MCP Macos Utils MCP Server

MCP server providing macOS utility tools

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What is the MCP Macos Utils MCP server?

MCP server providing macOS utility tools. Exposed over MCP by the mcp macos utils mcp server, that capability becomes something an assistant can invoke while it works, not something you go and do afterwards.

What it actually does

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides macOS utility tools for AI assistants.

  • Native macOS Notifications — Send system notifications with different types (success, error, info, warning)
  • Auto Project Detection — Automatically detects and includes the current project name in notifications
  • Notification Logging — All notifications are logged to ~/.mcp-notifications.log for audit trail
  • TypeScript Support — Fully typed for better development experience

Adding it to your client

Setup follows the usual MCP pattern — install or clone the server, register it in your client's configuration file, restart the client. The configuration blocks on this page cover the common clients.

Its toolset

Everything the assistant can do here goes through one of these:

  • notify — The notify tool exposed by this server
  • Building — The Building tool exposed by this server

Configuration

  • macOS (uses native osascript for notifications) - Node.js 20+ - TypeScript 5.5+

Caveats

  • 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.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the mcp macos utils mcp server does with a few real requests.

When to reach for it

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. MCP Macos Utils's toolset — notify, Building — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by msageryd; 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We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
notifyThe notify tool exposed by this server.
BuildingThe Building tool exposed by this server.

How to install the MCP Macos Utils MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "macos-utils": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/mcp-macos-utils/dist/index.js"],
      "env": {}
    }
  }
}

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

Configuration

  • macOS (uses native osascript for notifications) - Node.js 20+ - TypeScript 5.5+

Example prompts to try

  • Use MCP Macos Utils to notify.
  • Use MCP Macos Utils to Building.

Frequently asked questions

It connects MCP Macos Utils to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 2 tools (notify, Building) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with MCP Macos Utils directly.