io.github.cyanheads/macos-mcp-server

io.github.cyanheads/macos-mcp-server·v0.1.3·Image, Video & Audio

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Control macOS system settings, apps, windows, audio, displays, screenshots, and Focus mode via MCP.

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§00 Trust verdict · v1 advisory · method

UNVERIFIEDno verdict on file

Verdict not yet evaluated for this tool. The hybrid eval runs adversarial cases first; coverage rolls out as the corpus expands. Until a verdict is recorded, an agent should treat this tool as not-yet-cleared and fall back to its own checks. Method: hybrid eval, four-state verdict, honest limits.

§01 Install

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "macos-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/macos-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MACOS_SCREENSHOT_DIR": "<macos_screenshot_dir>",
        "MACOS_DISPLAY_LAYOUTS": "{}",
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "info",
        "MCP_HTTP_HOST": "127.0.0.1",
        "MCP_HTTP_PORT": "3010",
        "MCP_HTTP_ENDPOINT_PATH": "/mcp",
        "MCP_AUTH_MODE": "none"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "macos-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/macos-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MACOS_SCREENSHOT_DIR": "<macos_screenshot_dir>",
        "MACOS_DISPLAY_LAYOUTS": "{}",
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "info",
        "MCP_HTTP_HOST": "127.0.0.1",
        "MCP_HTTP_PORT": "3010",
        "MCP_HTTP_ENDPOINT_PATH": "/mcp",
        "MCP_AUTH_MODE": "none"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline (cline_mcp_settings.json)

npx -y @cyanheads/macos-mcp-server

§02 Environment variables

MACOS_SCREENSHOT_DIR

Default directory for screenshot files. Defaults to ~/Desktop when empty.

MACOS_DISPLAY_LAYOUTS

JSON object mapping layout names to displayplacer argument strings for apply_layout.

MCP_LOG_LEVEL

Minimum log level for output: debug, info, notice, warning, error.

MACOS_SCREENSHOT_DIR

Default directory for screenshot files. Defaults to ~/Desktop when empty.

MACOS_DISPLAY_LAYOUTS

JSON object mapping layout names to displayplacer argument strings for apply_layout.

MCP_HTTP_HOST

The hostname for the HTTP server.

MCP_HTTP_PORT

The port to run the HTTP server on.

MCP_HTTP_ENDPOINT_PATH

The endpoint path for the MCP server.

MCP_AUTH_MODE

Authentication mode: none, jwt, or oauth.

MCP_LOG_LEVEL

Minimum log level for output: debug, info, notice, warning, error.

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