Keep Mac Awake

Name: Keep Mac Awake
Author: bartdudzic

by bartdudzicversion 1.0.1i★ –iRuns on your computer

Registry namecom.keepmacawake/mcp

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Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Keep a MacBook awake with the lid closed while an agent's long task runs (Keep Mac Awake app).

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What you can do with it

We have not written a plain-language summary for this one yet. Below are the facts we read from the registry.

Connection: Runs on your computer
Transport: stdio
Category: Docs, sheets & office work

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

Basic checks: 1 of 1 passed
Runs on your computer with your user’s permissions (files, network, apps).
The registry lists no key to fill in.

You need

npmNode.js installed (for the npx command)

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "keepmacawake": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "keepmacawake-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add keepmacawake -- npx -y keepmacawake-mcp

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "keepmacawake": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "keepmacawake-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "keepmacawake": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "keepmacawake-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

This one runs on your computer, and ChatGPT can only connect to servers on the internet. Pick another app.

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.

Basic checksi

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Maker matches the repo
The registry name was verified against the domain keepmacawake.com (the registry checks domain ownership)
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Endpoint responds
This one runs on your computer; there is no internet endpoint
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Sign-in with OAuth
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No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
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Compared with others in Docs, sheets & office worki

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Published to the registry more recently than 86% of the other 2174 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 2174 servers in this category

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Common questions

Is Keep Mac Awake safe?

It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

The registry does not list a required key, though some servers ask you to sign in on first use.

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs on your computer. Your AI app starts it when needed, and data does not pass through the maker’s servers (unless it calls an online service itself).

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (1.0.1) reached the registry 4 days ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need Node.js on your computer.

What can I use instead?

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README from the maker

Open the README

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Keep Mac Awake MCP server

This MCP server lets an AI agent use Keep Mac Awake, a macOS app that keeps a MacBook with Apple silicon awake with the lid closed during a session. It needs the app, which is installed separately and is a paid app with a free trial (keepmacawake.com). With it, the agent starts a timed session before long work, stops it when the work is done, and tells you when the app needs something from you, such as AC power or a purchase after the trial. Why an agent needs it: a MacBook sleeps when you close the lid, and the agent's work stops with it (keep AI agents running with the lid closed).

It works in any app that runs local MCP servers (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf and others). If your agent takes plugins, the Keep Mac Awake plugin does the same with a skill and adds a session-start hook.

Tools

Tool	What it does
`keep_awake_status`	Whether a session runs and its time left, the free trial, and a newer version of the app. Read only.
`keep_awake_start`	Starts a session of 1 to 168 whole hours, or without a time limit.
`keep_awake_stop`	Ends the session and restores the normal sleep setting.

The agent starts timed sessions on its own and tells you in one line. It asks you first before a session without a time limit and before the first session on a Mac, which starts the free trial: keep_awake_start refuses both until the agent passes user_agreed. It never starts a second session over a running one. Battery use, buying and installing stay with you, in the menu bar panel or in Terminal.

Install

You need Node.js 20 or later and the Keep Mac Awake app (any Mac with Apple silicon and macOS 26 or later).

Claude Code:

claude mcp add keepmacawake -- npx -y keepmacawake-mcp

Codex:

codex mcp add keepmacawake -- npx -y keepmacawake-mcp

Claude Desktop, Cursor and other apps with a JSON configuration (claude_desktop_config.json, .cursor/mcp.json):

"mcpServers": { "keepmacawake": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "keepmacawake-mcp"] } } }

The server is the npm package keepmacawake-mcp and is listed in the official MCP Registry as com.keepmacawake/mcp.

If the app reports that npx is not found, give its full path, for example /opt/homebrew/bin/npx.

From a clone of this repository instead of npm:

git clone https://github.com/bartdudzic/keepmacawake

cd keepmacawake/mcp && npm ci --omit=dev claude mcp add keepmacawake -- node "$PWD/bin/keepmacawake-mcp.mjs"

Examples

"Run the full test suite and fix what fails. I'm closing the lid and will check back from my phone."
"Keep the Mac awake for the next 2 hours while this migration runs."
"Is Keep Mac Awake on, and how much time is left?"

What it runs

Each tool runs the app's keepmacawake command once on this Mac (status, start or stop, with --json), from /usr/local/bin, where the installer puts it, or from PATH. Set KEEPMACAWAKE_CLI to use another path.
It never runs anything else: no installer, no script, no sudo, no settings changes, no payments.
The command talks only to the app's background service on this Mac. The server opens no network connection and has no telemetry.
It works only where the server runs on your Mac itself. Elsewhere, such as a cloud container, every tool answers that Keep Mac Awake is out of reach from there.

Privacy

The server sends nothing anywhere. Its results become part of the agent's conversation, so the agent's provider receives them: whether a session runs, its time left, the trial's time left, the battery settings and a newer version. From the app's reply the server passes on only those fields: never this Mac's ID, the purchase details or the app's own messages, apart from the short reason the app gives when it refuses a session. The app's own data use is in its privacy description.

Troubleshooting

"Keep Mac Awake is not installed": install the app from keepmacawake.com, or set KEEPMACAWAKE_CLI if the command is somewhere else.
"Its background service did not answer": open Keep Mac Awake from Applications. An MCP host that runs servers in a sandbox may block the connection to the service.
A session refused on battery: plug in AC power, or allow battery use in the menu bar panel.

Development

npm ci

npm test

The tests run against a fake keepmacawake command and never touch a real session.

Support

Write to hi@keepmacawake.com. Security issues: see SECURITY.md. Keep Mac Awake is not affiliated with Apple.

License

The server is under the MIT License. The Keep Mac Awake app it controls is not: buying it after the free trial is covered by its own terms.

Keep Mac Awake

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Docs, sheets & office worki

Common questions

Alternatives

Agent-Native Calendar

Excel MCP Server

MCP Server for Excel

README from the maker

Keep Mac Awake MCP server

Tools

Install

Examples

What it runs

Privacy

Troubleshooting

Development

Support

License