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