search_apple_ads_apps
Find the App Store app to advertise and its adamId — the id every other Apple Ads tool needs (create_apple_ads_campaign’s appAdamId, a creative’s destination, an eligibility check). Call it with NO arguments to list the apps THIS Apple Ads organization owns, which is what a first-time advertiser ...
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What search_apple_ads_apps does on Hermoso
AI agents call search_apple_ads_apps to retrieve information from Hermoso without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why search_apple_ads_apps is rated Low
Even though search_apple_ads_apps only reads data, uncontrolled read access leaks sensitive information and racks up API costs: an agent caught in a retry loop can make thousands of calls a minute without anyone noticing.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs search_apple_ads_apps safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Hermoso, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For search_apple_ads_apps, this is the rule to start with:
search_apple_ads_apps is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Hermoso, apply this rule, and every search_apple_ads_apps call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about search_apple_ads_apps
Find the App Store app to advertise and its adamId — the id every other Apple Ads tool needs (create_apple_ads_campaign’s appAdamId, a creative’s destination, an eligibility check). Call it with NO arguments to list the apps THIS Apple Ads organization owns, which is what a first-time advertiser wants: only an app you own can be promoted, so a public app you merely found by name cannot be used as promotedObjectId. Pass query to search the App Store catalogue by name or developer, or adamId to fetch one app’s full details — including availableStorefronts, the definitive list of countries the app can be advertised in and the set a campaign’s countries must be a subset of. Read-only, free. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Hermoso MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Hermoso MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search_apple_ads_apps: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Hermoso. Nothing to install.
search_apple_ads_apps is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the search_apple_ads_apps rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for search_apple_ads_apps. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
search_apple_ads_apps is provided by the Hermoso MCP server (https://app.hermoso.ai/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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