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What you can do when an agent can watch
One job per article, with the call that does it and the numbers behind it. Every claim about somebody else's product comes from their own documentation, with the date it was read.
Comparisons
- TrendTrack vs Playhead: which one you needTrendTrack finds winning shops and ads. Playhead takes one ad apart second by second. Prices, MCP access and seats, read off both pricing pages.10 min read
- Minea vs Playhead: finding ads or reading themMinea finds winning products and ads for $49 a month. Playhead takes one ad apart second by second, free or from $19. Prices and limits of both.9 min read
- PiPiADS vs Playhead: find ads or read themPiPiADS finds TikTok and Facebook ads in a database, from $49 a month. Playhead takes any ad apart second by second, from $0. Prices from both pages.10 min read
- Kalodata vs Playhead for TikTok Shop videosKalodata pricing in 2026: plans from $45.99 a month in the US App Store and an API at about $0.01 a call. How it compares with Playhead for TikTok Shop.11 min read
- Foreplay vs Playhead: which one to useForeplay saves and organises competitor ads. Playhead takes one ad apart second by second. Prices, API credits and MCP access, read on 26 September 2026.11 min read
- Atria vs Playhead: pricing and ad analysisAtria is an AI ad platform with a 25M ad library and analytics on your own accounts. Playhead takes apart one ad second by second. Read on 26 September 2026.10 min read
- AdSpy vs Playhead: price, features, free optionAdSpy searches 211 million Facebook and Instagram ads for $149 a month. Playhead takes any ad apart second by second, free or from $19.11 min read
- Motion vs Playhead for competitor ad analysisMotion reports spend and ROAS for the ads in your own account. Playhead takes apart any video ad, a competitor's included, second by second.13 min read
- Playhead vs claude-video /watchThe /watch skill gives Claude still pictures, timed to the nearest second. Playhead watches the video and answers in words, exact to a hundredth.20 min read
- Playhead vs Gemini for video questionsBy default, Gemini reads video at 1 frame per second and puts every frame in your context. Playhead answers in words. What that costs on a 10 minute video.10 min read
Use cases
- Facebook competitor analysis in 6 stepsHow to analyse a competitor's Facebook ads: find them in the Meta Ad Library, record 8 fields per ad, read the video itself, then pick a tool.13 min read
- Can Claude or ChatGPT watch a video ad?Not on their own. Claude and ChatGPT list no video format for upload. Add a connector and both watch a Meta Ad Library, TikTok or Instagram ad from its link.11 min read
- How to go viral on TikTok: copy the formatWe read TikTok's 12 top trending videos second by second. Copy what they share: a face in the first second, words from frame one, a 5 second hook.11 min read
- TikTok Shop hooks: what 19 viral videos doWe read 19 TikTok Shop videos with 3.8 to 39.2 million views. 15 showed the product within 1 second, 14 never showed a face, and 3 named an offer.12 min read
- Can Claude watch TikTok videos? Yes, with MCPNot on its own: Claude lists 0 video formats and a TikTok link gets you the caption. Add a video connector and Claude reads the hook, the beats and the ask.11 min read
- How to analyze a TikTok video, step by stepRead 8 parts of a TikTok in order: first frame, first words, hook, product, proof, delivery, ask and length. With figures from 19 viral videos.11 min read
- Can ChatGPT or Gemini analyze TikTok videos?ChatGPT lists no video upload, Gemini takes 5 minutes of video free but names only YouTube links, and Grok's docs list images. Here is what works for TikTok.10 min read
- How to make TikTok Shop videos that sellTwo scripts with seconds, from 19 viral TikTok Shop videos: 15 seconds of hands and the product, or 45 seconds of a creator to camera. When each beat starts.11 min read
- Why are my ads not working? Check 5 numbersAds that do not sell break at one point: tracking, delivery, the first seconds, the click, or the page after it. Find which one before you change anything.12 min read
- Shopify store spy: 7 free checks, no toolWhat a competing Shopify store shows for free: its best sellers, its newest products, its prices, its launch dates and every ad it runs, in 7 checks.8 min read
- Find winning products in the Facebook Ad LibraryA method for finding winning dropshipping products in Meta's free Ad Library: the 4 signals, the margin test, and how to read the ad that sells it.8 min read
- TikTok ad spy: see any brand's ads for freeTwo free TikTok tools show competitor ads: Top Ads and the Ad Library. What each one shows, what it hides, and how to read every ad you find.8 min read
- TikTok Shop analytics: the free metricsWhat TikTok Shop's free Seller Center analytics shows, the formulas behind GMV, GPM, CTR and CTOR, and how to study the videos that sell for a competitor.8 min read
- Ad swipe file: what to save and how to use itAn ad swipe file is a library of other brands' ads you learn from. The folders, the tags and the 12 fields to write per ad, and how to keep it in use.11 min read
- AI ad creative analysis: what it can readWhat an AI can read from a video ad and what it cannot: frames, speech and text on screen, never spend. The questions to ask, and a checklist.10 min read
- How to use the Facebook Ad LibraryEvery filter of Meta's Ad Library, how long each kind of ad stays in it, the extra EU data, the API, and how to read an ad without a download.11 min read
- Creative analytics: 6 metrics and their formulasHook rate, hold rate, CTR, CPM, CPA and ROAS, with the formula for each from Meta's own definitions, and the one question none of them answers.9 min read
- Turn a meeting recording into notes with AIGive Claude a meeting recording and get the notes: agenda items with their seconds, who spoke, every motion, and the numbers that were only on the screen.11 min read
- Why did your ad win? Read the set, not the adOne ad holds no spend and no ROAS. Read your winners against a control and what they share is counted: the hook, the pace, the second the product appears.9 min read
- How to analyse a competitor's video adPaste a Meta Ad Library link and get the creative taken apart: the hook, every cut, when the offer appears on screen, and how long the price stays up.6 min read