Apple Reminders

Apple Reminders MCP

MCP server for Apple Reminders on macOS.

Provides access to reminder lists and tasks through EventKit. Keep Reminders as the system of record while enabling agents to read, create, update, complete, and delete reminders.

When to use

• Task and reminder workflows
• Reminders isolated from the rest of the Apple stack
• EventKit-backed reminder management

What It Does

• Discover, create, and delete reminder lists
• List, create, update, and delete reminders
• Complete and uncomplete tasks
• Tool discovery helpers search_tools and get_tool_info for context-constrained clients
• Today and list resources
• Planning and inbox-triage prompts
• Health and permission checks: reminders_health, reminders_permission_guide, reminders_recheck_permissions

Install On This Mac

Quick start (uvx, from PyPI)

With uv installed:

uvx apple-mcp-reminders

No clone, no venv management.

From a clone

git clone https://github.com/JonathanRReed/Apple-MCPs.git

cd Apple-MCPs uv sync --all-packages

This builds one workspace environment with every server's entry point in .venv/bin (for example .venv/bin/apple-reminders-mcp). You can also point an MCP client at AppleReminders-MCP/start.sh, which prefers uv run and falls back to a plain venv bootstrap (Python 3.11+ required).

Install In AI Agents

Generic MCP client config

{

"mcpServers": { "apple-reminders": { "command": "uvx", "args": ["apple-mcp-reminders"], "env": { "APPLE_REMINDERS_MCP_SAFETY_MODE": "safe_manage" } } } }

Running from a clone instead? Use /path/to/Apple-MCPs/AppleReminders-MCP/start.sh as the command with empty args.

Claude Code example

claude mcp add --transport stdio --scope user apple-reminders -- uvx apple-mcp-reminders

--scope user makes the server available in every project. To share it with one repository through its .mcp.json instead, use --scope project.

Safety Modes

• safe_readonly
• safe_manage
• full_access

Transport

stdio is the default and recommended transport. Set APPLE_REMINDERS_MCP_TRANSPORT=streamable-http (with optional APPLE_REMINDERS_MCP_HOST and APPLE_REMINDERS_MCP_PORT) to serve Streamable HTTP instead.

macOS Permissions

• Reminders access is required

Launch Checklist

• Add uvx apple-mcp-reminders (or a clone's AppleReminders-MCP/start.sh) to your MCP client
• Reload or reconnect the client so the Reminders tool surface is loaded into context
• Call reminders_health first
• If Reminders access is blocked, call reminders_permission_guide
• After changing macOS permissions, call reminders_recheck_permissions

Prompting Notes

• tools/list returns the full Reminders tool surface. Context-constrained clients can use search_tools first, then get_tool_info for the Reminders tool they need.
• Reminders are organized into lists. Identify available lists on first use and set a default.
• Use Reminders for due items, tasks, and follow-ups.
• due_date requires a timezone offset: yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss-HH:00

Related

• Apple-Tools-MCP