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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. 1 222 installs a week from npm. Last commit 9 Sep 2026.

Search, read and act on Apple Reminders — lists, due dates, writes off by default

Installs per day peak 498 · avg 59 · +154% w/w
a month agotoday
1 222
Installs / week
npm · @mgcrea/mcp-apple-reminders
2
Stars
2 open issues
9 Sep 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Apple Reminders every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

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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 mcp-apple-reminders -- npx -y @mgcrea/mcp-apple-reminders
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-apple-reminders": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@mgcrea/mcp-apple-reminders"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.mcp-apple-reminders]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@mgcrea/mcp-apple-reminders"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-apple-reminders": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@mgcrea/mcp-apple-reminders"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-apple-reminders": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@mgcrea/mcp-apple-reminders"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

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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 npm package @mgcrea/mcp-apple-reminders was installed 1 222 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 @mgcrea/mcp-apple-reminders straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Apple Reminders?
The npm package @mgcrea/mcp-apple-reminders was installed 1 222 times in the last week. Week over week that is +154%. 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 TypeScript, 2 stars on GitHub and 2 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.