Apple Icloud MCP Server

What the code does

We read the source, 4 d ago · rules ccca72095570

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

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Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

claude mcp add apple-icloud-mcp -- npx -y apple-icloud-mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apple-icloud-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "apple-icloud-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

[mcp_servers.apple-icloud-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "apple-icloud-mcp"]

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apple-icloud-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "apple-icloud-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apple-icloud-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "apple-icloud-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: APPLE_TEAM_ID (Your Apple Developer Team ID (10 characters). Needed for Apple Music (official API), Apple Maps and WeatherKit.), APPLE_KEY_ID (Key ID of a private key created in Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles → Keys with Media Services (MusicKit), MapKit JS and/or WeatherKit enabled.), APPLE_PRIVATE_KEY (Contents of that key's .p8 file (PEM; one-line values with \n escapes and base64 are accepted).), APPLE_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH (Local installs only: a path to the .p8 file instead of APPLE_PRIVATE_KEY.), APPLE_MUSIC_KEY_ID (Optional per-service override of APPLE_KEY_ID for Apple Music (pair with APPLE_MUSIC_PRIVATE_KEY).), APPLE_MUSIC_PRIVATE_KEY (Optional per-service override of APPLE_PRIVATE_KEY for Apple Music.), APPLE_MAPS_KEY_ID (Optional per-service override of APPLE_KEY_ID for Apple Maps.), APPLE_MAPS_PRIVATE_KEY (Optional per-service override of APPLE_PRIVATE_KEY for Apple Maps.), APPLE_WEATHERKIT_KEY_ID (Optional per-service override of APPLE_KEY_ID for WeatherKit.), APPLE_WEATHERKIT_PRIVATE_KEY (Optional per-service override of APPLE_PRIVATE_KEY for WeatherKit.), APPLE_WEATHERKIT_SERVICE_ID (WeatherKit only: the Services ID registered for WeatherKit (e.g. com.example.weather).), APPLE_MUSIC_DEVELOPER_TOKEN (Optional: a pre-minted Apple Music developer token (JWT) instead of signing one from the key above.), APPLE_MUSIC_USER_TOKEN (Music User Token for your library (official API), from a one-time MusicKit sign-in: `npx apple-icloud-mcp music-auth`. Without the Apple Developer key, ask the owner for a developer token (music-auth --print-developer-token) and run it with APPLE_MUSIC_DEVELOPER_TOKEN set. Lasts ~6 months.), APPLE_MUSIC_WEB_USER_TOKEN (Opt-in web-player mode (no developer account needed; unlocks rename/delete/remove/reorder): the media-user-token cookie from a signed-in music.apple.com tab.), APPLE_MUSIC_WEB_DEVELOPER_TOKEN (Optional override for the web-player developer token (normally read automatically from music.apple.com).), APPLE_MUSIC_STOREFRONT (Two-letter Apple Music storefront (e.g. us, gb). Default: your account's storefront, else us.), ICLOUD_USERNAME (Your Apple ID email, for iCloud Calendar, Contacts and Mail.), ICLOUD_APP_PASSWORD (An app-specific password from appleid.apple.com → Sign-In and Security → App-Specific Passwords (NOT your Apple ID password).), ICLOUD_MAIL_ADDRESS (Your @icloud.com address, only if your Apple ID email is not an iCloud address (needed for Mail).), ICLOUD_DEFAULT_CALENDAR (Calendar new events go to when none is named (default: the first writable event calendar).), APPLE_WRITE_MODE ("none" = read-only tools; "additive" = also create/append, never modify, delete or send; "all" = everything (default). Unrecognized values fail closed to "none".), APPLE_SERVICES (Comma-separated services to enable (music, calendar, contacts, mail, maps, weather, itunes). Default: all.), DISPLAY_TZ (IANA time zone (e.g. America/New_York) for displayed times and for dates you give without an offset. Set this on a hosted server, which runs in UTC.), APPLE_UNITS ("metric" (default) or "imperial" units for weather (Maps distances always show both).), APPLE_STATE_CACHE (Set to false to write nothing under $MCP_DATA_DIR/.apple-icloud-mcp: no web-player token or iCloud discovery cache, and the rejected-password latch and spent confirmation tokens then last only as long as the process.), APPLE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS (Per-request timeout in milliseconds (default 30000).), APPLE_DEBUG_LOG (Set to 1 to log every upstream request line to stderr (credentials redacted).), MCP_CONFIRM_MODE (How confirm-gated writes (send mail, deletes, removing tracks, invitations) behave on a client with no prompt, like claude.ai: "ask-user" (default: preview + confirmToken, the model must get your OK), "auto", or "refuse". Unknown values mean refuse.), MCP_CONFIRM_ELICITATION ("off" never shows a confirmation prompt, so every client gets the MCP_CONFIRM_MODE flow. Set it for a client that says it can prompt but never does (the gated call hangs, e.g. opencode 2.0.x). Any other value stays "on" (with a stderr warning).), MCP_CONFIRM_TTL_SECONDS (Lifetime of a confirmToken in seconds (default 600).), MCP_CONFIRM_SECRET (Signing key for confirmTokens. Random per process by default; set it so a token issued just before a restart or redeploy still works (spent tokens are recorded on disk, so none can be replayed).). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.