Control Mac Apps with Natural Language

AppleScript MCP Server (Dual access: python and node.js)

Overview

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that lets you run AppleScript code to interact with Mac. This MCP is intentionally designed to be simple, straightforward, intuitive, and require minimal setup.

I can't believe how simple and powerful it is. The core code is <100 line of code.

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Features

• Run AppleScript to access Mac applications and data
• Interact with Notes, Calendar, Contacts, Messages, and more
• Search for files using Spotlight or Finder
• Read/write file contents and execute shell commands
• Remote execution support via SSH

Example Prompts

Create a reminder for me to call John tomorrow at 10am

Add a new meeting to my calendar for Friday from 2-3pm titled "Team Review"

Create a new note titled "Meeting Minutes" with today's date

Show me all files in my Downloads folder from the past week

What's my current battery percentage?

Show me the most recent unread emails in my inbox

List all the currently running applications on my Mac

Play my "Focus" playlist in Apple Music

Take a screenshot of my entire screen and save it to my Desktop

Find John Smith in my contacts and show me his phone number

Create a folder on my Desktop named "Project Files"

Open Safari and navigate to apple.com

Tell me how much free space I have on my main drive

List all my upcoming calendar events for this week

Usage with Claude Desktop

Node.js

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "applescript_execute": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "@peakmojo/applescript-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Python (uvx)

No clone needed - run directly from the git repo:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "applescript_execute": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "--from",
        "git+https://github.com/peakmojo/applescript-mcp",
        "mcp-server-applescript"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Python (local development)

For local development, clone the repo and use uv to run from source:

brew install uv
git clone https://github.com/peakmojo/applescript-mcp.git

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "applescript_execute": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "/path/to/your/repo",
        "run",
        "mcp-server-applescript"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Development

Setup

brew install uv
uv sync --dev

Run all checks (in parallel)

uv run check

This runs linting, formatting, type checking, and tests with 100% coverage - all in parallel.

Individual commands

uv run lint        # ruff linter
uv run format      # ruff auto-format
uv run typecheck   # pyrefly type checker
uv run test        # pytest with 100% coverage enforcement

Docker Usage

When running in a Docker container, you can use the special hostname host.docker.internal to connect to your Mac host:

Configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "applescript_execute": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "@peakmojo/applescript-mcp",
        "--remoteHost", "host.docker.internal",
        "--remoteUser", "yourusername",
        "--remotePassword", "yourpassword"
      ]
    }
  }
}

This allows your Docker container to execute AppleScript on the Mac host system. Make sure:

1. SSH is enabled on your Mac (System Settings → Sharing → Remote Login)
2. Your user has proper permissions
3. The correct credentials are provided in the config