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MCP server and the desktop machine interface
storebound mcp speaks MCP over stdio, tools only: spec revision 2026-07-28 (stateless: server/discover,
per-request _meta, resultType, cacheable tools/list) and, on the same process, clients that still open with
initialize (2025-11-25, 2025-06-18, 2025-03-26, 2024-11-05). It runs each tool as a CLI call in the project directory
(the server's working directory, or STOREBOUND_PROJECT) and returns the output.
- One tool per command. Read-only:
scan,check,check_aso,aso_competitors(no snapshot saved),aso_suggest(never writes),aso_audit,validate,report(writes only the report page in .storebound/reports/ and returns its path and both stores' verdicts),catalog_diff,health,reviews_list,prices_diff,analytics_compare,apple_status,apple_next_build,apple_testflight_status,apple_ppo_status,play_status,play_next_version_code,privacy_manifest,shots_check,workspace_list,workspace_status,release_status,release_plan,flow_list,flow_run(dry mode only),listing_check,api_get(any App Store Connect or Google Play GET operation by id). Local writes:import_fastlane,whats_new,listing_translate,icons,health_report,reviews_draft,prices_export,analytics_snapshot,shots_capture,shots_render,shots_gallery,shots_record,shots_video. Store writes:play_listing,play_images,play_products,play_data_safety,play_subscriptions,play_release_testing,apple_bundle,apple_iap,apple_iap_review,apple_subscriptions,apple_listing,apple_screenshots,apple_previews,apple_appinfo,apple_review_details,apple_encryption,apple_phased_release,apple_testflight_groups,apple_testflight_what_to_test,apple_testflight_info,apple_testflight_distribute(internal groups only),apple_ppo_create,apple_ppo_upload,analytics_setup. - Annotations say what is read-only, destructive (replaces data), idempotent and network-bound.
- No MCP SDK: a small newline-delimited JSON-RPC server (server/discover, initialize, ping, tools/list, tools/call, cancellation), so storebound keeps zero runtime dependencies.
Manual config for a tool that install does not know: command bunx with args ["storebound", "mcp"] (or the
absolute path of bin/storebound plus mcp).
One shared server over HTTP
storebound mcp --http serves the same tools over Streamable HTTP (MCP 2025-06-18 and later) at /mcp, so every
agent session of a machine shares one process instead of starting its own. POST carries one JSON-RPC message and gets
one JSON answer; there is no server-initiated stream and no session state. A browser Origin other than localhost is
refused unless --allow-origin names it.
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Every tool gets a
projectargument: the absolute path of the app folder to run in. It must be inside--roots(comma-separated, default the home folder).--project <dir>sets a default for calls without one. -
--auth token(default): the server makes~/.storebound/mcp-token(mode 600) on first start and requires it as a bearer token. Only localhost hosts are allowed with it.storebound mcp --http --port 7787 claude mcp add --transport http storebound http://127.0.0.1:7787/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer $(cat ~/.storebound/mcp-token)" -
--auth introspect: for a server shared over the network behind TLS. Bearer tokens are OAuth 2.0 access tokens from your authorization server, checked through its introspection endpoint (RFC 7662; this server authenticates with the key in--introspect-key-file). A token must be active, carry themcpscope and list--resourceinaud(RFC 8707). Without one the answer is 401 withWWW-Authenticate: Bearer resource_metadata=..., and/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcpnames--issuer(RFC 9728).storebound mcp --http --host 0.0.0.0 --auth introspect --introspect-url https://auth.example.com/introspect \ --introspect-key-file ~/.storebound/introspect.key --resource https://mcp.example.com/mcp --issuer https://auth.example.com -
/healthanswers{ ok, version }without auth.
Desktop machine interface
storebound serve --stdio is what the desktop app (apps/desktop, in progress) runs as its sidecar: newline-delimited
JSON-RPC on the same core as the MCP server (tool list, validation, forbidden flags, child-process runner), with typed
methods (check, validate, apple.status, play.listing, ... plus project.inspect and portfolio.status over
many project folders), structured results (the commands' --json output), progress notifications and cancellation.
The first request is session.hello with a per-session secret only the host knows. Write methods are dry runs unless
the call carries a single-use confirm token (HMAC over method, arguments and expiry) that the host mints after the
owner confirmed a native dialog showing that dry run. Sending for review is there only as owner actions
(owner.apple_submit, owner.apple_resubmit, owner.apple_iap_submit, owner.play_production, next to the rollout,
phased release, price and reply owner actions): the window shows the plan (dry run) with the build or versionCode the
owner picked by number, then a native dialog, and only the host's token after that dialog runs it. Nothing publishes,
releases an approved version or cancels a submission, and the MCP server (AI tools) has none of the owner actions.
Play's "Send changes for review" has no API: the Releases tab shows its console plan and a deep link. Types:
cli/lib/desktop-protocol.ts.
bun tools/build-sidecars.ts compiles the CLI for macOS, Linux and Windows (bun build --compile). Design, safety
model and the Dependencies screen (tool sources and licenses): docs/desktop.md.