apple-asc-mcp lets Claude drive App Store Connect releases via MCP

u/waruna_ds published `apple-asc-mcp`, an MCP server built mostly with Claude that wraps Apple's App Store Connect API in a conversational interface. Once wired into Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or any other MCP-compatible agent, a developer can describe a release in plain language — for example, "create version 1.4.0 on the latest build, set the en-US what's new, upload the screenshots in ~/screens, submit for review" — and the tool executes the full sequence: `xcodebuild`, upload, metadata, screenshots, and submission. Beyond the core release flow, it also covers TestFlight, in-app purchases, subscriptions, pricing, and review management.

The author also explicitly recommends that teams already using fastlane in CI stick with it, positioning `apple-asc-mcp` specifically for the conversational "drive a release" loop rather than as a fastlane replacement.

The post is candid about the project's maturity. The core release and monetization functionality — authentication, metadata, screenshots, pricing, and the full IAP/subscription flows — has been tested against a real App Store Connect app and live Apple traffic. However, further-out features such as webhooks, Xcode Cloud, reporting, Game Center, and A/B experiments match Apple's spec but have not yet been run against the live API; the author advises pinning your version and expecting some API shapes to shift. The author also explicitly recommends that teams already using fastlane in CI stick with it, positioning `apple-asc-mcp` specifically for the conversational "drive a release" loop rather than as a fastlane replacement. The tool is MIT-licensed, installable via `npm install -g apple-asc-mcp`, and ships with an `apple-asc-mcp --diagnose` command to verify API key setup.

Key facts

1. 01Built by u/waruna_ds, mostly with Claude, and released as MIT-licensed open source on GitHub.
2. 02Connects to Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or any MCP-compatible agent via the Model Context Protocol.
3. 03Accepts natural-language commands to run the full App Store release pipeline: xcodebuild → upload → metadata → screenshots → submit.
4. 04Also covers TestFlight, in-app purchases, subscriptions, pricing, and review management.
5. 05Core release and monetization flows are tested against live Apple App Store Connect traffic.
6. 06Experimental features (webhooks, Xcode Cloud, Game Center, A/B experiments) match Apple's spec but are not yet validated against the live API.
7. 07Install via `npm install -g apple-asc-mcp`; run `apple-asc-mcp --diagnose` to check API key setup.

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