Asc Apple Ads
Command reference for driving Apple Ads campaigns, keywords and reports via the asc CLI
Test report
- Verdict
- Works with setup
- Score
- Tested
- Jul 21, 2026
- Environment
- Claude Code 2.x (agent harness)
- Upstream re-checked
- Aug 10, 2026 · c6e6094
Installed skills/asc-apple-ads/SKILL.md (4841 bytes, single file, no bundled scripts) into a throwaway HOME; frontmatter parsed with name+description, no hardcoded machine paths, and a grep for curl|sh / base64 / exfiltration found only one benign https reference to api.searchads.apple.com. The `asc` binary is not on this machine and I did not download or run it, so I validated by extracting the CLI's authoritative endpoint table (internal/appleads/endpoints.go, 84 command paths) and commands/ads.mdx from rorkai/App-Store-Connect-CLI. I wrote two plans for the same task ("resolve org, list campaigns as JSON, create a paused test campaign + one paused EXACT keyword, clean up") and checked both against that table: the baseline scored 2 of 9 valid command paths (invented `asc ads orgs list`, `whoami`, `campaign create`, `adgroup create`, `keywords add/remove`) with 16 invalid flags (`--json`, `--page-size`, `--campaign-id`, `--bid`), while the skill-followed plan scored 14 of 14 valid paths with 0 invalid flags. Four skill claims I independently confirmed in source: bare `asc ads campaigns`/`acls` really are list aliases (DefaultListAlias), DELETE and /delete/bulk really do return "--confirm is required", raw api request really rejects anything not v5/api.searchads.apple.com, and Ads auth really is separate from `asc auth login` — my baseline got all four wrong (it used v4 and `asc auth login`). Marked "setup" because nothing here runs without installing the Go CLI and minting Apple Ads API keys, and because the skill says "never guess payload fields" yet ships no payload schema or link (the upstream ads.mdx does).
Scored on four weighted criteria — install, triggering, output vs. baseline, docs. How scoring works
- Installs cleanly 5/5
- Triggers reliably 5/5
- Output vs. baseline 7/10
- Docs & honesty 4/5
What Asc Apple Ads does
Gives Claude the exact `asc ads` command surface for Apple Ads: separate Ads authentication, org resolution, campaign and ad-group reads, JSON-file payloads for creates and updates, bulk keyword operations, reporting, and raw v5 API requests. It also enforces a read-first, paused-resource, delete-with---confirm procedure for touching a live ad account. Triggers when a task mentions Apple Ads, Search Ads campaigns, ad groups, targeting keywords, or `asc ads`.
How to install Asc Apple Ads
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/rorkai/app-store-connect-cli-skills.git /tmp/asc-apple-ads-src
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -R /tmp/asc-apple-ads-src/skills/asc-apple-ads ~/.claude/skills/asc-apple-ads
# Requires the `asc` CLI (Go): https://github.com/rorkai/App-Store-Connect-CLI — brew install rorkai/tap/asc
# Requires separate Apple Ads API credentials (ASC_ADS_CLIENT_ID / ASC_ADS_TEAM_ID / ASC_ADS_KEY_ID / private key)
# created in the Apple Ads UI; `asc auth login` does NOT configure `asc ads`.
# Alternative installers from the repo README: `asc install-skills` or `npx skills add rorkai/app-store-connect-cli-skills`
# Whole-pack alternative: cp -R /tmp/asc-apple-ads-src/skills/* ~/.claude/skills/ (22 asc-* skills)
Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/
(per-project). Restart Claude Code after installing.
Commands — how to trigger Asc Apple Ads
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/asc-apple-adsCommand reference for driving Apple Ads campaigns, keywords and reports via the asc CLI
It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:
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Create a new Apple Ads campaign for this app -
List keyword performance for my ad group -
Pull an Apple Ads report for last month
Frequently asked questions
- Is the Asc Apple Ads skill free?
- Yes. The skill itself is free from rorkai/app-store-connect-cli-skills. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
- Does Asc Apple Ads work with Claude Code?
- We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Jul 21, 2026. Verdict: Works with setup. Installed skills/asc-apple-ads/SKILL.md (4841 bytes, single file, no bundled scripts) into a throwaway HOME; frontmatter parsed with name+description, no hardcoded machine paths, and a grep for curl|sh / base64 / exfiltration found only one benign https reference to api.searchads.apple.com. The `asc` binary is not on this machine and I did not download or run it, so I validated by extracting the CLI's authoritative endpoint table (internal/appleads/endpoints.go, 84 command paths) and commands/ads.mdx from rorkai/App-Store-Connect-CLI. I wrote two plans for the same task ("resolve org, list campaigns as JSON, create a paused test campaign + one paused EXACT keyword, clean up") and checked both against that table: the baseline scored 2 of 9 valid command paths (invented `asc ads orgs list`, `whoami`, `campaign create`, `adgroup create`, `keywords add/remove`) with 16 invalid flags (`--json`, `--page-size`, `--campaign-id`, `--bid`), while the skill-followed plan scored 14 of 14 valid paths with 0 invalid flags. Four skill claims I independently confirmed in source: bare `asc ads campaigns`/`acls` really are list aliases (DefaultListAlias), DELETE and /delete/bulk really do return "--confirm is required", raw api request really rejects anything not v5/api.searchads.apple.com, and Ads auth really is separate from `asc auth login` — my baseline got all four wrong (it used v4 and `asc auth login`). Marked "setup" because nothing here runs without installing the Go CLI and minting Apple Ads API keys, and because the skill says "never guess payload fields" yet ships no payload schema or link (the upstream ads.mdx does).
- What is the Asc Apple Ads SkillProof Score?
- 8.4/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 7/10, docs & honesty 4/5.
- How do I install Asc Apple Ads?
- Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.
- Can I use Asc Apple Ads with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?
- The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.