search

search — find + track apps

Read using-appfollow first (session opening, write ritual, error codes).

Inputs

• query: app name (free-text search keywords).
• store: as (App Store), gp (Google Play), ms, am (Amazon).
• country (default us), collection (name; created if new), locale.

Flow

1. Session: whoami (see using-appfollow).
2. Normalize input. Search takes free-text keywords only — the ASO search endpoints do not accept a store URL or an ext_id. Trim the query to the app name (strip any pasted URL down to the app name/title before searching).
3. Search (read-only, any plan). Call aso_search_results (optionally aso_search_suggestions, 5 cr). Present numbered candidates. Auto-pick only a single exact-title match; otherwise the user picks.
4. Resolve collection. list_collections. If the target collection is new, run add_collection_preview → user approval → add_collection.
5. Dedupe (read-only). list_apps; if the app is already tracked, record it under skipped_existing and skip the add.
6. Add (write — may be plan-gated). add_app_preview → explicit user approval → add_app with identical args. Valid stores: as, gp, ms, am.
7. Verify. list_apps again; confirm the app now appears; capture its apps_id.
8. Emit the JSON block (below).

Read-only degrade path (plan-gated writes)

add_app and add_collection require an Advanced API / Custom plan, and those routes carry no feature gate — so a plan block does not arrive as FEATURE_DISABLED. It can surface as AUTH_REQUIRED, VALIDATION_ERROR, or UPSTREAM_ERROR. Therefore:

• Always complete search + dedupe (read-only — works on any plan).
• Attempt the add_* confirm.
• On any error code from the add, do not assert a specific code. Report the candidate refs you found, state plainly that the add could not be completed (likely a plan limitation), and list the found refs under not_added so the report skills can still target them (they may already be tracked).

Output (fenced JSON)

{
  "added": [{"store": "as", "ext_id": "389801252", "apps_id": 12345, "collection": "Core apps", "locale": "en-US", "title": "Example App"}],
  "skipped_existing": [],
  "not_added": [],
  "collection_created": null,
  "credits_spent_estimate": 2
}