safari-bookmarks-mcp

Manage Safari bookmarks through an MCP server or CLI.

Built on safari-bookmarks-cli by Marty (evilmarty), extended with MCP support and modern tooling. Apache 2.0.

macOS note: 10.14+ requires Full Disk Access for the terminal app you're running from.

MCP server

Add to your client config — uvx handles installation automatically:

.mcp.json (Claude Code, project scope):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "safari-bookmarks": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["safari-bookmarks-mcp", "--file", "~/Library/Safari/Bookmarks.plist"]
    }
  }
}

Or use the bootstrap command to generate config for Claude Code, OpenCode, Codex, and Gemini:

uvx --from safari-bookmarks-mcp safari-bookmarks bootstrap --client claude --client opencode --scope local --write

Scopes: local (project-level), global (user-level), both.

Server flags:

• --readonly — block all write operations

• --confirm-write — allow writes (default requires dry_run=True per call)

Tools: list_bookmarks, search_bookmarks, snapshot, add_bookmark, add_folder, move_item, remove_item, edit_item, empty_folder. All write tools accept dry_run=True to preview changes without saving.

Related MCP server: safari-reading-list-mcp

CLI

uvx --from safari-bookmarks-mcp safari-bookmarks --help

safari-bookmarks list
safari-bookmarks list "BookmarksMenu"
safari-bookmarks add --title "Example" --url "http://example.com" "BookmarksMenu"
safari-bookmarks add --title "New Folder" --folder "BookmarksBar"
safari-bookmarks move "BookmarksMenu" "Example" --to "BookmarksBar" "New Folder"
safari-bookmarks remove "BookmarksBar" "New Folder"
safari-bookmarks empty "BookmarksBar" "New Folder"

Default file: ~/Library/Safari/Bookmarks.plist. Override with -f <path>.

Development

git clone https://github.com/chikingsley/safari-bookmarks-mcp.git
just setup   # create .venv and install deps
just check   # ruff + ty + pytest