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S1: Media buy mastery

Members only — Requires Practitioner credential. ~45 minutes with Addie. Combines hands-on lab and adaptive exam.
This specialist module tests your mastery of the media buy transaction lifecycle. You’ll work with live sandbox agents to execute complex flows: proposals, forecasting, refinement, packages, and multi-agent orchestration. Addie evaluates both your hands-on work and your conceptual understanding. Passing earns the AdCP specialist — Media buy credential.

What you’ll demonstrate

  • Execute the full media buy lifecycle including proposals and forecasting
  • Handle pricing negotiation, budget allocation, and multi-agent orchestration
  • Use refinement and package requests for complex buying scenarios
  • Monitor and optimize campaign delivery using protocol tools
  • Reason about failure modes, conflict resolution, and edge cases

Prerequisite reading

Core transaction tasks

get_products

Product discovery: natural language briefs, structured filters, response schemas.

create_media_buy

Campaign creation: manual mode, proposal mode, approval lifecycle.

update_media_buy

Campaign modification: budgets, targeting, scheduling, creative swaps.

get_media_buy_delivery

Delivery reporting: impressions, spend, completion rates, performance.

Supporting concepts

Media buy specification

The formal specification for the media buy protocol.

Pricing models

CPM, flat rate, performance-based pricing, and rate cards.

Media buys overview

Campaign structure, states, and the approval lifecycle.

Orchestrator design

Architecture patterns for multi-agent orchestration.

Conversion tracking

Event sources, log_event, and attribution setup.

Performance feedback

Seller optimization feedback based on campaign performance.

Lab exercises

During the module, Addie will guide you through hands-on exercises:
  1. Product discovery and evaluation — Query multiple sandbox agents, compare products, evaluate pricing
  2. Proposal and forecasting — Request proposals with budget points, analyze delivery forecasts
  3. Campaign creation and optimization — Create a media buy, monitor delivery, execute updates
  4. Multi-agent orchestration — Manage campaigns across multiple sellers simultaneously

Assessment

Passing threshold: 70%.

Start this module

Start S1 with Addie

“I’d like to start the media buy specialist module.”