Three of the five Apple Ads MCP servers we found stop working on January 26

Description and use

A new MCP server built on Apple’s official Node SDK for Platform API provides 102 typed tools covering all 99 SDK operations, enabling reliable Apple Ads management after the v5 shutdown.

Problem

Apple’s Campaign Management API (v5) will stop working on January 26 2027, but most existing MCP servers still target that API, causing future failures for reporting and bid changes.

Outcome

The new MCP server enables reliable Apple Ads management after the v5 shutdown, offering typed tools for all SDK operations and configurable read‑only and group filters to manage context size.

Workflow

• 1. Identify the need to support the new Platform API before the v5 shutdown.
• 2. Survey existing MCP servers and note their API versions and tool counts.
• 3. Build a new server that wraps every operation in Apple’s Node SDK, generating one tool per operation.
• 4. Add environment‑controlled read‑only and group filters to reduce context size.
• 5. Test all tools against a local mock of Apple’s API and ensure coverage of all SDK operations.
• 6. Publish the server as an npm package and provide a quick‑start npx command with required OAuth environment variables.

Evidence

Apple’s Campaign Management API stops working on January 26, 2027.

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Apple is retiring v5 on January 26, 2027, according to PPC Land's coverage of the Platform API launch.

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Apple also published a Node client, @apple/apple-ads-platform, which handles the OAuth exchange for you: an ES256-signed client secret traded for a one-hour access token.

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Our server wraps every one of the 99 operations in Apple's official Node SDK, it registers 102 tools, and loading all of them costs real context.

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The v5 servers are fine for reporting this quarter. None of them touches the new API, and each needs a rewrite before January.

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