# asc-apple-ads

A skill that teaches your agent to run Apple Ads through the asc CLI: campaigns, targeting, reports and recommendations. Useful once App Store ads are live.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 3000 installs · ★ 1101
- Author: rorkai
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/rorkai/app-store-connect-cli-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/asc-apple-ads/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-20
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/asc-apple-ads

## What it does

The skill covers Apple Ads work through `asc ads`. Ads credentials are separate from App Store Connect ones, so `asc auth login` will not configure them — you run `asc ads auth login` with client-id, team-id, key-id and a private key. For CI there are `ASC_ADS_*` variables and `ASC_ADS_BYPASS_KEYCHAIN=1` to skip the host keychain.

Two APIs live inside, and mixing them up is the usual mistake. Direct `asc ads <resource>` commands hit Platform API v1 and need an ad account ID. Deprecated commands sit under `asc ads v5 ...` and take an organization ID; Apple retires v5 on January 26, 2027. An org ID is never a substitute for an ad account ID, because the CLI keeps them apart. Run the exact leaf command with `--help` before building a request file: v1 and v5 payloads differ and the CLI does not translate between them.

Resource, report and raw commands emit lossless JSON, so pipe into `jq` for projections. `campaigns find` has no `--paginate` flag — page through `pagination.offset` and `pageSize` in a query file instead. Platform filters use the singular `value`; v5-style fields such as `conditions` or `values` are rejected before auth. Mutations like applying recommendations change spend and require `--confirm`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add rorkai/app-store-connect-cli-skills --skill asc-apple-ads -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/asc-apple-ads/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/asc-apple-ads/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add rorkai/app-store-connect-cli-skills --skill asc-apple-ads -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/asc-apple-ads/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add rorkai/app-store-connect-cli-skills --skill asc-apple-ads -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/asc-apple-ads/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install rorkai/app-store-connect-cli-skills asc-apple-ads
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/asc-apple-ads/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add rorkai/app-store-connect-cli-skills --skill asc-apple-ads -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/rorkai/app-store-connect-cli-skills --path skills/asc-apple-ads
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/asc-apple-ads/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add rorkai/app-store-connect-cli-skills --skill asc-apple-ads -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/rorkai/app-store-connect-cli-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/asc-apple-ads/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- set up a separate auth profile for Apple Ads
- discover ad account IDs and roles via `GET /v1/acls`
- pull a campaign report grouped by country
- check change history and daily budget recommendations
- migrate old Campaign Management API v5 calls to Platform API v1

## Example prompts
- list my ad accounts: `asc ads auth discover --ads-profile "Marketing" --output json`
- find campaigns by campaignId and print JSON
- build an apps report for a date range grouped by country

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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````text
---
name: asc-apple-ads
description: Use when managing Apple Ads with asc, including OAuth profiles, ad-account discovery, Platform API v1 campaigns and targeting, reports, assets, recommendations, guarded mutations, raw requests, and Campaign Management API v5 migration.
---

# asc Apple Ads

Run Apple Ads work through `asc ads`. Apple Ads credentials are separate from App Store Connect credentials; `asc auth login` does not configure Ads.

## Pick the API first

- Direct `asc ads <resource> ...` commands use Apple Ads Platform API v1 and an ad account ID.
- Deprecated Campaign Management API v5 commands live under `asc ads v5 ...` and use an organization ID. Apple retires v5 on January 26, 2027.
- Never substitute an org ID for an ad account ID. The CLI keeps them separate.
- Run the exact leaf command with `--help` before building a request file. Platform v1 payloads and response envelopes differ from v5; the CLI does not translate them.
- For non-interactive pipelines, pass `--file -` to read a JSON request body from stdin; the CLI rejects it when stdin is a terminal.
- Resource, report, upload, and raw commands emit lossless JSON. Use `jq` for projections instead of asking for table or markdown output.

## Authenticate and pin the account

Store both contexts when a profile must support v1 and legacy v5:

```bash
asc ads auth login \
  --name "Marketing" \
  --client-id "$ASC_ADS_CLIENT_ID" \
  --team-id "$ASC_ADS_TEAM_ID" \
  --key-id "$ASC_ADS_KEY_ID" \
  --private-key "$ASC_ADS_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH" \
  --ad-account "987654" \
  --org "123456" \
  --network
```

For CI, set Ads-specific variables and bypass the host keychain:

```bash
export ASC_ADS_CLIENT_ID="SEARCHADS_CLIENT_ID"
export ASC_ADS_TEAM_ID="SEARCHADS_TEAM_ID"
export ASC_ADS_KEY_ID="KEY_ID"
export ASC_ADS_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH="$HOME/.asc/apple-ads-private-key.pem"
export ASC_ADS_AD_ACCOUNT_ID="987654"
export ASC_ADS_BYPASS_KEYCHAIN=1
```

`ASC_ADS_PRIVATE_KEY` and `ASC_ADS_PRIVATE_KEY_B64` also work. If another trusted process minted a short-lived token, set `ASC_ADS_ACCESS_TOKEN`; scoped v1 calls still need an ad account ID.

Check auth without printing a token:

```bash
asc ads auth status --validate --output json
asc ads auth discover --ads-profile "Marketing" --output json
asc ads auth doctor --output json
```
````
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