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Apple Reminders MCP Server

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Apple Reminders runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 1 560 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 14 Oct 2026.

List, create, update, complete, and delete reminders in Apple Reminders on macOS.

Installs per day peak 456 · avg 93 · +397% w/w
a month agotoday
1 560
Installs / week
pypi · apple-mcp-reminders
27
Stars
3 open issues
14 Oct 2026
Last commit
from GitHub
MIT
License
Python

What the code does

We read the source, 1 d ago · rules ccca72095570

Capabilities

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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This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

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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.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add apple-mcp-reminders -- uvx apple-mcp-reminders
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apple-mcp-reminders": {
      "args": [
        "apple-mcp-reminders"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.apple-mcp-reminders]
command = "uvx"
args = ["apple-mcp-reminders"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apple-mcp-reminders": {
      "args": [
        "apple-mcp-reminders"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apple-mcp-reminders": {
      "args": [
        "apple-mcp-reminders"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: APPLE_REMINDERS_MCP_SAFETY_MODE (Safety mode for Reminders operations: safe_readonly, safe_manage, or full_access.), APPLE_REMINDERS_MCP_ALLOWED_LISTS (Comma-separated allow-list of reminder list names. Empty allows all lists.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Apple Reminders — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Apple Reminders?
Apple Reminders runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the pypi package apple-mcp-reminders was installed 1 560 times last week.
How do I connect Apple Reminders?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls apple-mcp-reminders straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Apple Reminders?
The pypi package apple-mcp-reminders was installed 1 560 times in the last week. Week over week that is +397%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Apple Reminders open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python, 27 stars on GitHub and 3 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.