Apple TV MCP Server

by trevor-nichols Your server? Claim it

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Apple TV MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 95 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 12 Sep 2026.

Local MCP server for semantic Apple TV control with optional screenshots.

Installs per day peak 24 · avg 14 · -18% w/w

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Installs / week

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12 Sep 2026

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MIT

License

Python

Nothing serious here today

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

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 Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add appletv-mcp -- uvx appletv-mcp

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "appletv-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "appletv-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.appletv-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["appletv-mcp"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "appletv-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "appletv-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "appletv-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "appletv-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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Apple TV MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Apple TV MCP?

Apple TV MCP 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 appletv-mcp was installed 95 times last week.

How do I connect Apple TV MCP?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls appletv-mcp straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Apple TV MCP?

The pypi package appletv-mcp was installed 95 times in the last week. Week over week that is -18%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Apple TV MCP open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python and 0 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.