AirMCP

MCP server for the entire Apple ecosystem — Notes, Reminders, Calendar, Contacts, Mail, Messages, Music, Finder, Safari, System, Photos, Shortcuts, Apple Intelligence, TV, Screen Capture, Maps, Podcasts, Weather, Pages, Numbers, Keynote, Location, and Bluetooth. Connect any AI to your Mac.

Available in multiple languages at the project landing page.

Features

• 269 tools (29 modules) — Apple app CRUD + system control + Apple Intelligence + UI Automation + Screen Capture + Maps + Podcasts + Weather + iWork (Pages/Numbers/Keynote) + Google Workspace + dynamic shortcuts + context memory + audit introspection
• 229 Shortcuts / Siri AppIntents — auto-generated from the tool manifest (50 Interactive Snippet views + 17 AppEnum pickers); AskAirMCPIntent natural-language agent on iOS 26+/macOS 26+ via FoundationModels
• 34 prompts + 14 YAML skill built-ins — per-app workflows + cross-module + developer workflows + Skills DSL (inputs / parallel / loop / on_error / retry / 9 event triggers)
• 9 MCP resources — Notes, Calendar, Reminders, Music, Mail, System, Context Memory + unified context://snapshot/{depth}
• 3 interactive MCP Apps — calendar_week_view, music_player, timeline_today (fuses events + reminders on one day-axis)
• 9 event triggers — calendar, reminders, pasteboard, mail unread, focus mode, now playing, file modified, screen locked/unlocked — skills bind to any of these for automation
• Safety first — HITL approval + audit log + rate limit (60/min + 10 destructive/hr) + emergency stop file + allowNetwork declarative HTTP policy (RFC 0002)
• OAuth 2.1 + Resource Indicators — RFC 0005 Steps 1+2: with-oauth* network policy, JWT verification (RS256/ES256 only, 60s clock tolerance), scope gate (mcp:read / mcp:write / mcp:destructive / mcp:admin), .well-known/oauth-protected-resource per RFC 9728, zero-interaction local dev via npm run dev:oauth. Browser MCP clients: see docs/oauth-browser-pkce.md for the Authorization Code + PKCE setup
• Sessionless discovery — .well-known/mcp.json publishes the full tool + module inventory, network policy, allowed origins, and authorization mode so registry crawlers (Anthropic MCP Registry, Smithery, PulseMCP, Glama) catalog AirMCP without opening a session
• JXA + Swift 6.2 bridge — JXA for basic automation, Swift 6 strict concurrency with EventKit/PhotoKit/HealthKit/Vision/FoundationModels
• Apple Intelligence — On-device summarize / rewrite / proofread / ai_agent / ai_plan_metrics (planner regression catcher) — all via Foundation Models (macOS 26+)
• Context memory — memory_put/query/forget/stats + memory://recent resource for facts/entities/episodes, surviving restarts
• Native menubar app — SwiftUI companion with onboarding wizard, auto-start, log viewer, update notifications, permission setup, server crash auto-restart. Codesigned + notarized release builds ship Gatekeeper-green.
• One-click setup — setup_permissions tool or menubar app to request all macOS permissions at once
• Dual transport — stdio (default) + HTTP/SSE (--http) with token auth, origin allow-list, and startup invariants that refuse to boot misconfigured servers

Get Started

Two paths. Claude Desktop users get one-click install via .mcpb. Everyone else uses the CLI wizard.

Option A — Claude Desktop one-click install (recommended for non-devs)

1. Download airmcp-<version>.mcpb from Releases.
2. Drag it onto Claude Desktop, or Settings → Extensions → Install from file….
3. Fill in the config form (Gemini API key optional; modules toggle). Click Install.

Full walkthrough: docs/mcpb.md.

Option B — CLI wizard (2 minutes)

1. Install Node.js — brew install node or nodejs.org.

2. Run the Setup Wizard:

npx airmcp init

Picks the modules to enable, writes the MCP-client config, saves preferences to ~/.config/airmcp/config.json.

3. Restart your MCP client. Your AI can now read notes, manage reminders, check your calendar, and more.

Troubleshooting

npx airmcp doctor

Checks Node.js version, config files, MCP client setup, macOS permissions, and module status — all in one command.

Try It — Talk to Your Mac

Once connected, just ask your AI in natural language. Here are some things you can try:

Everyday

• "Read my latest notes and summarize them"
• "What's on my calendar today?"
• "Show me overdue reminders and reschedule them to tomorrow"
• "Play some jazz on Apple Music"

Productivity

• "Draft a meeting agenda in Notes, then create calendar events for each topic"
• "Find all emails from Alex about the project and create reminders for action items"
• "Search my contacts for everyone at Acme Corp"

System Control

• "Turn on dark mode, set volume to 50%, and lower brightness"
• "Take a screenshot and save it to my Desktop"
• "What apps are running right now? Quit anything I'm not using"

Research & Web

• "Open the Apple developer docs in Safari and summarize the page"
• "Search my Safari tabs for that article I was reading about Swift"

Power User

• "Scan nearby Bluetooth devices"
• "Get my current GPS coordinates and show the weather here"
• "Record my screen for 10 seconds"
• "Run my 'Morning Routine' shortcut"

Cross-App Workflows

• "Check today's meetings, find related notes, and create a prep checklist in Reminders"
• "Search my files for the Q1 report, read it, and draft a summary email to the team"

These are just starting points — with 269 tools across 29 Apple apps, the combinations are endless.

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Why AirMCP?

After supermemoryai/apple-mcp was archived 2026-01-01 (3.1k stars, no more updates), AirMCP is the only production-grade Apple-native MCP server still shipping. Apple has not released an official iCloud MCP; Google, Dropbox, and Microsoft have. That gap is AirMCP's.

	Direct AppleScript	Siri Shortcuts	apple-mcp (archived)	AirMCP
Tools	Manual scripts	Limited actions	15	269
Modules	—	—	5	29
MCP protocol	❌	❌	✅	✅ (2025-06-18 spec + OAuth 2.1 + Resource Indicators, RFC 0005)
Input validation	❌	N/A	❌	Zod + outputSchema on ~35% of read tools + script↔schema contract tests
Security	None	Sandboxed	Basic	HITL + audit log (queryable) + rate limit + emergency stop + allowNetwork policy (RFC 0002)
Automations	Hand-wired AppleScripts	.shortcut files	❌	14 YAML skills with parallel/loop/on_error/retry/inputs + 9 event triggers
Multi-client	❌	❌	✅	Claude Desktop/Code/Cowork, Cursor, Windsurf, Copilot, VS Code, ChatGPT (MCP Apps)
Swift bridge	❌	❌	❌	EventKit, PhotoKit, HealthKit, Vision, Foundation Models
iOS: Siri/Shortcuts/Spotlight	❌	Native	❌	154 auto-generated AppIntents + AppShortcutsProvider (RFC 0007)
iOS: on-device agent	—	—	—	AskAirMCPIntent → Foundation Models tool calling (iOS 26+)
HTTP transport	—	—	❌	Streamable HTTP + declarative allowNetwork policy (RFC 0002)
i18n	❌	❌	❌	9 languages
Maintained	—	Apple	❌ Archived 2026-01-01	Active (v2.10+, daily commits)

The Apple-native MCP reference slot is open. Research from Apr 2026 notes: "Outside the archived apple-mcp, no implementation exceeds 5 stars. Most have single-digit commits and single contributors."

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Skills DSL

Declare a multi-step workflow in YAML and expose it as an MCP prompt or tool. The executor handles error policy, retries, parallel fan-out, loops, runtime arguments, and event triggers.

name: sender-to-tasks
title: Sender → Tasks
expose_as: tool

inputs:
  query: { type: string, default: newsletter }
  mailbox: { type: string, default: INBOX }
  limit: { type: number, default: 10 }

steps:
  - id: hits
    tool: search_messages
    args: { query: "{{query}}", mailbox: "{{mailbox}}", limit: "{{limit}}" }
    retry: 2
    retry_backoff_ms: 1000

  - id: queue
    tool: create_reminder
    only_if: "{{hits}} != null"
    loop: "{{hits}}"
    on_error:
      continue # per-iteration: a HITL denial on one item
      # doesn't abort the rest of the batch
    args:
      title: "Follow up: {{_item.subject}}"
      body: "From {{_item.sender}} (query: {{query}})"

Built-in skills (14): morning-briefing, calendar-alert, inbox-triage, meeting-action-items, focus-guardian, skills-weekly-review, project-digest, weekly-digest-note, focus-block-planner, clipboard-url-to-reading, favorites-digest, sender-to-tasks, evening-winddown, daily-journal.

Event triggers: calendar_changed, reminders_changed, pasteboard_changed, mail_unread_changed, focus_mode_changed, now_playing_changed, file_modified, screen_locked, screen_unlocked.

User-authored skills land in ~/.config/airmcp/skills/*.yaml and hot-reload.

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Safety & Operations

AirMCP runs with access to 269 tools on your machine. A few layers keep a buggy agent plan from turning into an incident:

• HITL approval — every destructive tool prompts before firing (via MCP Elicitation or a Unix socket fallback). Per-call, per-scope.
• Rate limit — 60 tool calls/minute globally, 10 destructive/hour. Token-bucket so bursts are fine; sustained rate isn't.
• Emergency stop — touch ~/.config/airmcp/emergency-stop blocks every destructive tool immediately with a 1-second probe cache. No restart needed. rm the file to resume.
• Audit log — every tool call lands in ~/.airmcp/audit.jsonl with PII-scrubbed args, 0600 perms, 10MB rotation. Query it via audit_log / audit_summary tools.
• HTTP network policy (RFC 0002) — AIRMCP_ALLOW_NETWORK = loopback-only (default) / with-token / with-token+origin / unauthenticated. Startup invariant refuses to boot a misconfigured server. Reverse-proxy header detection warns when a loopback-only server sees X-Forwarded-* so silently-public deploys get caught.
• npx airmcp doctor — runs all the above policy + macOS compatibility + permission checks in one command.

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Siri · Shortcuts · Spotlight (iOS 17+ / macOS 14+)

AirMCP's 154 read-only tools auto-register as Apple App Intents. Anything that speaks the Intents system — Siri, Shortcuts, Spotlight, the Action Button, Widgets — calls them directly without opening the app.

• Top-10 Siri phrases ship out of the box via AppShortcutsProvider (codegen'd from the MCP tool manifest).
• Shortcuts app: every AirMCP tool appears as an action with typed parameters.
• iOS 26 "Use Model": autonomously picks AirMCP tools as tool-call targets.
• Interactive Snippets (iOS 26+): 50 typed tools render SwiftUI result views inline in Shortcuts/Siri/Spotlight.
• "Ask AirMCP" (iOS 26+/macOS 26+): natural-language agent routed to Apple's on-device Foundation Models with AirMCP tools registered. 100% on-device.

See docs/shortcuts.md for the full guide + RFC 0007 for the architecture.

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Client Setup

Works with any MCP-compatible client. Examples:

Claude Desktop

Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "airmcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "airmcp"]
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add airmcp -- npx -y airmcp

Cursor

Add to .cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "airmcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "airmcp"]
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Add to ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "airmcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "airmcp"]
    }
  }
}

Other MCP Clients

Any client that supports the MCP stdio transport can use AirMCP. Use npx -y airmcp as the server command.

Local Development

git clone https://github.com/heznpc/AirMCP.git
cd AirMCP
npm install
npm run build
node dist/index.js

Developer Testing

npm run dev:test -- notes             # test one module (fast, in-process)
npm run dev:test:changed              # test only git-changed modules
npm run dev:test:watch -- notes       # watch mode: auto re-test on save
npm run dev:test -- --tool list_notes # test a single tool

See Testing & Debugging Guide for the full testing workflow.

Menubar App (Optional)

A native SwiftUI companion app for server status monitoring and permission setup.

cd app && swift build -c release
# Binary: app/.build/release/AirMCPApp

Features: onboarding wizard, auto-start on login, log viewer, update notifications, server status, one-click permission setup, MCP client config clipboard copy.

HTTP Mode

HTTP server mode for remote agents, registries, and multi-client setups:

npx airmcp --http --port 3847

• Endpoint: POST/GET/DELETE /mcp
• Transport: Streamable HTTP + SSE (MCP spec 2025-11-25)
• Session management via Mcp-Session-Id header
• Default port: 3847
• Startup policy invariant (RFC 0002): refuses to bind public interfaces without a token — see Safety & Operations above.

Useful for running a Mac Mini as an "always-on AI hub."

Claude in Chrome & other browser-based MCP clients

Browser extensions — including Anthropic's Claude in Chrome — can't spawn stdio subprocesses, so they consume MCP over HTTP. AirMCP's HTTP transport is designed for exactly this case.

1 · Start AirMCP with a token + origin allow-list:

# Generate a token and keep it — you'll paste it into the Chrome extension.
export AIRMCP_HTTP_TOKEN=$(openssl rand -hex 32)

# Only accept requests whose Origin matches Claude's web UI:
export AIRMCP_ALLOWED_ORIGINS="https://claude.ai"

# Declarative policy: external binding, token required, Origin allow-list enforced.
export AIRMCP_ALLOW_NETWORK="with-token+origin"

npx airmcp --http --bind-all --port 3847

2 · In the browser extension's MCP settings, add:

Field	Value
Server URL	http://<your-mac>:3847/mcp (or https://… behind a TLS-terminating proxy)
Auth header	Authorization: Bearer <AIRMCP_HTTP_TOKEN>
Transport	Streamable HTTP (SSE)

3 · Verify wiring:

# From the same machine — should return the server card JSON:
curl http://127.0.0.1:3847/.well-known/mcp.json

The response includes "network_policy": "with-token+origin" so the client can confirm what it's connecting to before a single tool call. Registry crawlers (Anthropic MCP Registry, Smithery, PulseMCP, Glama) use the same endpoint to build their catalog without connecting live — it carries the full tool inventory (tools.count, tools.names), enabled modules, license, and homepage, so a crawler can surface "AirMCP: 269 tools across calendar, notes, mail, …" without opening a session. MCP spec version pinned via schema_version: "2025-11-25". When the policy is with-oauth*, a sibling /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource endpoint (RFC 9728) advertises the authorization server + audience + supported scopes so conforming clients can negotiate OAuth before the first MCP call.

Running AirMCP on a laptop that suspends? Put the menubar app on your Mac Mini / always-on host, point the browser at that hostname, and leave the token in Chrome's secure storage. Revoke by rotating AIRMCP_HTTP_TOKEN and restarting the server.

Security gotchas — in order of "most likely to bite":

• Don't put AirMCP behind a proxy that strips X-Forwarded-* without also switching to AIRMCP_ALLOW_NETWORK=with-token. AirMCP detects proxy headers and warns, but only when it's in loopback-only mode — flip the policy first.
• Don't hand-edit origin lists into "*" — the Origin check is your last line of defence if a token leaks from the extension's storage.
• touch ~/.config/airmcp/emergency-stop on the server blocks every destructive call within 1s, no restart needed. Remember this path.

Tools

Notes (12 tools)

Tool	Description	Type
list_notes	List all notes with title, folder, dates	read
search_notes	Search by keyword in title and body	read
read_note	Read full content by ID	read
create_note	Create a note with HTML body	write
update_note	Replace entire body	destructive
delete_note	Delete (moved to Recently Deleted)	destructive
move_note	Move to another folder	destructive
list_folders	List folders with note counts	read
create_folder	Create a new folder	write
scan_notes	Bulk scan with metadata and preview	read
compare_notes	Compare 2-5 notes side by side	read
bulk_move_notes	Move multiple notes at once	destructive

Reminders (11 tools)

Tool	Description	Type
list_reminder_lists	List all lists with counts	read
list_reminders	Filter by list/completed	read
read_reminder	Full details by ID	read
create_reminder	Create with due date/priority	write
update_reminder	Update properties	destructive
complete_reminder	Mark complete/incomplete	write
delete_reminder	Delete permanently	destructive
search_reminders	Search by keyword in name/body	read
create_reminder_list	Create a new reminder list	write
delete_reminder_list	Delete a reminder list	destructive
create_recurring_reminder	Create with recurrence rule (Swift/EventKit)	write

Calendar (10 tools)

Tool	Description	Type
list_calendars	List calendars with name/color	read
list_events	Events in date range with pagination	read
read_event	Full details with attendees	read
create_event	Create with location/description	write
update_event	Update properties	destructive
delete_event	Delete permanently	destructive
search_events	Keyword search in date range	read
get_upcoming_events	Next N events from now	read
today_events	All events for today	read
create_recurring_event	Create with recurrence rule (Swift/EventKit)	write

Contacts (10 tools)

Tool	Description	Type
list_contacts	List with email/phone, pagination	read
search_contacts	Search by name, email, phone, or org	read
read_contact	Full details (emails, phones, addresses)	read
create_contact	Create with email/phone/org	write
update_contact	Update properties	destructive
delete_contact	Delete permanently	destructive
list_groups	List contact groups	read
add_contact_email	Add email to existing contact	write
add_contact_phone	Add phone to existing contact	write
list_group_members	List contacts in a group	read

Mail (11 tools)

Tool	Description	Type
list_mailboxes	List mailboxes with unread counts	read
list_messages	Recent messages in a mailbox	read
read_message	Full message content	read
search_messages	Search by subject/sender	read
mark_message_read	Mark read/unread	write
flag_message	Flag/unflag a message	write
get_unread_count	Total unread across all mailboxes	read
move_message	Move message to another mailbox	destructive
list_accounts	List all mail accounts	read
send_mail	Compose and send an email	write
reply_mail	Reply to an email message	write

Music (17 tools)

Tool	Description	Type
list_playlists	List playlists with track counts	read
list_tracks	Tracks in a playlist	read
now_playing	Current track and playback state	read
playback_control	Play, pause, next, previous	write
search_tracks	Search by name/artist/album	read
play_track	Play a specific track by name	write
play_playlist	Start playing a playlist	write
get_track_info	Detailed track metadata	read
set_shuffle	Set shuffle and repeat mode	write
create_playlist	Create a new playlist	write
add_to_playlist	Add a track to a playlist	write
remove_from_playlist	Remove a track from a playlist	destructive
delete_playlist	Delete an existing playlist	destructive
get_rating	Get rating, favorited, and disliked status	read
set_rating	Set star rating (0-100) for a track	write
set_favorited	Mark or unmark a track as favorited	write
set_disliked	Mark or unmark a track as disliked	write

Finder (8 tools)

Tool	Description	Type
search_files	Spotlight file search	read
get_file_info	File info (size, dates, tags)	read
set_file_tags	Set Finder tags	destructive
recent_files	Recently modified files	read
list_directory	List files in directory	read
move_file	Move/rename file	destructive
trash_file	Move to Trash	destructive
create_directory	Create new directory	write

Safari (12 tools)

Tool	Description	Type
list_tabs	List tabs across all windows	read
read_page_content	Read page text content	read
get_current_tab	Current active tab URL/title	read
open_url	Open URL in Safari	write
close_tab	Close a specific tab	destructive
activate_tab	Switch to a specific tab	write
run_javascript	Execute JavaScript in tab	write
search_tabs	Search tabs by title/URL	read
list_bookmarks	List all bookmarks across folders	read
add_bookmark	Add a bookmark to Safari	write
list_reading_list	List Reading List items	read
add_to_reading_list	Add URL to Reading List	write

System (27 tools)

Tool	Description	Type
get_clipboard	Read clipboard content	read
set_clipboard	Write to clipboard	write
get_volume	Get system volume	read
set_volume	Set system volume	write
toggle_dark_mode	Toggle dark/light mode	write
get_frontmost_app	Get frontmost application	read
list_running_apps	List running applications	read
get_screen_info	Display information	read
show_notification	Show system notification	write
capture_screenshot	Capture screenshot (full/window/selection)	write
get_wifi_status	WiFi connection status and signal	read
toggle_wifi	Turn WiFi on or off	write
list_bluetooth_devices	List paired Bluetooth devices	read
get_battery_status	Battery percentage, charging, time remaining	read
get_brightness	Get display brightness level	read
set_brightness	Set display brightness level	write
toggle_focus_mode	Toggle Do Not Disturb on or off	write
system_sleep	Put system to sleep	write
prevent_sleep	Keep system awake for N seconds	write
system_power	Shutdown or restart the system	destructive
launch_app	Launch/activate an application	write
quit_app	Quit a running application	destructive
is_app_running	Check if an application is running	read
list_all_windows	List all windows across all apps	read
move_window	Move a window to specific coordinates	write
resize_window	Resize a window	write
minimize_window	Minimize or restore a window	write

Photos (9 tools)

Tool	Description	Type
list_albums	List albums	read
list_photos	List photos in album	read
search_photos	Search photos by keyword	read
get_photo_info	Photo metadata details	read
list_favorites	List favorite photos	read
create_album	Create new album	write
add_to_album	Add photo to album	write
import_photo	Import photo from file (Swift/PhotoKit)	write
delete_photos	Delete photos by ID (Swift/PhotoKit)	destructive

Messages (6 tools)

Tool	Description	Type
list_chats	Recent conversations with participants	read
read_chat	Chat details (participants, last update)	read
search_chats	Search by name/participant/handle	read
send_message	Send iMessage/SMS text	write
send_file	Send file via iMessage/SMS	write
list_participants	List chat participants	read

Shortcuts (11 tools)

Tool	Description	Type
list_shortcuts	List available shortcuts	read
run_shortcut	Run shortcut by name	write
search_shortcuts	Search shortcuts by name	read
get_shortcut_detail	Shortcut details/actions	read
create_shortcut	Create a new shortcut via UI automation	write
delete_shortcut	Delete shortcut by name (macOS 13+)	destructive
export_shortcut	Export shortcut to .shortcut file	write
import_shortcut	Import shortcut from .shortcut file	write
edit_shortcut	Open shortcut in Shortcuts app for editing	write
duplicate_shortcut	Duplicate an existing shortcut	write

UI Automation (10 tools)

Tool	Description	Type
ui_open_app	Open app and read accessibility summary	read
ui_click	Click element by coordinates or text	write
ui_type	Type text into focused field	write
ui_press_key	Send key combinations	write
ui_scroll	Scroll in direction	write
ui_read	Read app accessibility tree	read
ui_accessibility_query	Query UI elements by role/title/value/identifier	read
ui_perform_action	Find element by locator + perform AX action	write
ui_traverse	BFS traverse with PID targeting + visible filter	read
ui_diff	Compare UI state before/after an action	read

Apple Intelligence (13 tools)

Requires macOS 26+ with Apple Silicon.

Tool	Description	Type
summarize_text	On-device text summarization	read
rewrite_text	Rewrite with specified tone	read
proofread_text	Grammar/spelling correction	read
generate_text	Generate text with custom instructions via on-device AI	read
generate_structured	Generate structured JSON output with schema	read
tag_content	Content classification/tagging with confidence	read
ai_chat	Named multi-turn on-device AI session	read
generate_image	Generate an image on disk via Image Playground	write
scan_document	Detect text / tables / forms in an image	read
generate_plan	Ask the on-device model for a JSON tool-call plan	read
ai_plan_metrics	Run a sampled GOLDEN_PLANS batch and report planner quality	read
ai_status	Check Foundation Model availability	read
ai_agent	On-device autonomous tool-calling agent	read

Context Memory (4 tools)

Durable on-disk store for facts, named entities, and time-anchored episodes. Backed by ~/.cache/airmcp/memory.json; also exposed as the memory://recent MCP resource.

Tool	Description	Type
memory_put	Insert or update a fact / entity / episode (idempotent upsert, optional TTL)	write
memory_query	Filter by kind / tags / substring, newest-first	read
memory_forget	Delete by id / key / tag	destructive
memory_stats	Counts by kind + oldest/newest timestamps (sweeps expired as a side-effect)	read

Audit (2 tools)

Consumable view of the on-device audit log (populated for every tool call).

Tool	Description	Type
audit_log	Paginated recent calls, filterable by tool / status / time window	read
audit_summary	Total count, error rate, top-N busiest tools over a window	read

TV (6 tools)

Tool	Description	Type
tv_list_playlists	List Apple TV playlists (library)	read
tv_list_tracks	List movies/episodes in playlist	read
tv_now_playing	Currently playing content	read
tv_playback_control	Play/pause/next/previous control	write
tv_search	Search movies/TV shows	read
tv_play	Play movie/episode by name	write

Screen Capture (5 tools)

Tool	Description	Type
capture_screen	Capture full screen screenshot (returns PNG image)	read
capture_window	Capture a specific app window	read
capture_area	Capture a screen region by coordinates	read
list_windows	List all visible windows with position/size	read
record_screen	Record screen for 1-60 seconds (.mov)	write

Maps (8 tools)

Tool	Description	Type
search_location	Search for a place in Apple Maps	write
get_directions	Get directions between two locations	write
drop_pin	Drop a pin at specific coordinates	write
open_address	Open a specific address in Apple Maps	write
search_nearby	Search for places near a location	write
share_location	Generate a shareable Apple Maps link	read
geocode	Convert place name/address to coordinates	read
reverse_geocode	Convert coordinates to place name/address	read

Podcasts (6 tools)

Tool	Description	Type
list_podcast_shows	List subscribed podcast shows	read
list_podcast_episodes	List episodes for a show	read
podcast_now_playing	Currently playing podcast episode	read
podcast_playback_control	Play, pause, next, previous	write
play_podcast_episode	Play a specific episode by name	write
search_podcast_episodes	Search episodes by keyword	read

Weather (3 tools)

Tool	Description	Type
get_current_weather	Get current weather by coordinates	read
get_daily_forecast	Get multi-day forecast by coordinates	read
get_hourly_forecast	Get hourly forecast by coordinates	read

Location (2 tools)

Tool	Description	Type
get_current_location	Get device's current GPS coordinates	read
get_location_permission	Check Location Services authorization status	read

Bluetooth (4 tools)

Tool	Description	Type
get_bluetooth_state	Check Bluetooth power state	read
scan_bluetooth	Scan for nearby BLE devices	read
connect_bluetooth	Connect to a BLE device by UUID	write
disconnect_bluetooth	Disconnect a BLE device	write

Google Workspace (16 tools)

Requires: npm install -g @googleworkspace/cli && gws auth setup

Tool	Description	Type
gws_status	Check GWS CLI availability	read
gws_gmail_list	List Gmail messages with query	read
gws_gmail_read	Read Gmail message by ID	read
gws_gmail_send	Send email via Gmail	write
gws_drive_list	List Google Drive files	read
gws_drive_read	Get Drive file metadata	read
gws_drive_search	Full-text search across Drive	read
gws_sheets_read	Read Google Sheet values	read
gws_sheets_write	Write to Google Sheet	write
gws_calendar_list	List Google Calendar events	read
gws_calendar_create	Create Google Calendar event	write
gws_docs_read	Read Google Doc content	read
gws_tasks_list	List Google Tasks	read
gws_tasks_create	Create Google Task	write
gws_people_search	Search Google Contacts	read
gws_raw	Execute any GWS CLI command	write

Resources

MCP resources provide live data from Apple apps via URI.

URI	Description
notes://recent	10 most recent notes
notes://recent/{count}	Recent notes (custom count, max 50)
calendar://today	Today's calendar events
calendar://upcoming	Next 7 days of calendar events
reminders://due	Overdue reminders
reminders://today	Today's due reminders (incomplete only)
music://now-playing	Currently playing Apple Music track
system://clipboard	macOS clipboard content
mail://unread	Unread mail count across all mailboxes
context://snapshot	Unified context from all active apps
context://snapshot/{depth}	Configurable depth context (brief/standard/full)

Prompts

Per-App

• organize-notes — Classify notes by topic, create folders, move
• find-duplicates — Find similar notes, compare, suggest cleanup
• weekly-review — Summarize past week's notes
• organize-reminders — Scan, identify overdue/completed, cleanup
• daily-review — Today's due reminders with priorities
• schedule-review — Upcoming events, conflicts, optimizations
• meeting-prep — Event details + related notes for meeting prep

Cross-Module

• daily-briefing — Today's events + due reminders + recent notes
• weekly-digest — Past N days: events + notes + reminders combined
• meeting-notes-to-reminders — Extract action items from meeting notes, create reminders
• event-follow-up — Create follow-up note and reminders after a meeting
• research-with-safari — Safari research + save results to Notes
• focus-session — Calendar + Reminders + Music focus session
• file-organizer — Finder file organization + Notes logging

Developer Workflows

• dev-session — Scan project, check specs, research docs, create session notes
• debug-loop — Capture errors from Safari/clipboard, locate code, log bugs, create fix tasks
• screen-capture-flow — Screenshot → Photos import → annotation notes
• app-release-prep — Calendar schedule + Notes changelog + Reminders checklist
• idea-to-task — Break idea into tasks → Reminders + Calendar time blocks
• build-log — Analyze build output, log errors or celebrate success

Shortcuts

• shortcut-automation — Discover and chain Siri Shortcuts for automation
• shortcut-discovery — Find relevant shortcuts for a task
• shortcut-troubleshooting — Debug and fix broken shortcuts

Developer Agent Pipeline

AirMCP's developer prompts connect Apple apps into autonomous agent workflows. Each prompt orchestrates tools across multiple modules — AI reads the actual filesystem, Notes, Calendar, and Reminders for context, then records structured results.

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                     dev-session                                 │
│  Finder (scan) → Notes (specs) → Safari (docs) → Notes (log)   │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                     debug-loop                                  │
│  Safari (JS errors) → Clipboard → Finder (locate) →            │
│  Notes (bug log) → Reminders (fix tasks)                        │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                     idea-to-task                                 │
│  Notes (idea) → AI (decompose) → Reminders (tasks) →           │
│  Calendar (time blocks)                                         │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                     build-log                                   │
│  Finder (output) → Clipboard (log) →                            │
│  ┌ Fail → Notes (error log) → Reminders (fix tasks)             │
│  └ Pass → Notification → Music (celebrate) → Notes (success)    │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Designed for AI coding agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, etc.) to invoke via MCP prompts, turning your Mac into a context-aware development environment.

Module Presets

By default, new installations start with 5 core modules (Notes, Reminders, Calendar, Shortcuts, System) to keep things simple. You can enable more anytime:

# Re-run the setup wizard to change modules
npx airmcp init

# Or enable all modules at once
npx airmcp --full

Or edit ~/.config/airmcp/config.json directly:

{
  "disabledModules": ["messages", "intelligence"]
}

CLI Commands

Command	Description
npx airmcp init	Interactive setup wizard
npx airmcp doctor	Diagnose installation issues
npx airmcp	Start MCP server (stdio, default)
npx airmcp --version	Print version and exit
npx airmcp --full	Start with all 27 modules enabled
npx airmcp --http	Start as HTTP server (port 3847)

Configuration

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
AIRMCP_INCLUDE_SHARED	false	Include shared notes/folders
AIRMCP_ALLOW_SEND_MESSAGES	false	Allow sending iMessages (opt-in)
AIRMCP_ALLOW_SEND_MAIL	false	Allow sending emails (opt-in)
AIRMCP_FULL	false	Enable all modules (ignores preset)
AIRMCP_DISABLE_{MODULE}	—	Disable a specific module (e.g. AIRMCP_DISABLE_MUSIC=true)
GEMINI_API_KEY	—	Google Gemini API key for cloud embeddings (optional)
AIRMCP_EMBEDDING_MODEL	gemini-embedding-2-preview	Gemini embedding model name
AIRMCP_EMBEDDING_DIM	3072	Embedding dimension (256/512/1024/2048/3072)
AIRMCP_EMBEDDING_PROVIDER	auto	Force provider: gemini, swift, hybrid, none
AIRMCP_HTTP_TOKEN	—	Bearer token for HTTP mode authentication

Config File

~/.config/airmcp/config.json:

{
  "disabledModules": ["messages", "intelligence"],
  "includeShared": false,
  "allowSendMessages": false,
  "allowSendMail": false,
  "hitl": {
    "level": "destructive-only",
    "timeout": 30
  }
}

Human-in-the-Loop (HITL)

Require manual approval before destructive operations:

{
  "hitl": {
    "level": "destructive-only",
    "timeout": 30
  }
}

Levels: off, destructive-only, all-writes, all

Semantic Search (Optional)

On-device cross-app semantic search powered by Apple's NLContextualEmbedding. Find related notes, events, reminders, and emails by meaning — not just keywords.

npm run swift-build  # Build the Swift bridge first

Then use the tools:

1. semantic_index — Index data from enabled Apple apps into a local vector store
2. semantic_search — Search by meaning across all indexed data
3. find_related — Find items related to a specific note/event/reminder
4. semantic_status — Check index status

Supports Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese with automatic language detection. Optionally set GEMINI_API_KEY for higher-quality Google Gemini embeddings.

Swift Bridge (Optional)

For semantic search, recurring events/reminders (EventKit), photo import/delete (PhotoKit), and Apple Intelligence — requires macOS 26+:

npm run swift-build

Requirements

• macOS
• Node.js >= 18
• Per-app automation permissions (prompted on first run) — use setup_permissions tool to request all at once
• Apple Intelligence: macOS 26+ with Apple Silicon

Limitations

Modules with OS requirements (e.g., Intelligence requires macOS 26+) are automatically disabled at startup on older systems via runtime OS detection.

Architecture & Security

• JXA/AppleScript dependency — Core automation relies on Apple's scripting dictionaries. While these have been stable for 10+ years, macOS updates can theoretically break individual modules. Circuit breaker (3 failures → 60s auto-disable) isolates failures. UI Automation tools (6 tools) are inherently more brittle and separated into their own module.
• Input sanitization — run_javascript blocks javascript: and data: URL schemes to prevent code injection. escJxaShell strips control characters from shell arguments.
• Read data exposure — Destructive operations require HITL approval, but read operations (mail, messages, contacts) are not rate-limited. When connected to cloud LLMs, sensitive data passes through the LLM provider. Mitigations: PII scrubbing in logs, pagination limits, sensitive modules (mail, messages) require explicit opt-in.
• IPC overhead — Multi-process path (Client → Node.js → osascript/Swift CLI → macOS app). Each JXA call adds ~50ms overhead. Pagination prevents bulk data transfers. Swift bridge path bypasses JXA for EventKit/PhotoKit operations.
• Scope — 269 tools across 29 modules follow 5 repeating patterns (JXA CRUD, Swift bridge, HTTP API, System Events, CLI wrapper), keeping maintenance proportional to pattern count, not tool count.

Location & Bluetooth

• Location requires macOS Location Services permission (first use triggers system dialog).
• Bluetooth scanning discovers BLE (Low Energy) devices only. Classic Bluetooth devices are listed via list_bluetooth_devices in the System module.
• Bluetooth connect/disconnect operates within the server process lifecycle.

Notes

• Move copies and deletes (new ID, reset dates, lost attachments). Update replaces entire body — read first to preserve content.
• Password-protected notes cannot be read.

Reminders / Calendar

• JXA recurrence is read-only — use create_recurring_event/create_recurring_reminder (Swift/EventKit).
• Calendar attendees are read-only.

Contacts

• Custom fields not accessible.

Mail

• Content truncated to 5000 chars by default (maxLength parameter adjustable).

Messages

• Individual message content (chat history) not accessible via JXA.
• Send requires recipient to be a registered buddy in Messages.

Music

• Smart playlists are read-only.
• Queue manipulation not available.

Finder

• Tags use Spotlight (mdfind), performance varies with index state.

Safari

• Reading page content requires "Allow JavaScript from Apple Events" in Safari Developer menu.
• run_javascript rejects javascript: and data: URLs to prevent injection attacks.
• macOS 26+: Bookmark and Reading List tools (list_bookmarks, list_reading_list, add_bookmark) use Bookmarks.plist instead of JXA (Apple removed bookmark scripting). Requires Full Disk Access for your terminal in System Settings > Privacy & Security. add_bookmark is not supported on macOS 26+.

Podcasts

• macOS 26+: All Podcasts tools are non-functional. Apple removed the Podcasts scripting dictionary in macOS 26 (Tahoe). The circuit breaker will auto-disable the module after 3 failures.

Photos

• JXA: album creation and photo addition only, no import/delete.
• Swift bridge (macOS 26+): full import/delete via PhotoKit.

Pages / Numbers / Keynote

• macOS 26+: Apple renamed iWork apps (e.g. "Pages" → "Pages Creator Studio"). AirMCP uses bundle IDs internally so this is handled transparently.
• Requires the corresponding iWork app to be open for document operations.

Apple Intelligence

• Requires macOS 26 (Tahoe) + Apple Silicon.
• Build bridge binary with npm run swift-build.

Roadmap

v2.1 (Current)

• Gemini Embedding 2 — Apple Intelligence의 Gemini 채택에 맞춰 gemini-embedding-2-preview로 업그레이드. 네이티브 멀티모달(텍스트/이미지/오디오/비디오) 3072차원 임베딩. on-device Swift bridge + cloud Gemini 하이브리드 provider 지원. Apple이 Foundation Models에 Gemini를 도입하면서 AirMCP도 동일 생태계로 확장
• Google Workspace — Gmail, Drive, Sheets, Calendar, Docs, Tasks, People via @googleworkspace/cli
• Dynamic module loading — New modules = 1 line in MANIFEST (no import boilerplate)
• Centralized constants — All API URLs, timeouts, buffer sizes in src/shared/constants.ts with env var overrides

v2.0

• CoreLocation — Native GPS coordinates via Swift/CLLocationManager
• CoreBluetooth — BLE device scanning, state, connect/disconnect via Swift/CBCentralManager
• App Management — Launch, quit, check app status
• Window Management — List, move, resize, minimize windows across all apps
• Geocoding — Forward/reverse geocoding via Open-Meteo and Nominatim APIs
• Security hardening — Sensitive modules (mail, messages) opt-in by default, architecture limitations documented

Platform Constraints (macOS 26+)

• Safari bookmarks/reading list — Apple removed JXA bookmark scripting classes in macOS 26. The plist fallback (~/Library/Safari/Bookmarks.plist) requires Full Disk Access, which TCC blocks for MCP server processes. Investigating Shortcuts-based or WebExtension bridge approaches.
• Safari add_bookmark — Legacy JXA make new bookmark no longer supported in macOS 26. No programmatic alternative available yet.
• Podcasts — Apple removed the Podcasts JXA scripting dictionary entirely in macOS 26. All 6 Podcasts tools return errors. Investigating Shortcuts bridge or Media framework alternatives.

Future

• OAuth 2.1 browser PKCE flow guide — RFC 0005 Step 3: docs for Managed Agents / Claude in Chrome clients (Steps 1+2 shipped in v2.11.0)
• Stateless streamable HTTP — horizontal scale per MCP 2026 roadmap (session state externalized)
• iOS / visionOS exploration (v3.0+)
• Marketplace listings — MCP Market, Cline Marketplace, LobeHub (Anthropic MCP Registry + Smithery + PulseMCP + Glama already live)

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for development setup, code style, and PR guidelines.

First-time contributors: look for issues labeled good first issue.

Community

• GitHub Discussions — Questions, ideas, show & tell
• Issues — Bug reports and feature requests
• Changelog — Release history

License

MIT