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Operational playbooks for AI-assisted Amazon work.

Durable implementation guides for teams using standards-based AI clients, MCP, and Amazon operating data.

AMC · Advanced

Validate AMC SQL in the Sandbox First

Validate AMC SQL syntax, joins, and output shape in the sandbox before confirming real identifiers and runtime on a short production window.

Kuudo
Thomas Spicer
10 min read
AMC · Advanced

Fix AMC SQL Query Performance Before Timeout

Fix slow AMC SQL with early filters, smaller CTEs, safer joins, correct random sampling, and a staged timeout recovery test.

Kuudo
Thomas Spicer
10 min read
Vendor Central · Operations

Automate Vendor Listing Quality at Catalog Scale

Vendor listing quality stalls on judgment, not mechanics. See how an agent resolves per-product-type schemas and writes through the Listings APIs.

Kuudo
Thomas Spicer
11 min read
Vendor Central · Operations

Fix Catalog Identity Before You Write A+ Content

Vendor Central A+ bounces that name the ASIN are identity failures. Audit barcode, brand string and product type before content is written.

Kuudo
Thomas Spicer
9 min read
AMC · Advanced

Your First AMC Queries: Tables, Filters, Dates

Every AMC query starts with four decisions: which table, which campaign identifier, which ad product type, and which date window. Get those right.

Kuudo
Thomas Spicer
9 min read
AMC · Advanced

AMC SQL: Where It Stops Behaving Like SQL

AMC SQL rejects SELECT *, ORDER BY and LIMIT, and drops rows describing fewer than 100 users. Here is what the agent checks before writing one.

Kuudo
Thomas Spicer
10 min read
Amazon Ads · Reporting

Launch a DSP Campaign Without Half-Built Entities

Zero eligible DSP tactics is almost always a goal-KPI mismatch, not an outage. Create every entity paused, verify each write, then activate parent-first.

Kuudo
Thomas Spicer
13 min read
Agents · Decision rules

The Data-Mode Router That Stops Bad ACoS Math

Your SQP export has no cost column. Atlas blocks ACoS there and routes to Conversion Performance Index instead, the fix for nonsense report numbers.

Kuudo
Thomas Spicer
11 min read
Seller · FBA

Auditing FBA Reimbursements: What Amazon Owes You

The reimbursement portal lists events but never classifies, window-checks, or values them. A Skill audits every event against three windows, two rules.

Kuudo
Thomas Spicer
10 min read
Vendor Central · Operations

The ARA Report and Metric Glossary for Vendors

Every ARA dashboard maps to an SP-API report type. Amazon's own docs define Conversion two ways on one page; a Skill routes the question and flags it.

Kuudo
Thomas Spicer
11 min read
Seller · Listings

Listing Suppression Diagnosis: Stranded or Buyable

Use live listing status, the suppression reason report, and FBA evidence to diagnose a silent ASIN before applying the wrong fix.

Kuudo
Thomas Spicer
7 min read
Agents · Decision rules

The Agent Bidding Rulebook That Prevents Bid Thrash

A bid should move only when sufficiency, an ACoS deadband, and a daily clamp all agree. The bounded rulebook an agent runs, with the thresholds.

Kuudo
Thomas Spicer
10 min read
Seller · Listings

Recover Featured Offer Eligibility Without Guessing

A grounded workflow separates Featured Offer eligibility from placement, then traces price-health warnings to the exact offer evidence.

Kuudo
Thomas Spicer
7 min read
Seller · FBA

FBA Inventory Health After the 2024 Fee Change

Amazon removed one FBA fee, but monthly storage, capacity limits, and aged inventory surcharges still need a repeatable review your agent can run.

Kuudo
Thomas Spicer
7 min read
Vendor Central · Operations

Find ASIN Margin Leakage with Net PPM

Find which Vendor Central ASINs are dragging Net PPM by ranking rate deterioration and separating cost, funding, and discount pressure.

Kuudo
Thomas Spicer
12 min read
Seller · Brand

Brand Registry: Fix 'Trademark Already Enrolled'

Fix the 'trademark is already enrolled' error: get added as an additional user by the Administrator, or continue to apply and share your contact info.

Kuudo
Thomas Spicer
10 min read
Vendor Central · Operations

Dispute a PO On-Time Accuracy Chargeback

Dispute an Amazon Vendor Central PO on-time accuracy chargeback with the right evidence, route, letter, and 30-day deadline.

Kuudo
Thomas Spicer
9 min read
AMC · Measurement

Measure Off-Amazon Conversions in AMC

Measure web, app, store, and offline conversions in Amazon Marketing Cloud with Events Manager signals and a grounded total-impact SQL workflow.

Kuudo
Thomas Spicer
10 min read
Seller · Listings

Rebuild Your Listing Images From Your Own Photos

Seed new Amazon listing images from your own photos, grade each against Amazon's image rules, and approve before anything publishes, grounded by Atlas.

Kuudo
Thomas Spicer
10 min read
Seller · Listings

Amazon FBM Orders Reports: What to Request and Why

Choose Seller Central FBM reports for fulfillment data and SP-API All Orders reports for tracking, support, and finance cuts.

Kuudo
Thomas Spicer
10 min read
AMC · Advanced

Find Your Optimal DSP Frequency Cap in AMC

Find your optimal Amazon DSP frequency cap in AMC: bucket impressions and conversions, then cap where cumulative cost outruns cumulative return.

Kuudo
Thomas Spicer
10 min read
AMC · Measurement

Map AMC Paths Across DSP and Sponsored Ads

Use AMC Campaign Groups to map DSP and sponsored ads paths into Sankey-ready source-to-destination rows you can chart without reshaping them.

Kuudo
Thomas Spicer
11 min read
Seller · Listings

Preview Listing Patches Before They Go Live

An Atlas-grounded agent audits a live listing, previews a patchListingsItem update with VALIDATION_PREVIEW, and waits for approval.

Kuudo
Thomas Spicer
9 min read
AMC · Measurement

Count New-to-Brand Customers in AMC

Count new-to-brand customers in Amazon Marketing Cloud with the conversion-time table, without confusing users, purchases, or attribution drift.

Kuudo
Thomas Spicer
9 min read
AMC · Measurement

Sponsored Ads x DSP Overlap: The 4-Way AMC Analysis

Measure Sponsored Ads and DSP overlap in Amazon Marketing Cloud with aligned exposure groups, attribution timing, and campaign scope for a defensible read.

Kuudo
Thomas Spicer
8 min read
AMC · Advanced

Choose the Right AMC Attribution Source

Choose the right Amazon Marketing Cloud attribution source before custom modeling, audience building, or reconciling results with standard reports.

Kuudo
Thomas Spicer
13 min read
AMC · Audiences

Evaluate Prime Day AMC Lookalikes

Evaluate a Prime Day AMC lookalike against last year's rule-based audience using new-to-brand share, incremental reach, and cost per acquisition.

Kuudo
Thomas Spicer
9 min read
AMC · Advanced

Segment AMC Customers by CLTV

Build AMC CLTV segments with the four-segment taxonomy, the correct audience table variant, and a cohort migration diagnostic you can re-run.

Kuudo
Thomas Spicer
8 min read
AMC · Audiences

Build High-Value AMC Audience Seeds

Build high-value AMC audience seeds with the right table variant, a seed-size buffer, and the lookalike activation checks that keep them usable.

Kuudo
Thomas Spicer
11 min read
AMC · Audiences

Build an AMC Lapsed-Customer Audience

Build a lapsed-loyalist AMC audience with EXTEND_TIME_WINDOW, non-ad-exposed filters, and the activation-size checks DSP needs before launch.

Kuudo
Thomas Spicer
9 min read
AMC · Audiences

Build Prime Day AMC Lookalikes

Build a Prime Day AMC lookalike audience with seed SQL, sizing checks, and the 500 to 500,000 user window Amazon requires before activation.

Kuudo
Thomas Spicer
10 min read
AMC · Audiences

Build an AMC Cart-Abandoner Audience

Build a cart-abandoner audience in AMC with the right table variant, a seed-size check, and the DSP activation timing that avoids a stale segment.

Kuudo
Thomas Spicer
8 min read
AMC · Measurement

Measure Subscribe & Save Lift in AMC

Measure Subscribe & Save lift in AMC with the repeatSnSOrder signal, the conversions_all table, and a 90-day minimum window for a stable read.

Kuudo
Thomas Spicer
10 min read
AMC · Advanced

Turn AMC Workflows into Agent Skills

Package repeatable AMC analysis into agent Skills with Atlas retrieval, sufficiency checks, human approval, and run logging already built in.

Kuudo
Thomas Spicer
4 min read
AMC · Audiences

Human Approval for AMC Activation

Gate AMC audience activation behind human approval: size the seed, review the exact payload, then submit. 2000-user floor, 24 to 36 hour DSP lag.

Kuudo
Thomas Spicer
11 min read
Agents · Decision rules

Everyone in Your Category Has the Same AI Now

Every seller has the same AI now. Your edge is the operator knowledge it doesn't have, and today's AI listing tools are built to harvest it.

Kuudo
Thomas Spicer
9 min read