MCP Mac Control MCP Server

What the code does

We read the source, 15 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.

        child = spawn(command, args, { cwd: opts.cwd, env: process.env });

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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 mcp-mac-control -- npx -y @dockndevai/mcp-mac-control

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-mac-control": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@dockndevai/mcp-mac-control"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

[mcp_servers.mcp-mac-control]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@dockndevai/mcp-mac-control"]

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-mac-control": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@dockndevai/mcp-mac-control"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-mac-control": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@dockndevai/mcp-mac-control"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: MACCTL_SAFE_MODE (Set true to invert to safe-by-default: read-only, all powers gated, confirmations on. Default false (full control).), MACCTL_MODE (Access mode: read-only | read-write | admin. Defaults to admin (or read-only in safe mode).), MACCTL_CONFIRM (Set true to require human approval (via MCP elicitation) on destructive ops. Default off in full control.), MACCTL_PATH_ALLOWLIST (Comma-separated path roots the agent may touch (empty = anywhere).), MACCTL_PROTECTED_PATHS (Comma-separated path roots that may be read but never modified/deleted (empty by default in full control).). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.