Asc CLI Usage

asc cli usage

Use this skill when you need to run or design asc commands for App Store Connect.

Command discovery

• Always use --help to discover commands and flags.
  • asc --help
  • asc builds --help
  • asc builds list --help
• Use asc search for local, deterministic command discovery when you know the workflow but not the command path.
  • asc search "submit app for review"
  • asc search --output table "upload build"
• Use asc schema to inspect bundled App Store Connect endpoint schemas and request/query fields before designing API-facing commands.
  • asc schema --pretty "GET /v1/apps"
  • asc schema --method POST appStoreVersions
• Use asc capabilities to explain CLI-supported, partial, web-session, and public-API-limited workflow coverage.
  • asc capabilities --area release --output table
  • asc capabilities --status web-session --output table
  • asc capabilities --status not-public-api --output markdown

Canonical verbs (current asc)

• Prefer view over legacy get aliases for read-only commands in docs and automation.
  • asc apps view --id "APP_ID"
  • asc versions view --version-id "VERSION_ID"
  • asc pricing availability view --app "APP_ID"
• Prefer edit for update-only availability surfaces and other canonical edit flows.
  • asc pricing availability edit --app "APP_ID" --territory "USA,GBR" --available true
  • asc app-setup availability edit --app "APP_ID" --territory "USA,GBR" --available true
  • asc xcode version edit --build-number "42"
• Use asc pricing availability create to initialize app availability before using the update-only edit command. If Apple rejects the public-API bootstrap, authenticate a web session and use asc web apps availability create, or configure Pricing and Availability in App Store Connect.
  • asc pricing availability create --app "APP_ID" --territory "USA,GBR" --available true --available-in-new-territories true
  • asc web apps availability create --app "APP_ID" --territory "USA,GBR" --available-in-new-territories true
• Keep set where the CLI intentionally models a higher-level replacement/configuration flow and --help still shows set as the canonical verb.

Flag conventions

• Use explicit long flags (e.g., --app, --output).
• Prefer explicit flags in automation; some newer commands can prompt for missing fields when run interactively.
• Destructive operations require --confirm.
• Use --paginate when the user wants all pages.

Output formats

• Output defaults are TTY-aware: table in interactive terminals, json when piped or non-interactive.
• Use --output table or --output markdown only for human-readable output.
• --pretty is only valid with JSON output.

Authentication and defaults

• Prefer keychain auth via asc auth login.
• Fallback env vars: ASC_KEY_ID, ASC_ISSUER_ID, ASC_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH, ASC_PRIVATE_KEY, ASC_PRIVATE_KEY_B64.
• ASC_APP_ID can provide a default app ID.
• When permissions are unclear, inspect exact API key role coverage with asc web auth capabilities.
  • This lives under the web-session auth surface.
  • It can resolve the current local auth by default, or inspect a specific key with --key-id.
• Create an App Store Connect team API key through a cached Apple Account web session with asc web api-keys create.
  • An Account Holder or Admin session is required; use asc web auth login --apple-id "user@example.com" first when needed.
  • The command saves the one-time P8 as AuthKey_<KEY_ID>.p8 without printing its contents; choose an explicit private directory with --output-dir.
  • Example: asc web api-keys create --name "CI uploads" --role APP_MANAGER --output-dir "./keys" --output json.

Apple Ads

• Use asc ads --help before choosing a command.
• Apple Ads uses asc ads auth, --ads-profile, and ASC_ADS_* variables. It does not use App Store Connect API credentials.
• Direct resource commands use Platform API v1 with --ad-account or ASC_ADS_AD_ACCOUNT_ID. Deprecated Campaign Management API v5 commands live under asc ads v5 and use --org or ASC_ADS_ORG_ID; never substitute one ID for the other.
• Discover ad-account access with asc ads auth discover --output json or inspect one ACL response with asc ads acls list --output json.
• Body commands use --file with the exact schema named by the leaf help. V1 query filters use singular value, and bulk bodies may use wrapper objects rather than v5 arrays.
• Apple Ads resource commands emit JSON. Use --paginate only where help shows it; reports and most query bodies carry pagination inside the JSON file.
• Deletes and spend-, billing-, delivery-, targeting-, or access-sensitive mutations require --confirm. An explicitly paused campaign create is the main documented safe exception.
• For live mutation tests, create paused resources with a clear test name, save every ID, pause spend-bearing resources first, and delete only resources created by the test.

Timeouts

• ASC_TIMEOUT / ASC_TIMEOUT_SECONDS control request timeouts.
• ASC_UPLOAD_TIMEOUT / ASC_UPLOAD_TIMEOUT_SECONDS control upload timeouts.