MCP server for controlling Mac monitors via DisplayBuddy — adjust brightness and more.
If you already use Displaybuddy, the displaybuddy mcp server is the piece that lets your assistant work with it directly. MCP server for controlling Mac monitors via DisplayBuddy — adjust brightness and more.
Works with Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, and any MCP-compatible client.
@smithery/cli on npm is all you need. Most clients run it directly, so configuration is a few lines and a restart.
The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:
displaybuddy_status — Quick overview of all displays (call this first)displaybuddy_list — Full display details including UUID, type, capabilitiesdisplaybuddy_get — Get properties of a specific displaydisplaybuddy_set — Set brightness, contrast, volume, input, rotationdisplaybuddy_preset_list — List saved presetsdisplaybuddy_preset_activate — Activate a preset (with optional delay)displaybuddy_schedule_list — List automation schedulesdisplaybuddy_schedule_toggle — Enable or disable a scheduledisplaybuddy_sync — Check/enable/disable multi-display syncCursor — The Cursor tool exposed by this serverSmithery — The Smithery tool exposed by this serverPlenty of developer tooling servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Displaybuddy's toolset — displaybuddy_status, displaybuddy_list, displaybuddy_get and 8 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by biocross; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| displaybuddy_status | Quick overview of all displays (call this first) |
| displaybuddy_list | Full display details including UUID, type, capabilities |
| displaybuddy_get | Get properties of a specific display |
| displaybuddy_set | Set brightness, contrast, volume, input, rotation |
| displaybuddy_preset_list | List saved presets |
| displaybuddy_preset_activate | Activate a preset (with optional delay) |
| displaybuddy_schedule_list | List automation schedules |
| displaybuddy_schedule_toggle | Enable or disable a schedule |
| displaybuddy_sync | Check/enable/disable multi-display sync |
| Cursor | The Cursor tool exposed by this server. |
| Smithery | The Smithery tool exposed by this server. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"displaybuddy": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "displaybuddy-mcp"]
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
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