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detect_meta_catalog_waste

Meta Ads Read

User wants to find and recover WASTED catalog spend at the PRODUCT level

Endpoint

POST https://api.adspirer.ai/api/v1/tools/detect_meta_catalog_waste/execute

Headers

Description

User wants to find and recover WASTED catalog spend at the PRODUCT level. Keywords: "which products waste money", "recover spend", "stop wasting budget", "SKUs that don't convert", "products below break-even". Detects recoverable spend: SKUs spending with ZERO conversions + SKUs converting BELOW break-even (1.0x ROAS). Returns the account recoverable-spend total and a prioritized, severity-ranked SKU action list. Carries the same guards as the campaign-level wasted-spend tool: never "pause" a SKU that still converts (says reduce/tighten instead), respects minimum spend, and softens copy when conversion tracking looks incomplete. Reads cached nightly product metrics (never calls Meta live). When to use: "Which products are wasting my budget?", "How much catalog spend can I recover?"

Request body

All tool arguments are wrapped in an arguments object.

FieldTypeDescription
lookback_daysinteger optionalDays to analyze: 7, 30, 60, 90, or 120 (default 30). default: 30
target_roasnumber optionalOptional target ROAS override (e.g. 3.0). Defaults to account goal, else 90-day average, else 2.0x.
product_set_idstring optionalOptional product set ID to scope the analysis to one set.
start_datestring optionalStart date YYYY-MM-DD (overrides lookback_days with end_date).
end_datestring optionalEnd date YYYY-MM-DD (overrides lookback_days with start_date).
ad_account_idstring optionalMeta ad account ID. Required for multi-account users.

Example request

{
  "arguments": {
    "lookback_days": 30,
    "target_roas": 1.0,
    "product_set_id": "string",
    "start_date": "string",
    "end_date": "string",
    "ad_account_id": "string"
  }
}

Example responses

200 — Success

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "text": "(tool-specific textual output for detect_meta_catalog_waste)",
    "quota": {
      "used": 42,
      "limit": 150,
      "tier": "plus",
      "period_end": "2026-05-01"
    }
  },
  "tool": "detect_meta_catalog_waste"
}

400 — Tool-level error (bad arguments / multi-account selection)

{
  "success": false,
  "error": "You have 25 meta_ads accounts connected. Please specify which account to use by passing the ad_account_id parameter:\n  - Acme Holdings (ad_account_id=\"act_123456789\")\n  - Acme EU (ad_account_id=\"act_987654321\")",
  "is_error": true,
  "tool": "detect_meta_catalog_waste"
}

402 — Quota exhausted

{
  "success": false,
  "error": "\ud83d\udea8 Monthly limit reached (150/150 tool calls on Plus tier).\nUpgrade to Pro at https://adspirer.ai to keep building.",
  "is_error": true,
  "tool": "detect_meta_catalog_waste",
  "quota": {
    "used": 150,
    "limit": 150,
    "tier": "plus",
    "period_end": "2026-05-01",
    "upgrade_url": "https://adspirer.ai"
  }
}

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Machine-readable: OpenAPI 3.1 spec · llms-full.txt

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