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io.github.JonathanRReed/apple-tools-mcp

Apple Tools (Unified)

Is the Apple Tools (Unified) MCP server down? No. It answered initialize and tools/list in the probe of 2026-11-14.

Unified Apple ecosystem MCP server for macOS: Mail, Calendar, Notes, Files, Messages, and more.

alive probed 2026-11-14

184tools
52ktokens in Claude
26.0 %of Claude's 200k window
21×the median server
4.5 sto initialize
42 msto list tools
Run it
uvx apple-tools-mcp@1.1.7 (stdio, probed in a container with the network off)
Host
pypi.org
Reports itself as
Apple Tools MCP 1.1.7
Capabilities
completions, prompts, resources, tools
Instructions
2 114 characters
Of a 1M window
5.2 % of a 1M context window
Count
52k tokens in Claude, exact, measured 2026-11-06. With the Claude Code prefix mcp__…__ on each tool name: 54k. The o200k_base estimate is 28k. Counted again when the tool definitions change. Method.
Repository
https://github.com/JonathanRReed/Apple-MCPs
Website
https://github.com/JonathanRReed/Apple-MCPs
Registry
active, updated 2026-11-14 · registry entry
Changes
4 recorded, reachable in 4 of them. A row is added when the result, the tool count or the cost changes.

Most expensive tools

The Claude column scales the o200k estimate of each tool by this server's ratio of exact to estimate, 1.85×.

Tool≈ Claude tokenso200k estimateShare of this server
calendar_update_event1 8631 0084 %
apple_update_preferences1 4477833 %
apple_control_frontmost_app1 2606822 %
reminders_update_reminder1 1226072 %
calendar_create_event1 1015962 %

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History

We add a row when the result changes. A server with no change keeps its last row.

ProbedResultInitToolsClaudeo200k
2026-11-06 08:36alive2.3 s18452k28k
2026-10-27 06:56alive3.3 s18452k28k
2026-10-25 06:53alive3.9 s18427k
2026-10-18 06:41alive4.5 s18418k

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