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Get an app store chart

apps_get_top_charts

Read-onlyIdempotent

A store's top chart (free, paid, grossing or new) overall or in one category, in chart order.

Use when: "top free business apps", "what is grossing in the App Store's finance chart", spotting rising apps in a category. Not for: apps matching a word, use apps_search_apps. One app's details, use apps_get_app. Returns: List. rows[]: rank, app_id, title, url, developer (Google Play only), rating, ratings_count (App Store only), is_free, price, currency. Cost: 1 credit per 100 rows. Default 100 rows = 1 credit. Cached 1 day. Can take up to a minute. Example: {"store": "app_store", "chart": "top_free", "category": "health_and_fitness"}

Input Schema

Name	Required	Description	Default
`chart`	No		top_free
`limit`	No	Max rows. Default 100; Google Play goes to 200, the App Store to 100.
`store`	Yes	google_play or app_store.
`dry_run`	No	Return only meta with the estimate. Costs nothing.
`category`	No	The store's category id in lower case with underscores; a name such as "Health & Fitness" is turned into one, and a wrong id is refused free. Omit for every category. App Store: books, business, education, entertainment, finance, food_and_drink, games, health_and_fitness, lifestyle, magazines_and_newspapers, medical, music, navigation, news, photo_and_video, productivity, reference, shopping, social_networking, sports, travel, utilities, weather, and games_puzzle and other games_ genres. Google Play: art_and_design, auto_and_vehicles, beauty, books_and_reference, business, comics, communication, dating, education, entertainment, events, family, finance, food_and_drink, health_and_fitness, house_and_home, libraries_and_demo, lifestyle, maps_and_navigation, medical, music_and_audio, news_and_magazines, parenting, personalization, photography, productivity, shopping, social, sports, tools, travel_and_local, video_players, weather, game, and game_puzzle and other game_ genres.
`language`	No	ISO 639-1 language code. Default en.	en
`location`	No	Provider location name or code. Default United States.	United States
`max_credits`	No	Refuse with BudgetExceeded if the estimate is higher.

Output Schema

Name	Required	Description	Default
`meta`	Yes
`rows`	No
`error`	No
`hints`	Yes

Schema Changelog

Changes observed during successful MCP inspections.

Changed1 schema field changedNov 7, 2026

changedOutput schema / properties / meta / properties / credits_remaining / description

Previous value: -"The workspace's credits left after this call. null when the call did not check the balance (free tools, cache hits, dry runs, tasks) or the balance has no limit."New value: +"The workspace's credits left after this call. null when the call did not check the balance (free tools, cache hits, dry runs, tasks) or the balance has no limit. Leaves out credits held for calls still running, so it can dip during parallel calls and come back; credits_charged is what this call cost."

Changed1 schema field changedNov 1, 2026

addedOutput schema / properties / meta / properties / feedback_request

Added value: +{
+  "additionalProperties": false,
+  "description": "Once per workspace: after the task, ask the user once for feedback and send any answer with submit_feedback.",
+  "properties": {
+    "message": {
+      "type": "string"
+    }
+  },
+  "required": [
+    "message"
+  ],
+  "type": "object"
+}

Changed1 schema field changedOct 23, 2026

changedOutput schema / properties / meta / properties / credits_notice / description

Previous value: -"A free workspace is low on credits, at most once a day. Tell the user once."New value: +"The workspace is low on credits, at most once a day. Tell the user once."

Changed1 schema field changedOct 17, 2026

changedInput schema / properties / category / description

Previous value: -"The store's category id, such as health_and_fitness or food_and_drink. Omit for every category."New value: +"The store's category id in lower case with underscores; a name such as \"Health & Fitness\" is turned into one, and a wrong id is refused free. Omit for every category. App Store: books, business, education, entertainment, finance, food_and_drink, games, health_and_fitness, lifestyle, magazines_and_newspapers, medical, music, navigation, news, photo_and_video, productivity, reference, shopping, social_networking, sports, travel, utilities, weather, and games_puzzle and other games_ genres. Google Play: art_and_design, auto_and_vehicles, beauty, books_and_reference, business, comics, communication, dating, education, entertainment, events, family, finance, food_and_drink, health_and_fitness, house_and_home, libraries_and_demo, lifestyle, maps_and_navigation, medical, music_and_audio, news_and_magazines, parenting, personalization, photography, productivity, shopping, social, sports, tools, travel_and_local, video_players, weather, game, and game_puzzle and other game_ genres."

Changed15 schema fields changedOct 17, 2026

removedInput schema / $schema

Removed value: -"https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"

removedInput schema / properties / max_credits / maximum
```
Removed value: -9007199254740991
```

removedInput schema / properties / provider

Removed value: -{
-  "description": "Provider id. Defaults to the server default for the tool.",
-  "type": "string"
-}

removedOutput schema / $schema

Removed value: -"https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"

addedOutput schema / properties / error / additionalProperties
```
Added value: +{}
```

removedOutput schema / properties / error / oneOf

Removed value: -[
-  {
-    "additionalProperties": false,
-    "properties": {
-      "error": {
-        "const": "BudgetExceeded",
-        "type": "string"
-      },
-      "est_credits": {
-        "type": "number"
-      },
-      "max_credits": {
-        "type": "number"
-      },
-      "message": {
-        "type": "string"
-      }
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-    "required": [
-      "error",
-      "est_credits",
-      "max_credits",
-      "message"
-    ],
-    "type": "object"
-  },
-  {
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-    "properties": {
-      "billing_url": {
-        "type": "string"
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-      "error": {
-        "const": "InsufficientCredits",
-        "type": "string"
-      },
-      "est_credits": {
-        "type": "number"
-      },
-      "message": {
-        "type": "string"
-      },
-      "upgrade_url": {
-        "type": "string"
-      }
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-    "required": [
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-      "est_credits",
-      "message"
-    ],
-    "type": "object"
-  },
-  {
-    "additionalProperties": false,
-    "properties": {
-      "error": {
-        "const": "NoData",
-        "type": "string"
-      },
-      "message": {
-        "type": "string"
-      }
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-    "required": [
-      "error",
-      "message"
-    ],
-    "type": "object"
-  },
-  {
-    "additionalProperties": false,
-    "properties": {
-      "error": {
-        "const": "InvalidTarget",
-        "type": "string"
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-      "message": {
-        "type": "string"
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-      "target": {
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-    "required": [
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-      "message"
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-    "type": "object"
-  },
-  {
-    "additionalProperties": false,
-    "properties": {
-      "error": {
-        "const": "InvalidProvider",
-        "type": "string"
-      },
-      "message": {
-        "type": "string"
-      },
-      "provider": {
-        "type": "string"
-      },
-      "valid_providers": {
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-          "type": "string"
-        },
-        "type": "array"
-      }
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-    "required": [
-      "error",
-      "provider",
-      "valid_providers",
-      "message"
-    ],
-    "type": "object"
-  },
-  {
-    "additionalProperties": false,
-    "properties": {
-      "error": {
-        "const": "ProviderUnavailable",
-        "type": "string"
-      },
-      "message": {
-        "type": "string"
-      },
-      "provider": {
-        "type": "string"
-      },
-      "retry_after_s": {
-        "type": "number"
-      }
-    },
-    "required": [
-      "error",
-      "provider",
-      "retry_after_s",
-      "message"
-    ],
-    "type": "object"
-  },
-  {
-    "additionalProperties": false,
-    "properties": {
-      "error": {
-        "const": "ConcurrencyLimit",
-        "type": "string"
-      },
-      "limit": {
-        "type": "number"
-      },
-      "message": {
-        "type": "string"
-      },
-      "retry_after_s": {
-        "type": "number"
-      }
-    },
-    "required": [
-      "error",
-      "limit",
-      "retry_after_s",
-      "message"
-    ],
-    "type": "object"
-  },
-  {
-    "additionalProperties": false,
-    "properties": {
-      "cap": {
-        "type": "number"
-      },
-      "error": {
-        "const": "SpendCapReached",
-        "type": "string"
-      },
-      "est_credits": {
-        "type": "number"
-      },
-      "message": {
-        "type": "string"
-      },
-      "period": {
-        "enum": [
-          "day",
-          "month"
-        ],
-        "type": "string"
-      },
-      "resets_at": {
-        "type": "string"
-      },
-      "spent": {
-        "type": "number"
-      }
-    },
-    "required": [
-      "error",
-      "period",
-      "cap",
-      "spent",
-      "est_credits",
-      "resets_at",
-      "message"
-    ],
-    "type": "object"
-  },
-  {
-    "additionalProperties": false,
-    "properties": {
-      "error": {
-        "const": "TaskFailed",
-        "type": "string"
-      },
-      "message": {
-        "type": "string"
-      },
-      "task_id": {
-        "type": "string"
-      }
-    },
-    "required": [
-      "error",
-      "task_id",
-      "message"
-    ],
-    "type": "object"
-  },
-  {
-    "additionalProperties": false,
-    "properties": {
-      "error": {
-        "const": "TaskPending",
-        "type": "string"
-      },
-      "message": {
-        "type": "string"
-      },
-      "poll_after_s": {
-        "type": "number"
-      },
-      "task_id": {
-        "type": "string"
-      }
-    },
-    "required": [
-      "error",
-      "task_id",
-      "poll_after_s",
-      "message"
-    ],
-    "type": "object"
-  },
-  {
-    "additionalProperties": false,
-    "properties": {
-      "connect_url": {
-        "type": "string"
-      },
-      "engine": {
-        "type": "string"
-      },
-      "error": {
-        "const": "NotConnected",
-        "type": "string"
-      },
-      "message": {
-        "type": "string"
-      }
-    },
-    "required": [
-      "error",
-      "engine",
-      "connect_url",
-      "message"
-    ],
-    "type": "object"
-  },
-  {
-    "additionalProperties": false,
-    "properties": {
-      "engine": {
-        "type": "string"
-      },
-      "error": {
-        "const": "EngineMisconfigured",
-        "type": "string"
-      },
-      "message": {
-        "type": "string"
-      }
-    },
-    "required": [
-      "error",
-      "engine",
-      "message"
-    ],
-    "type": "object"
-  }
-]

addedOutput schema / properties / error / properties

Added value: +{
+  "error": {
+    "enum": [
+      "BudgetExceeded",
+      "InsufficientCredits",
+      "NoData",
+      "InvalidTarget",
+      "InvalidProvider",
+      "ProviderUnavailable",
+      "ConcurrencyLimit",
+      "SpendCapReached",
+      "TaskFailed",
+      "TaskPending",
+      "NotConnected",
+      "EngineMisconfigured"
+    ],
+    "type": "string"
+  },
+  "message": {
+    "type": "string"
+  }
+}

addedOutput schema / properties / error / required
```
Added value: +[
+  "error",
+  "message"
+]
```
addedOutput schema / properties / error / type
```
Added value: +"object"
```

removedOutput schema / properties / errors

Removed value: -{
-  "description": "Per-input failures of a batch call.",
-  "items": {
-    "additionalProperties": false,
-    "properties": {
-      "error": {
-        "oneOf": [
-          {
-            "additionalProperties": false,
-            "properties": {
-              "error": {
-                "const": "BudgetExceeded",
-                "type": "string"
-              },
-              "est_credits": {
-                "type": "number"
-              },
-              "max_credits": {
-                "type": "number"
-              },
-              "message": {
-                "type": "string"
-              }
-            },
-            "required": [
-              "error",
-              "est_credits",
-              "max_credits",
-              "message"
-            ],
-            "type": "object"
-          },
-          {
-            "additionalProperties": false,
-            "properties": {
-              "billing_url": {
-                "type": "string"
-              },
-              "error": {
-                "const": "InsufficientCredits",
-                "type": "string"
-              },
-              "est_credits": {
-                "type": "number"
-              },
-              "message": {
-                "type": "string"
-              },
-              "upgrade_url": {
-                "type": "string"
-              }
-            },
-            "required": [
-              "error",
-              "est_credits",
-              "message"
-            ],
-            "type": "object"
-          },
-          {
-            "additionalProperties": false,
-            "properties": {
-              "error": {
-                "const": "NoData",
-                "type": "string"
-              },
-              "message": {
-                "type": "string"
-              }
-            },
-            "required": [
-              "error",
-              "message"
-            ],
-            "type": "object"
-          },
-          {
-            "additionalProperties": false,
-            "properties": {
-              "error": {
-                "const": "InvalidTarget",
-                "type": "string"
-              },
-              "message": {
-                "type": "string"
-              },
-              "target": {
-                "type": "string"
-              }
-            },
-            "required": [
-              "error",
-              "target",
-              "message"
-            ],
-            "type": "object"
-          },
-          {
-            "additionalProperties": false,
-            "properties": {
-              "error": {
-                "const": "InvalidProvider",
-                "type": "string"
-              },
-              "message": {
-                "type": "string"
-              },
-              "provider": {
-                "type": "string"
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-              "valid_providers": {
-                "items": {
-                  "type": "string"
-                },
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-              }
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-            "required": [
-              "error",
-              "provider",
-              "valid_providers",
-              "message"
-            ],
-            "type": "object"
-          },
-          {
-            "additionalProperties": false,
-            "properties": {
-              "error": {
-                "const": "ProviderUnavailable",
-                "type": "string"
-              },
-              "message": {
-                "type": "string"
-              },
-              "provider": {
-                "type": "string"
-              },
-              "retry_after_s": {
-                "type": "number"
-              }
-            },
-            "required": [
-              "error",
-              "provider",
-              "retry_after_s",
-              "message"
-            ],
-            "type": "object"
-          },
-          {
-            "additionalProperties": false,
-            "properties": {
-              "error": {
-                "const": "ConcurrencyLimit",
-                "type": "string"
-              },
-              "limit": {
-                "type": "number"
-              },
-              "message": {
-                "type": "string"
-              },
-              "retry_after_s": {
-                "type": "number"
-              }
-            },
-            "required": [
-              "error",
-              "limit",
-              "retry_after_s",
-              "message"
-            ],
-            "type": "object"
-          },
-          {
-            "additionalProperties": false,
-            "properties": {
-              "cap": {
-                "type": "number"
-              },
-              "error": {
-                "const": "SpendCapReached",
-                "type": "string"
-              },
-              "est_credits": {
-                "type": "number"
-              },
-              "message": {
-                "type": "string"
-              },
-              "period": {
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-                  "day",
-                  "month"
-                ],
-                "type": "string"
-              },
-              "resets_at": {
-                "type": "string"
-              },
-              "spent": {
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-              }
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-              "cap",
-              "spent",
-              "est_credits",
-              "resets_at",
-              "message"
-            ],
-            "type": "object"
-          },
-          {
-            "additionalProperties": false,
-            "properties": {
-              "error": {
-                "const": "TaskFailed",
-                "type": "string"
-              },
-              "message": {
-                "type": "string"
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-              "message"
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-                "type": "string"
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changedOutput schema / properties / meta / properties / rows_available / anyOf

Previous value: -[
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-    "minimum": -9007199254740991,
-    "type": "integer"
-  },
-  {
-    "type": "null"
-  }
-]New value: +[
+  {
+    "type": "integer"
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "null"
+  }
+]

removedOutput schema / properties / meta / properties / rows_returned / maximum
```
Removed value: -9007199254740991
```
removedOutput schema / properties / meta / properties / rows_returned / minimum
```
Removed value: --9007199254740991
```

changedOutput schema / properties / rows / items / properties / rank / anyOf

Previous value: -[
-  {
-    "maximum": 9007199254740991,
-    "minimum": -9007199254740991,
-    "type": "integer"
-  },
-  {
-    "type": "null"
-  }
-]New value: +[
+  {
+    "type": "integer"
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "null"
+  }
+]

changedOutput schema / properties / rows / items / properties / ratings_count / anyOf

Previous value: -[
-  {
-    "maximum": 9007199254740991,
-    "minimum": -9007199254740991,
-    "type": "integer"
-  },
-  {
-    "type": "null"
-  }
-]New value: +[
+  {
+    "type": "integer"
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "null"
+  }
+]

Changed3 schema fields changedOct 17, 2026

addedOutput schema / properties / meta / properties / credits_notice

Added value: +{
+  "additionalProperties": false,
+  "description": "A free workspace is low on credits, at most once a day. Tell the user once.",
+  "properties": {
+    "message": {
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "resets_at": {
+      "type": [
+        "string",
+        "null"
+      ]
+    },
+    "upgrade_url": {
+      "type": "string"
+    }
+  },
+  "required": [
+    "upgrade_url",
+    "resets_at",
+    "message"
+  ],
+  "type": "object"
+}

addedOutput schema / properties / meta / properties / credits_remaining

Added value: +{
+  "description": "The workspace's credits left after this call. null when the call did not check the balance (free tools, cache hits, dry runs, tasks) or the balance has no limit.",
+  "type": [
+    "number",
+    "null"
+  ]
+}

changedOutput schema / properties / meta / required

Previous value: -[
-  "provider",
-  "credits_charged",
-  "est_credits",
-  "cached",
-  "data_as_of",
-  "rows_returned",
-  "rows_available",
-  "cursor",
-  "request_id"
-]New value: +[
+  "provider",
+  "credits_charged",
+  "est_credits",
+  "cached",
+  "data_as_of",
+  "rows_returned",
+  "rows_available",
+  "cursor",
+  "request_id",
+  "credits_remaining"
+]

Changed3 schema fields changedOct 16, 2026

changedInput schema / properties / category / description

Previous value: -"The store's category id, such as business or finance. Omit for every category."New value: +"The store's category id, such as health_and_fitness or food_and_drink. Omit for every category."

addedOutput schema / properties / rows / items / properties / developer / description
```
Added value: +"Google Play only."
```
addedOutput schema / properties / rows / items / properties / ratings_count / description
```
Added value: +"App Store only."
```

AddedOct 15, 2026

TDQS

A4.9/5.0

Behavior5/5

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Beyond the annotations (readOnly, idempotent, non-destructive), the description discloses pricing (1 credit per 100 rows), caching (1 day), worst-case latency (up to a minute), and the exact row shape. These are operational facts an agent cannot get from the annotations or schema.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Conciseness5/5

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Labelled sections (Use when / Not for / Returns / Cost / Example) put scope first and details after, so an agent can stop reading early. Sentences are short and none are filler, though the chart variants are restated from the enum.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Completeness5/5

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

For an 8-parameter, open-world read tool with an output schema, everything needed to call it correctly is present: cost model, budget behavior implications, latency, caching, category normalization, and a worked example.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Parameters4/5

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema coverage is already 88%, so the schema carries most parameter meaning. The description still adds value by repeating the chart vocabulary in business terms and supplying a concrete example object showing store/chart/category combined with a normalized category id.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Purpose5/5

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

States a specific resource (a store's top chart) with the exact variants (free, paid, grossing, new) and scope (overall or one category), plus ordering (chart order). It also names the two siblings it is not: apps_search_apps and apps_get_app.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Usage Guidelines5/5

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

Explicit 'Use when' examples map real queries to this tool, and 'Not for' sentences route keyword matching to apps_search_apps and single-app lookup to apps_get_app. Both the include and exclude conditions are spelled out.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

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