Apple Ads MCP

Name: Apple Ads MCP
Author: zelentsov-dev

by zelentsov-devversion 0.3.8i★ –iRuns on your computer

Registry nameio.github.zelentsov-dev/apple-ads-mcp

Install

Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Local Apple Ads research, optimization, and receipt-gated App Store campaign management.

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UsageiVery new★ –

What you can do with it

We have not written a plain-language summary for this one yet. Below are the facts we read from the registry.

Connection: Runs on your computer
Transport: stdio
Category: Marketing & social media
You need to fill in: APPLE_ADS_MCP_CONFIG

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

Basic checks: 1 of 1 passed
Runs on your computer with your user’s permissions (files, network, apps).
You fill in yourself: APPLE_ADS_MCP_CONFIG

You need

DockerDocker installed

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apple-ads": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "APPLE_ADS_MCP_CONFIG",
        "ghcr.io/zelentsov-dev/apple-ads-mcp:v0.3.8"
      ],
      "env": {
        "APPLE_ADS_MCP_CONFIG": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add apple-ads --env APPLE_ADS_MCP_CONFIG=your-value -- docker run -i --rm -e APPLE_ADS_MCP_CONFIG ghcr.io/zelentsov-dev/apple-ads-mcp:v0.3.8

Fill in the empty values before running it.

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apple-ads": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "APPLE_ADS_MCP_CONFIG",
        "ghcr.io/zelentsov-dev/apple-ads-mcp:v0.3.8"
      ],
      "env": {
        "APPLE_ADS_MCP_CONFIG": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "apple-ads": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "APPLE_ADS_MCP_CONFIG",
        "ghcr.io/zelentsov-dev/apple-ads-mcp:v0.3.8"
      ],
      "env": {
        "APPLE_ADS_MCP_CONFIG": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

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Values you fill in

APPLE_ADS_MCP_CONFIG required env
Path to a mounted Apple Ads MCP accounts configuration file.

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.

Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 9, 2026

✓ Pass
Maker matches the repo
The registry name was verified with the GitHub account zelentsov-dev, which owns the repo
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Still maintained
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Has a licence
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
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Endpoint responds
This one runs on your computer; there is no internet endpoint
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Sign-in with OAuth
Runs on your computer and uses local settings instead
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No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
Runs on your computer; we can only read tool lists from internet endpoints

Compared with others in Marketing & social mediai

More stars than 0% of the other 3629 servers in this category
Published to the registry more recently than 69% of the other 3629 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 3629 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

Common questions

Is Apple Ads MCP safe?

It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

You need to fill in: APPLE_ADS_MCP_CONFIG

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs on your computer. Your AI app starts it when needed, and data does not pass through the maker’s servers (unless it calls an online service itself).

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (0.3.8) reached the registry 14 days ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need Docker on your computer.

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README from the maker

Open the README

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Apple Ads MCP

Apple Ads MCP is a local-first Model Context Protocol server for the Apple Ads Platform API v1. It gives Codex, Claude, and other MCP clients typed tools to research, inspect, and safely operate App Store advertising accounts.

The server is read-only by default. Credentials stay on your machine, every account-scoped call names an explicit profile and ad account, and every mutation requires a preview plus a short-lived single-use receipt.

Apple Ads MCP is independent open-source software. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Apple Inc. Apple Ads and App Store are trademarks of Apple Inc.

Quick start

Install the released binary with Homebrew on macOS or Linux:

brew install zelentsov-dev/tap/apple-ads-mcp

apple-ads-mcp version

Create a local read-only profile. The command stores an absolute private-key path; never paste the private key into a chat, issue, log, or repository:

apple-ads-mcp config init

apple-ads-mcp auth doctor --profile production-read-only apple-ads-mcp accounts discover --profile production-read-only

Register the server with an absolute Homebrew path so desktop apps and IDE extensions do not depend on their inherited shell PATH.

Codex:

codex mcp add apple-ads -- "$(brew --prefix)/bin/apple-ads-mcp" serve --stdio

codex mcp list

Claude Code:

claude mcp add --scope user apple-ads -- "$(brew --prefix)/bin/apple-ads-mcp" serve --stdio

claude mcp get apple-ads

Restart an already running desktop app, CLI session, or IDE extension, then start a new conversation. A safe first request is:

Call server_info, then run account_health for my explicit profile, ad account, and app. Do not enable writes.

Current release

v0.3.8 is the current release. It aligns campaign and ad-group bidStrategy.bid schemas and runtime validation with Apple Ads Platform API v1 (TargetCpa on campaigns versus default Max CPT on ad groups), explicitly sends "bid": null when switching a campaign to MANUAL_CPT so Apple clears any prior TargetCpa, and normalizes decimal money strings in operations_verify. See the v0.3.8 release and migration notes.

The v0.3.5 version-final archive naming, formula-scoped trust from v0.3.4, exact-path verification from v0.3.3, and one-command onboarding from v0.3.2 remain intact.

Optimization is never autonomous: the server has no scheduler and never changes spend in the background. A read-only session can build a baseline and plan. Applying a plan still requires every write gate, an active named policy, one receipt, a fresh report and inventory drift check, and item-level verification.

The release supports the four App Store placements exposed by Apple:

Search Results
Search Tab
Today Tab
Product Pages

Placement availability still depends on the selected account, app, storefront, creative, and Apple's eligibility response. An unavailable placement is reported as not_eligible; the server does not attempt to bypass Apple validation.

Keywords and negative keywords are Search Results resources. The Platform API rejects explicit Ad resources for Search Results campaigns, so that placement is operated through its campaign, ad group, keywords, and product-page configuration; explicit ads remain eligibility-gated for the other placements. A Default Product Page creative is unique per app and ad account, so operators should query and reuse it instead of attempting to create a duplicate.

What it can do

Area	Main tools
Access and readiness	`auth_check`, `ad_accounts_list`, `ad_account_get`, `advertiser_resources_list`, `account_health`
Apps and storefronts	`apps_search`, `apps_get`, `apps_eligibility`, `app_locale_details`, `supported_app_languages`, `app_store_geo_search`
Inventory	`campaigns_query`, `ad_groups_query`, `keywords_query`, `negative_keywords_query`, `ads_query`, `creatives_query`, `shared_budgets_query`, `campaign_inventory`
Diagnostics	rejection reasons, campaign status reasons, change history, account and campaign audits
Research	keyword, phrase, category, target-CPA suggestions, search popularity, impression share
Reports	typed campaign, ad-group, ad, keyword, and search-term reports
Campaign operation	create/update, budget, countries, schedule, pause, and resume previews
Ad-group operation	create/update, schedule, targeting, Search Match, bid, deprecated CPA cap, pause, and resume previews
Keywords	individual and bulk targeting/negative keyword create/update, bid, pause, and resume previews
Ads and creatives	typed App Store creative and ad create/update, pause, and resume previews
Recommendations	read, apply-preview, and dismiss-preview for daily budget and target CPA
Optimization	named local policies, 28-day baselines, learning/active plans, composite preview/apply/verify, and bounded history
Shared budgets	typed LOC-only create/update/assign/unassign previews with private local billing profiles
Lifecycle	separately gated campaign, ad-group, keyword, negative-keyword, ad, creative, and shared-budget delete previews
Verification	`operations_inspect`, `operations_apply`, `operations_verify`, and direct resource readback

Every list is bounded to 200 items and uses next pagination. Responses include concise text plus MCP structuredContent; raw Apple envelopes and billing contact PII are not exposed.

There is no raw-request tool, account/delegation mutation, automatic scheduler, Apple Maps surface, or legacy Campaign Management API v5 support.

Safety model

A write is possible only when all gates pass:

The Apple API user has a compatible write role.
The server starts with --allow-writes.
The selected profile has allowWrites: true.
A specialized *_preview tool validates the account, app, storefront, placement, currency, and payload.
operations_apply receives the same unexpired receipt.
The affected inventory still matches the state captured during preview.

Preview receipts expire after ten minutes and are single-use for apply. A bounded tombstone preserves the explicit expired state after the full receipt record is pruned. Every mutation receipt binds canonical object scopes for its target IDs and retains exact read fingerprints; creates and parent deletes also bind the affected inventory and bounded cascade scopes. Generic, bulk, delete, recommendation, shared-budget, and optimization verification shapes for overlapping objects therefore cannot dispatch concurrently. Independent ad-group inventories remain parallel. Bulk receipts return item-level applied, failed, or unknown states. One targeting-keyword bulk receipt may contain multiple per-item ad groups while still sending one Apple bulk request. Apple may partially accept a batch; the server never promises rollback. If an optimization apply has an unresolved outcome, a sanitized recovery recipe remains in owner-only local history so operations_verify can reconcile the supplied receipt after a process restart or normal preview eviction.

Independent previews from the same inventory snapshot intentionally drift after the first apply. Put related keyword creates into one bulk preview when they must be applied as a unit; the server does not weaken this fail-closed invariant.

Mutation requests are not retried after a timeout. The result is committed_unverified, or item-level unknown, until operations_verify and direct readback establish the actual state.

Recommendation apply operations require an explicit maximumAmount. The recommendation currency must match the ad account, the proposed amount must stay under the cap, and the recommendation plus promoted campaign are re-read before apply.

An irreversible delete has five additional gates: --allow-deletes, profile allowDeletes: true, session-only APPLE_ADS_ALLOW_DELETES=true, an exact expected object name or keyword text, and a specialized delete receipt. Campaigns and parents must be PAUSED; cascade inventory is bounded and hashed; creatives must have no referencing ads; shared budgets must have no assignments. DELETE is never retried after an ambiguous result.

Release validation

The v0.3.8 release requires the complete compatibility suite, MCP stdio contract tests, unit and HTTP tests, the race detector, static analysis, vulnerability and secret scans, and distribution validation. Cross-platform CI runs on macOS, Linux, and Windows.

This release uses synthetic acceptance in CI; runtime confirmation against live Apple Ads API v1 is a separate owner-controlled gate. On 2026-08-31, the v0.3.6 P2 read-only matrix and a separately authorized PAUSED targeting-keyword bulk fixture with 2 and 28 items passed against Apple Ads API v1. Both aggregate receipts applied and verified every returned keyword ID directly; the campaign and ad group remained PAUSED throughout the write acceptance.

Earlier v0.3.x live acceptance confirmed read-only optimization baselines and plans, PAUSED fixture creation and readback, budget/bid/strategy updates, pause/resume, receipt drift checks, item verification, and deletion of disposable campaigns, ad groups, keywords, and negative keywords. All retained fixtures remained PAUSED with zero spend.

Account-dependent paths have an explicit evidence boundary:

Active optimization-plan apply and MAX_CONVERSIONS changes remain automated-test verified for this release. Optimizer recommendations require the existing history minimums; explicit user-requested previews instead show a warning that statistical readiness has not been established, while preserving contract validation and write gates.
Shared-budget create/update/assignment/delete remain contract- and HTTP-test verified because the live acceptance account uses PAYG; Apple requires LOC.
Default Product Page ad and creative deletion is confirmed as not_eligible because Apple does not allow those resources to be deleted individually.

These boundaries do not weaken the default safety model: unsupported or insufficiently evidenced operations fail closed and never become successful empty responses.

Install

Platform	Homebrew	GitHub archive	OCI image
macOS arm64 / amd64	Yes	`.tar.gz`	Linux container only
Linux arm64 / amd64	Yes	`.tar.gz`	Yes
Windows arm64 / amd64	No	`.zip`	Linux container only

Homebrew

The official tap installs a checksum-pinned release binary:

brew install zelentsov-dev/tap/apple-ads-mcp

Upgrade later releases with:

brew update

brew upgrade apple-ads-mcp

GitHub release

Download the archive for your platform from GitHub Releases. Releases include SHA-256 checksums and SPDX SBOMs.

Apple silicon example:

curl -LO https://github.com/zelentsov-dev/apple-ads-mcp/releases/download/v0.3.8/apple-ads-mcp_darwin_arm64_0.3.8.tar.gz

curl -LO https://github.com/zelentsov-dev/apple-ads-mcp/releases/download/v0.3.8/checksums.txt

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Apple Ads MCP

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

Values you fill in

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Marketing & social mediai

Common questions

Alternatives

MCP YouTube Transcript

Google Analytics MCP

BibiGPT YouTube Video Summarizer

README from the maker

Apple Ads MCP

Quick start

Current release

What it can do

Safety model

Release validation

Install

Homebrew

GitHub release