network_services
List configured network services on macOS to view current network setup and diagnose connectivity issues.
Instructions
List configured network services as reported by networksetup.
Input Schema
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| Name | Required | Description | Default |
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No arguments | |||
Output Schema
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| Name | Required | Description | Default |
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| result | Yes |
Implementation Reference
- macos_tools_mcp/server.py:35-38 (registration)Registers the 'network_services' tool with FastMCP using @app.tool decorator.
@app.tool( name="network_services", description="List configured network services as reported by `networksetup`.", ) - macos_tools_mcp/server.py:39-40 (handler)Handler function for the network_services tool. Converts the iterable from tools.available_network_services() to a list.
def network_services(_: Context | None = None) -> list[str]: return list(tools.available_network_services()) - macos_tools_mcp/tools.py:76-78 (helper)Low-level helper that runs the `networksetup -listallnetworkservices` command and returns its stdout.
def network_services() -> str: """Return all configured network services via ``networksetup``.""" return _run_command(["networksetup", "-listallnetworkservices"]) - macos_tools_mcp/tools.py:110-119 (helper)Helper that parses the raw output from network_services(), filters and sanitizes lines to yield available network service names.
def available_network_services() -> Iterable[str]: """Helper that returns the list of network services, skipping blank lines.""" output = network_services() for line in output.splitlines(): line = line.strip() if not line or line.startswith("An asterisk"): continue sanitized = line.lstrip('* ').strip() if sanitized: yield sanitized