app.recao/recao-mcp — MCP Server for EU App Store Ad Longevity Ranking

This MCP remote server ranks competitors’ EU App Store ads by longevity, sourcing data from Apple’s official Ad Repository (EU DSA). It supports querying competitor ad activity from within Claude Code, using an endpoint described as transportable over streamable HTTP.

🛠️ Key Features

Ranks EU App Store ads by longevity
Uses Apple Ad Repository (EU DSA) as the data source
Provides a remote MCP server over a streamable HTTP transport
Published as a weekly competitor-ad report

🚀 Use Cases

Identify which competitor EU App Store ads have been running longer
Generate recurring (weekly) competitor ad snapshots

⚡ Developer Benefits

Pulls competitor EU App Store ad data directly into Claude Code
Uses an external, official ad data source (Apple Ad Repository)

⚠️ Limitations

Scope described as EU App Store ads and ad longevity ranking
Uses a workflow where the app is pasted at recao.app for weekly reporting

{ "type": "object", "properties": { "name": { "type": "string", "minLength": 2, "description": "App or developer name to search for" }, "types": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "APP", "DEVELOPER" ] } }, "required": [ "name" ], "additionalProperties": false, "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#" }

{ "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "number", "description": "appId or developerId from search_app_advertiser" }, "type": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "APP", "DEVELOPER" ], "default": "APP" }, "countries": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string", "minLength": 2, "maxLength": 2 }, "description": "EU country codes to filter (default: all 25). Available: AT,BE,BG,HR,CY,CZ,DK,EE,FI,FR,DE,GR,HU,IE,IT,LV,LU,NL,PL,PT,RO,SK,SI,ES,SE" }, "datePreset": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "LAST_90_DAYS", "LAST_180_DAYS", "LAST_YEAR" ], "default": "LAST_YEAR" } }, "required": [ "id" ], "additionalProperties": false, "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#" }

{ "type": "object", "properties": { "adId": { "type": "string" }, "datePreset": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "LAST_90_DAYS", "LAST_180_DAYS", "LAST_YEAR" ], "default": "LAST_YEAR" } }, "required": [ "adId" ], "additionalProperties": false, "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#" }

Recao MCP

Query your competitors' App Store ads from inside Claude Code.

Recao is a weekly competitor-ad report for app developers. You paste your app once at recao.app, and every week you get the ads your competitors are running on the EU App Store: the creative copy, the placements, the formats, and how long each ad has stayed live. This repository documents the hosted MCP server that Indie and Pro users point their MCP client at to ask the same questions live, between reports.

The product source is not in this repo. This is the manifest and docs for the hosted remote endpoint.

Tools

Tool

What it does

search_app_advertiser

Find an app or developer in Apple's Ad Repository by name. Returns the ids the other tools take. Start here.

get_competitor_ads

Pull every App Store ad an advertiser ran in the EU (up to 1 year back), sorted by how long each has been live. An ad the advertiser keeps paying for is the closest public signal that it converts.

get_ad_details

Full detail for one ad: every locale variant, creative asset URLs, icon variations, placements, and date range. Shows how a competitor localizes a winning ad.

get_playbook

An Apple Search Ads playbook for indie apps, wired to the data tools. Call with no argument to list the available playbooks.

Example

code

> Which ads has Fabulous kept running the longest in the EU?

  search_app_advertiser "fabulous"  → Fabulous: Daily Habit Tracker
  get_competitor_ads (APP, LAST_YEAR)

  Longest-running creatives first:
  1. "Healthy Routines & Motivation" — search results,
     16 storefronts, live 365+ days
  2. "Santé Mentale & Motivation" — FR only, live 365+ days
     (a mental-health angle running only in France)

  One angle funded for over a year across 16 countries.
  France runs a different first line — a live localization
  test you can read for free.

> Show me every locale variant of creative #1

  get_ad_details

  The German variant leads on data privacy, the Spanish one
  on prediction accuracy. Same placement, same format,
  different opening line.

Numbers depend on live data; run the query to see current results.

Data source and legality

Source: Apple's official Ad Repository, published under Article 39 of the EU Digital Services Act. Public, free, no auth. Recao adds search, normalization, longevity ranking, and the MCP interface on top.

Coverage: 25 EU storefronts (the DSA's scope), roughly 1 year of rolling history, about a 7-day publication lag.

No keywords, bids, or spend. No legal source publishes competitor keywords, bids, or spend. Tools that show those numbers are estimating them. Recao reports only what is measurable: the creatives and how long each has run.

Channels: Apple App Store is live today. Meta is in setup and uses the equivalent EU ad transparency data.

Install

Tools (4)

search_app_advertiserget_competitor_adsget_ad_detailsget_playbook

Remote endpoint

Streamable HTTP

Hosted server - connect over the network, no local install.

url

https://recao.app/api/mcp

Add to VS Code Add to Cursor

claude_desktop_config.json

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "recao-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://recao.app/api/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Desktop config is stdio-only; this bridges via mcp-remote. Native remote: Settings > Connectors.

Recao

app.recao/recao-mcp — MCP Server for EU App Store Ad Longevity Ranking

🛠️ Key Features

🚀 Use Cases

⚡ Developer Benefits

⚠️ Limitations

search_app_advertiser

get_competitor_ads

get_ad_details

get_playbook

Recao MCP

Install

Tools

Example

Data source and legality

Pricing

Links

License

Install

Remote endpoint

Related servers

name	string	required	App or developer name to search for
types	string	optional

id	number	required	appId or developerId from search_app_advertiser
type	string	optional
countries	array	optional	EU country codes to filter (default: all 25). Available: AT,BE,BG,HR,CY,CZ,DK,EE,FI,FR,DE,GR,HU,IE,IT,LV,LU,NL,PL,PT,RO,SK,SI,ES,SE
datePreset	string	optional