ads_search_brands
Sponsored Products: search for a brand by name, to exclude it from targeting (negative brand target) — use this to find a specific named competitor.
readAmazon Adsads.sp
For Amazon's own suggestions with no input, use ads_get_negative_brands. Amazon Ads API · searchBrands · POST /sp/negativeTargets/brands/search Docs: https://advertising.amazon.com/API/docs/en-us/sponsored-products/3-0/openapi/prod#tag/Product-Targeting/operation/searchBrands
Call it
In an AI client (MCP)
{
"name": "ads_search_brands",
"arguments": {
"store": "myStore-US",
"countryCode": "<countryCode>",
"keyword": "<keyword>"
}
}From code (Tool API)
curl -X POST https://api.sellersheetai.com/api/v1/tools/ads_search_brands \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SELLERSHEET_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"store":"myStore-US","countryCode":"<countryCode>","keyword":"<keyword>"}'Early access — the Tool API is open on request, contact us.
Arguments
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
storerequired | string | the store ref `<store>-<CC>` (name-country, e.g. 'myStore-US') — one of get_user_context's store_refs, verbatim. |
countryCoderequired | string | the Ads profile's 2-letter country code (e.g. 'US'). |
keywordrequired | string | the brand-name query (e.g. 'lego'). |
Result
Every tool answers {notification, data, human_action}; data carries:
- Amazon's payload in data.result.
Gotchas
- Amazon returns a bare array of {id, name} objects, not an envelope.
- To exclude a found brand, create the negative brand target ads_get_negative_brands describes (ads_create_target with productBrandId = the brand's id).