# Add a temporary ASO app

Add an app idea before it has an App Store listing.

## Contract status

Preview contract: these routes and tools are implemented in the shared contract, but the public host, customer API access and OAuth flow have not been deployment verified.

## Endpoint: POST /v1/aso/apps/temporary

- Method: `POST`
- Path: `/v1/aso/apps/temporary`
- Authentication: Bearer API credential or OAuth access token
- Required scope: `content:write`
- MCP tool: `add_temporary_aso_app`

## Parameters

| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `name` | body | string | yes | Temporary app name. |
| `folderId` | body | uuid | null | yes | Optional folder. |

## Known errors

- 400 invalid_request for an invalid filter, identity or limit.
- 401 authentication_required for a missing or invalid credential.
- 402 subscription_required when access is not entitled.
- 403 authorization_required for a missing scope or unavailable preview access.
- 404 not_found when the record is outside the accessible catalogue.
- 429 rate_limited; honor Retry-After when present.
- 409 conflict when the write would duplicate an exclusive row.

## Request

Creates a temporary app without an App Store ID. Reuse the same Idempotency-Key when retrying this exact request.

```
curl --request POST 'https://api.peekpanda.com/v1/aso/apps/temporary' \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $PEEKPANDA_TOKEN" \
  --header 'x-genviral-tenancy: personal' \ \
  --header 'Idempotency-Key: temporary-app-example-1'
  --header 'content-type: application/json' \
  --data '{"name":"New concept","folderId":"44444444-4444-4444-8444-444444444444"}'
```

## Response

The temporary tracked-app object.

```
{
  "storeId": null,
  "name": "New concept",
  "iconUrl": null,
  "developerName": null,
  "primaryGenre": null,
  "rating": null,
  "ratingCount": null,
  "inCatalogue": false,
  "id": "11111111-1111-4111-8111-111111111111",
  "kind": "temporary",
  "folderId": "44444444-4444-4444-8444-444444444444",
  "role": "mine",
  "createdAt": "2026-09-06T00:00:00.000Z",
  "lastRefreshedAt": "2026-09-06T00:00:00.000Z",
  "keywordCount": 1
}

```

## Source

Dated public App Store search results and suggestion observations for the US English storefront. Positions are observed result order. Difficulty and demand are directional indicators, not search volume or advertising data.

## Refresh

This read returns stored observations. Use the related refresh command when newer evidence is needed.