Apple Native Tools MCP server

This MCP server allows you to interact with Apple applications like Messages, Notes, Contacts, Mail, Reminders, Calendar, and Maps directly through AI assistants. It essentially supercharges your Mac experience by enabling you to control your apps with natural language commands.

Installation Options

Using Smithery

The simplest way to install the Apple MCP server is through Smithery:

npx -y install-mcp apple-mcp --client claude

For Cursor users:

npx -y install-mcp apple-mcp --client cursor

Manual Setup

If you prefer a manual installation:

1. First, install Bun if you don't have it already:

brew install oven-sh/bun/bun

2. Then add this to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apple-mcp": {
      "command": "bunx",
      "args": ["--no-cache", "apple-mcp@latest"]
    }
  }
}

Capabilities

The Apple MCP server provides integration with several Apple applications:

Messages

• Send messages to contacts
• Read your messages
• Schedule messages for later

Notes

• Create notes quickly
• Search through your notes
• Find specific notes by content

Contacts

• Find people in your contacts
• Get phone numbers instantly
• Access your contact database

Mail

• Send emails with attachments, CC, BCC
• Search through emails
• Schedule emails for later
• Check unread counts

Reminders

• Create reminders with due dates
• Search through your reminders
• List pending tasks
• Open specific reminders

Calendar

• Create events quickly
• Search for meetings
• List upcoming events
• Open calendar events directly

Maps

• Search locations
• Save favorite places
• Get directions
• Create guides
• Drop pins

Command Examples

Here are some examples of commands you can use:

"Send a message to mom saying I'll be late for dinner"

"Find all my AI research notes and email them to [email protected]"

"Create a reminder to call the dentist tomorrow at 2pm"

"Show me my calendar for next week and create an event for coffee with Alex on Friday"

"Find the nearest pizza place and save it to my favorites"

Command Chaining

One of the most powerful features is the ability to chain commands together, for example:

"Read my conference notes, find contacts for the people I met, and send them a thank you message"

Demo

You can see a video walkthrough of the Apple MCP server in action at this link.

How to install this MCP server

For Claude Code

To add this MCP server to Claude Code, run this command in your terminal:

claude mcp add-json "apple-mcp" '{"command":"bunx","args":["--no-cache","apple-mcp@latest"]}'

See the official Claude Code MCP documentation for more details.

For Cursor

There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file so that it is available in all of your projects.

If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json file.

Adding an MCP server to Cursor globally

To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > Tools & Integrations and click "New MCP Server".

When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file will be opened and you can add your server like this:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apple-mcp": {
            "command": "bunx",
            "args": [
                "--no-cache",
                "apple-mcp@latest"
            ]
        }
    }
}

Adding an MCP server to a project

To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.

How to use the MCP server

Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.

The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.

You can also explicitly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.

For Claude Desktop

To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop:

1. Find your configuration file:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
• Linux: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

2. Add this to your configuration file:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apple-mcp": {
            "command": "bunx",
            "args": [
                "--no-cache",
                "apple-mcp@latest"
            ]
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect