only checks; fixes go back to whoever made the change.

How this differs from the Media Buying Director: To plan your paid ads and get budgets approved, use the Media Buying Director; the Media Auditor checks each ad change before and after it goes live and changes nothing.

From your request to a finished result

It runs inside your Ai1 system and works in the tools you already use. You ask, it works, it reports, and it stops for your OK where it matters.

How the Media Auditor works: you ask through the Comms Hub and Ai1 runs the steps: a change is proposed, checks run, back to the maker, you approve and check after launch. It works with Your ad accounts. You approve at: you approve. It returns a launch checks.
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Step 1: A change is proposed

A platform manager sends an exact change or a paused build for checking.

Step 2: Checks run

Automated checks run first, then it adds findings, each tied to a written rule.

Step 3: Back to the maker

Fails go back to the platform manager to fix. If they still disagree after a few rounds, the Media Buying Director decides.

You approve

Step 4: You approve

Only proposals that passed reach your review, and you approve each exact change.

Step 5: Check after launch

Once the change is pushed, it reads the live account and reports any gap straight away.

Hand these situations to the Media Auditor

Illustrative photo: the owner of an online bicycle-parts shop asks the Media Auditor for help from their phone.
Illustrative photo. Check last night's ad changes against the brief before the weekend sale.
  • A budget edit has an extra zero
    The proposal fails the check before it can reach your review.
  • A new campaign is ready to launch
    It runs the launch check on the paused build, so what you approve has already been reviewed.
  • A platform applied its own recommendation
    The daily settings pass spots the change and flags it to the Media Buying Director.
  • A pushed change landed on the wrong campaign
    The after-launch read shows the difference and you hear about it at once.
  • You want a health check on an account
    It runs a view-only audit with its checklist and returns a verdict with findings.

What you get

  • A pass, fail or unknown verdict for each proposed change
  • Launch checks on paused campaigns
  • After-launch comparisons of live settings with the approval
  • A daily settings drift report
  • Findings that each cite the rule they break

What it won't do

Example: ad change check log

Example with a fictional company. Names, people and figures are invented to show the agent's output. Any resemblance to a real company or person is unintended.

What it was asked: Check every ad change for our six clinics before and after it goes live, and flag anything off brief, off budget or against policy.

Example report
Four tiles counting checks by verdict, above a table of the week's main checks showing stage, platform, change, the rule used, the verdict and who acts next.
23 checks this week: 17 PASS, 3 CAUTION, 3 FAIL
Two finding cards comparing what the brief and brand rules required with what each change contained, field by field, and a boxed note explaining what a PASS does and does not mean.
Before launch: two changes stopped and sent back
A field-by-field table comparing an approved campaign with what was read from the live account, one mismatch highlighted, beside a timeline of the alert, fix, approval and re-check.
After launch: what went live, checked against what was approved
A table of account settings compared with the last approved values, one unexpected schedule change flagged, beside three cards showing who fixes, who approves and who re-checks.
Daily settings check and who acts next

What it found: 3 findings, with the numbers

  • Media Auditor ran 23 checks this week: 17 PASS, 3 CAUTION and 3 FAIL, each tied to a rule from the brief, the plan or the policy checklist.
  • Two changes were stopped before launch: a search campaign set at $180 a day against a $120 limit, and a whitening ad with a before-and-after photo.
  • After launch, a Meta campaign went live with a 25-mile radius instead of the approved 10; the FAIL went out within 40 minutes and the fix re-checked as PASS.

This is an illustrative example of the weekly check log Media Auditor is being built to produce: checks before launch, checks after launch and a daily settings check, each with a cited rule. It was written by hand from the agent's design for an invented company with invented figures. No real ad accounts, systems or people were involved, and nothing was sent, posted, paid or changed. Run date: .

Want an ad change check log like this for your own ad changes? Book a Media Auditor walkthrough.

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It asks before it acts

Every Ai1 agent works under human approval. Here is how the Media Auditor keeps you in control.

  • Your Ai1 team will tell you when the Media Auditor is ready for your account.
  • It only checks. It never builds, fixes, pauses, approves or switches on anything.
  • It has view-only access to ad accounts and does not seek more.
  • Policy flags are its own reading of the platform's rules; each ad platform makes its own review decision.
  • Differences found after a push are reported straight away, not held back or softened.

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Works well with

The agents that turn the Media Auditor's output into results: your whole team, working from the same place.

  • Media Buying Director

    The Media Buying Director reads its verdicts and settles any disagreement it cannot clear with the maker.

  • Pacing & Alerts Monitor

    The Pacing & Alerts Monitor delivers its after-launch and drift alerts to the right person.

Frequently asked questions about the Media Auditor

Why check an ad account again after a change goes live?

Because what lands can differ from what was approved: a bulk edit can hit the wrong campaign, a platform can apply its own suggestion or an import can overwrite a setting. Reading the live settings soon after a push catches the gap early. The Media Auditor reads the account itself after each push and raises any difference straight away.

What should happen when an ad check cannot read the account?

The change should wait. Treating a failed read as a pass lets a mistake through without anyone noticing. The Media Auditor marks any check it cannot complete as unknown rather than a pass, and the change waits instead of slipping through to your review.

Should the person who makes an ad change also check it?

It is safer when they do not. A fresh reviewer working from the written brief and budget is more likely to spot a wrong budget, a targeting slip or a missing exclusion. With the Media Auditor, the specialist who made a change is never the one who checks it, and every finding names the rule it breaks.

What does an AI PPC audit check?

Whether each change matches the approved brief and budget, follows the platform checklist and lands in the account as approved. The Media Auditor does that before and after launch and changes nothing itself.

Does a pass mean the ad platform will accept my ads?

No. It flags what looks likely to break the platform's policies, but each ad platform makes its own review decision.

Can it fix what it finds?

No. Findings go back to the platform manager who made the change, and the fix is checked again.

What if it cannot read the account?

The verdict is unknown, not a pass, and the change waits.

Is the Media Auditor available now?

Not yet. Your Ai1 team will tell you when the Media Auditor is ready for your account. You can talk to us today about checking ad changes before and after they go live.

About Ai1

How much does Ai1 cost?

Run it yourself on a developer plan, or let our team deploy your agents and oversee them for you. Every plan runs on its own private server, and every price is shown in full. See Ai1 pricing

Do I get just the Media Auditor, or the whole platform?

The whole platform. The Media Auditor is not sold on its own: every Ai1 agent, including this one, is included on Developer Pro and every Fully Managed option, with no per-agent charge. Developer Core includes the development agents. Compare plans

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Put the Media Auditor to work

See each ad change checked against the brief before launch and against the account after it.

We'll walk through what the Media Auditor will do for your team. Your Ai1 team will tell you when Media Auditor is ready for your account.

Plans & pricing

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