# ads_get_targeting_clauses_validation_configs (https://sellersheetai.com/docs/mcp-api/tools/ads_get_targeting_clauses_validation_configs)

> Validation rules Amazon enforces on targeting-clause create — allowed expression types, ASIN/category id formats, bid constraints.

Access: **READ** · toolset amazon_ads · family ads.validation-configurations

Amazon Ads API · getTargetingClausesValidationConfigs · POST /validationConfigurations/targetingClauses Docs: https://advertising.amazon.com/API/docs/en-us/validation-configuration#tag/Validation-Configurations-Retrieval/operation/getTargetingClausesValidationConfigs

## Call it

MCP tool call:

```json
{
  "name": "ads_get_targeting_clauses_validation_configs",
  "arguments": {
    "store": "myStore-US",
    "countryCode": "<countryCode>"
  }
}
```

Tool API (early access — contact us):

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.sellersheetai.com/api/v1/tools/ads_get_targeting_clauses_validation_configs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SELLERSHEET_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"store":"myStore-US","countryCode":"<countryCode>"}'
```

## Arguments

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `store` | string | yes | the store ref `<store>-<CC>` (name-country, e.g. 'myStore-US') — one of get_user_context's store_refs, verbatim. |
| `countryCode` | string | yes | the Ads profile's 2-letter country code (e.g. 'US'). |
| `body` | object |  | optional context — countryCodesList (Amazon's codes: 'UK', not 'GB'), entityTypesList, programTypesList (see Body). Pass all three to get one context instead of the whole set; the answer is under data.result.targetingClausesValidationConfigs. |

## Result

- Amazon's payload in data.result.

## Gotchas

- The payload is large (~200KB+) — filter to the relevant section before writing it anywhere.