Apple MCP Server

Fast, native MCP server for macOS Apple Reminders via Apple EventKit. 10–200× faster than AppleScript.

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What is the Apple MCP Server?

Fast, native MCP server for macOS Apple Reminders via Apple EventKit. 10–200× faster than AppleScript.

What the server does

Fast, native Apple Reminders access for Claude — works in Claude Desktop, Claude Cowork, and Claude Code (CLI). One signed Swift/EventKit binary, three distribution packages.

Apple Reminders for Claude gives Claude full CRUD access to your macOS Reminders app. It wraps Apple's native EventKit framework in a signed Swift binary that returns stable UUIDs and structured JSON, and ships three ways:

  • 13 MCP tools — covering the full reminder lifecycle: list lists, list reminders (open/completed/all), full-text search, today/overdue/scheduled smart queries, CRUD on individual reminders
  • Native EventKit — — not AppleScript, not reverse-engineered SQLite scraping
  • Stable UUIDs — — reminder IDs survive across sessions, unlike AppleScript URIs or CLI positional indexes
  • Tool safety annotations — — every tool declares readOnlyHint / destructiveHint so Claude clients can auto-run queries but prompt for mutations
  • Language-neutral — — the skill matches on intent, not keywords. Works identically in German, French, Spanish, Japanese, etc
  • Sub-second latency — — full CRUD smoke-test completes in under 1 s on a database with 300+ reminders across 10 lists

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Maintainer setup documentation.

Recorded tools

Check the linked publisher documentation and your connected client's tool list. Names and availability can vary with the server version and account permissions.

ToolWhat it does
get_listsread-only
get_list_inforead-only
list_remindersread-only
search_remindersread-only
get_todayread-only
get_overdueread-only
get_scheduledread-only
get_reminderread-only
create_reminderadditive
update_reminderdestructive, idempotent
complete_reminderdestructive, idempotent
uncomplete_reminderdestructive, idempotent
delete_reminderdestructive, idempotent

How to install the Apple MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apple-reminders-1": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@high5ventures/apple-reminders-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "REMINDERS_BINARY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
REMINDERS_BINARYConfiguration value read at startup.Optional

Example prompts to try

  • “Use Apple to get lists.”
  • “Use Apple to get list info.”
  • “Use Apple to list reminders.”

Frequently asked questions

Fast, native MCP server for macOS Apple Reminders via Apple EventKit. 10–200× faster than AppleScript. Confirm the tools offered by your installed version in the connected client. Tool availability and permissions depend on the server and account configuration.