Create a new app store version for an app
AI agents use create_app_store_version to create or update resources in App Store Connect — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your App Store Connect environment.
This tool creates a new app store version, which is a reversible write operation that modifies app metadata and release state. It does not delete data (not Destructive), does not move money (not Financial), and does not execute arbitrary code (not Execute). However, creating a new app store version has significant business impact—it affects app availability, user downloads, and release management.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'create_app_store_version' and description 'Create a new app store version for an app' indicate creation of a new versioned release in App Store Connect.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access create_app_store_version gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and App Store Connect, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for create_app_store_version:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"create_app_store_version": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "create_app_store_version_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}create_app_store_version stays usable, but capped — an agent stuck in a loop can't make hundreds of changes a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Create a new app store version for an app. It is categorised as a Write tool in the App Store Connect MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the App Store Connect MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for create_app_store_version: 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 App Store Connect. Nothing to install.
create_app_store_version is a Write tool with medium risk. Write tools should be rate-limited to prevent accidental bulk modifications.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the create_app_store_version 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 create_app_store_version. 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.
create_app_store_version is provided by the App Store Connect MCP server (joshuarileydev/app-store-connect-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from App Store Connect, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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