Agent skill · data analytics · mvanhorn
pp-amazon-ads
Printing Press CLI for Amazon Ads reports, profitability analytics, keyword optimization, and guarded automation.
Why this skill is useful
Provides niche commands for profitability analytics and keyword optimization specific to Amazon Ads that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
Requires amazon-ads-pp-cli installed locally. About 10k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-06. 1,890 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Amazon Ads — Printing Press CLI Prerequisites: Install the CLI This skill drives the amazon-ads-pp-cli binary. You must verify the CLI is installed before invoking any command from this skill. If it is missing, install it first: 1. Install via the Printing Press installer. It defaults binaries to $HOME/.local/bin on macOS/Linux and %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\PrintingPress\bin on Windows: 2. Verify: amazon-ads-pp-cli --version 3. Ensure the reported install directory is on $PATH for the agent/runtime that will invoke this skill. If the npx install fails (no Node, offline, etc.), fall back to a direct Go install (requires Go 1.26.6 or newer): If --version reports "command not found" after install, the runtime cannot see the binary directory on $PATH. Do not proceed with skill commands until verification succeeds. Start here: profitability For a seller focused on organic + advertising profitability, start with these commands before browsing the full API surface: 1. amazon-ads-pp-cli break-even-acos — Calculate the maximum ACOS a product can carry before it loses money. 2. amazon-ads-pp-cli true-profit — Calculate product profit after COGS, estimated Amazon fees, and ad spend. 3. amazon-ads-pp-cli acos-vs-tacos --report product-performance.csv --seller-store ~/.config/amazon-seller-pp-cli/store.db — Join ad spend to seller-store sales for ACOS and TACOS by ASIN when the seller store has matching data. 4. amazon-ads-pp-cli portfolio-dashboard --report campaign-performance.csv — Summarize spend, sales, orders, ACOS, CPC, CTR, and CVR. 5. amazon-ads-pp-cli product-ad-profitability --report product-performance.csv --cogs-file products.toml — Estimate per-ASIN profit from ad performance and COGS. 6. amazon-ads-pp-cli campaign-comparison --report campaign-performance.csv — Compare campaigns by spend, sales, ACOS, CPC, CTR, and CVR. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills mvanhorn/amazon-ads