Skylight MCP Server

Skylight Calendar for Claude — family events, chores, and rewards.

Local serverstdio

What is the Skylight MCP server?

Skylight Calendar for Claude — family events, chores, and rewards. The skylight mcp server wraps that behind the Model Context Protocol, so an assistant can use it through 11 defined tools rather than through you.

What it actually does

MCP server for Skylight Calendar — 102 tools across calendar events (read+write), shared lists (read+write), chores and rewards (read+write), task-box items (read+write), meals (read+write), AI auto-creation (meal-plan + activity-idea generators with draft review/approve), messages and albums (read+write), and frame/device/account settings + calendar + member management (read+write).

Its toolset

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

  • Module — Tool
  • frames — skylight_list_frames
  • events — skylight_list_events
  • lists — skylight_list_lists
  • chores — skylight_list_chores
  • rewards — skylight_get_reward
  • meals — skylight_list_recipes
  • messages — skylight_list_messages
  • tasks — skylight_list_tasks
  • Required — The Required tool exposed by this server
  • Optional — Treat .env like a password file — it is gitignored, do not commit it

Configuration

You will need 2 environment variables: SKYLIGHT_FRAME_ID, SKYLIGHT_BASE_URL. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.

Adding it to your client

Installation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at npm 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.

When to reach for it

Plenty of planning and project tracking 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. Skylight's toolset — Module, frames, events and 8 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by chrischall; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.

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.
  • With 11 tools registered it takes up a noticeable share of the context window; turn it off in projects that never touch Skylight.
  • Missing credentials fail quietly in some clients — if no tools show up, check the environment block first.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the skylight mcp server does with a few real requests.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
ModuleTool
framesskylight_list_frames
eventsskylight_list_events
listsskylight_list_lists
choresskylight_list_chores
rewardsskylight_get_reward
mealsskylight_list_recipes
messagesskylight_list_messages
tasksskylight_list_tasks
RequiredThe Required tool exposed by this server.
OptionalTreat .env like a password file — it is gitignored, do not commit it.

How to install the Skylight MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "skylight": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "npm"],
      "env": {
        "SKYLIGHT_FRAME_ID": "your-value",
        "SKYLIGHT_BASE_URL": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
SKYLIGHT_FRAME_IDConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
SKYLIGHT_BASE_URLEndpoint or connection string the server talks to.Yes

Example prompts to try

  • Use Skylight to Module.
  • Use Skylight to frames.
  • Use Skylight to events.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Skylight to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 11 tools (Module, frames, events, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Skylight directly.