Apple Shortcuts

local MCP server

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add apple-shortcuts-mcp -e APPLE_SHORTCUTS_MCP_SAFETY_MODE=... -- uvx apple-shortcuts-mcp

Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.

Claude Desktop, Cursor & other clients

Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apple-shortcuts-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "apple-shortcuts-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "APPLE_SHORTCUTS_MCP_SAFETY_MODE": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.

Summary

List, inspect, and run Apple Shortcuts on macOS.

Questions

Apple Shortcuts is a local MCP server distributed as the pypi package apple-shortcuts-mcp.

Run: claude mcp add apple-shortcuts-mcp -e APPLE_SHORTCUTS_MCP_SAFETY_MODE=... -- uvx apple-shortcuts-mcp

Run: codex mcp add apple-shortcuts-mcp --env APPLE_SHORTCUTS_MCP_SAFETY_MODE=... -- uvx apple-shortcuts-mcp

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