The Apple MCP server provides a unified interface to interact with native Apple apps and services:
Contacts: Search and retrieve contacts
Notes: Search, list, and create notes
Messages: Send, read, schedule, and check unread messages
Mail: Read unread emails, search emails, send emails with attachments, list mailboxes
Reminders: Search, create, list, and open reminders
Web Search: Search the web using DuckDuckGo and retrieve content
Calendar: Search, create, open, and list calendar events
Maps: Search locations, save favorites, get directions, manage guides, and add places to guides
Enables interaction with native Apple applications and services, providing access to Messages, Notes, Contacts, Mail, Reminders, and Calendar for sending messages, reading/searching notes, managing contacts, sending/scheduling emails, creating reminders, and managing calendar events.
Mentioned as a planned future feature to search and open music in Apple Music app.
Enables web search functionality using DuckDuckGo to retrieve and process content from search results.
This is a collection of apple-native tools for the MCP protocol.
Here's a step-by-step video about how to set this up, with a demo. - https://x.com/DhravyaShah/status/1892694077679763671
To install Apple MCP for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:
... and for cursor, you can do:
Messages:
Send messages using the Apple Messages app
Read out messages
Notes:
List notes
Search & read notes in Apple Notes app
Contacts:
Search contacts for sending messages
Emails:
Send emails with multiple recipients (to, cc, bcc) and file attachments
Search emails with custom queries, mailbox selection, and result limits
Schedule emails for future delivery
List and manage scheduled emails
Check unread email counts globally or per mailbox
Reminders:
List all reminders and reminder lists
Search for reminders by text
Create new reminders with optional due dates and notes
Open the Reminders app to view specific reminders
Calendar:
Search calendar events with customizable date ranges
List upcoming events
Create new calendar events with details like title, location, and notes
Open calendar events in the Calendar app
Web Search:
Search the web using DuckDuckGo
Retrieve and process content from search results
Maps:
Search for locations and addresses
Save locations to favorites
Get directions between locations
Drop pins on the map
Create and list guides
Add places to guides
TODO: Search and open photos in Apple Photos app
TODO: Search and open music in Apple Music app
You can also daisy-chain commands to create a workflow. Like: "can you please read the note about people i met in the conference, find their contacts and emails, and send them a message saying thank you for the time."
(it works!)
You just need bun, install with brew install oven-sh/bun/bun
Now, edit your claude_desktop_config.json with this:
Now, ask Claude to use the apple-mcp tool.
enjoy!
local-only server
The server can only run on the client's local machine because it depends on local resources.
A collection of tools that enables Claude AI and Cursor to access native macOS applications such as Messages, Notes, Contacts, Emails, Reminders, Calendar, and Maps through the Model Context Protocol.
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