Getting it into your agent
One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.
npx skills add rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills --skill apple-search-adsgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/rshankras/claude-code-apple-skillsWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills/apple-search-ads)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills/apple-search-ads"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills/apple-search-ads/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills/apple-search-ads"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills/apple-search-ads.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>- NVIDIA SkillSpector pass
What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00046 | $0.04574 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00023 | $0.02287 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00009 | $0.00915 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00005 | $0.00457 |
Grade A, and why
apple-search-ads scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 11d ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Nothing flagged
None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 489 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Apple Search Ads for Indie Developers
Plan, launch, and optimize Apple Search Ads campaigns that deliver profitable user acquisition for indie apps.
When This Skill Activates
Use this skill when the user:
- Asks about paid user acquisition or running ads for their app
- Mentions "Apple Search Ads", "Search Ads", or "ASA"
- Wants to set up ad campaigns in the App Store
- Asks about keyword bidding, CPT, or CPA optimization
- Needs help with campaign structure or budget allocation
- Wants to understand if paid acquisition makes sense for their app
- Asks how to complement ASO with paid promotion
Pre-Requisite Check: Are You Ready for Ads?
Before recommending any campaign setup, verify these minimum thresholds. Running ads on an unoptimized listing burns money.
Minimum Thresholds
| Requirement | Threshold | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Organic downloads | 100+/month | Proves baseline demand exists |
| App Store page CVR | > 20% | Ads amplify your listing — a bad listing wastes spend |
| Screenshots | 5+ optimized | Paid traffic sees your product page first |
| Ratings | 3.5+ stars (or none) | Low ratings kill conversion from ads |
| Crash-free rate | > 99% | Crashes destroy ROAS through refunds and bad reviews |
| Monetization | Active | No point acquiring users you can't monetize |
If thresholds are not met:
- Focus on organic ASO first (use
keyword-optimizerskill) - Fix product page conversion (use
screenshot-plannerandapp-description-writerskills) - Improve app quality and ratings before spending on acquisition
Readiness Decision
Have 100+ organic downloads/month?
├── NO → Stop. Fix organic first.
└── YES → Is your product page CVR > 20%?
├── NO → Optimize listing first, then run ads.
└── YES → Ready for Apple Search Ads.
Campaign Types
Apple Search Ads offers four placement types. Not all are useful for indie developers. All placements price as cost-per-tap on a second-price auction — you pay just above the next-highest bid, never your max — with no minimum spend, and daily budgets are adjustable anytime.
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 11d ago First seen · 489 lines · 46 tokens per session scan A e8df02a21a00
apple-search-ads is a skill published in the GitHub repository rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills (719 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 46 tokens to every session and 4,574 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.
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