Apple MCP Server

Apple MCP tools for contacts, notes, messages, and mail integration

Local serverstdio

What is the Apple MCP MCP server?

Connect Apple MCP to Claude, Cursor or any other MCP client and it stops being a tab you switch to. Apple MCP tools for contacts, notes, messages, and mail integration. The apple mcp mcp server is what makes that connection.

What the server does

This is a collection of apple-native tools for the MCP protocol.

  • Send messages using the Apple Messages app
  • Read out messages
  • Search & read notes in Apple Notes app
  • Search contacts for sending messages
  • Send emails with multiple recipients (to, cc, bcc) and file attachments
  • Search emails with custom queries, mailbox selection, and result limits

Available tools

The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:

  • Usage — The Usage tool exposed by this server

Installation

Installation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at @smithery/cli on npm and it is fetched when the client starts. The copy-paste blocks for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are further down this page.

Where it fits

This sits in the developer tooling group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. Apple MCP's toolset — Usage — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by jxnl; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

This entry was verified against Apple MCP's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.

Worth knowing first

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • Keep per-call confirmation enabled while you learn its behaviour; it is the cheapest safeguard you have.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
UsageThe Usage tool exposed by this server.

How to install the Apple MCP MCP server

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

Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.

Example prompts to try

  • Use Apple MCP to Usage.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Apple MCP to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 1 tool (Usage) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Apple MCP directly.