Macos MCP Server

What the code does

We read the source, 19 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

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.

      const result = await execFile(SWITCH_AUDIO_SOURCE, args, { timeout: 10_000 });

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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 macos-mcp-server -- npx -y @cyanheads/macos-mcp-server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "macos-mcp-server": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/macos-mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

[mcp_servers.macos-mcp-server]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@cyanheads/macos-mcp-server"]

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "macos-mcp-server": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/macos-mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "macos-mcp-server": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/macos-mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: 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.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.