Spec Driven Development
MCP Server that facilitates spec-driven development workflows, not just Vibe Coding.
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Local MCP server for semantic Apple TV control with optional screenshots.
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쓰고 있는 AI 앱을 고른 다음 설정을 복사하세요.
필요한 것
어떤 앱을 쓰세요?
위에서 앱을 고르세요. 기억해 두었다가 다음부터는 버튼에 “…에 설치”라고 표시해요.
Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config를 열고 claude_desktop_config.json에 이 내용을 붙여 넣으세요
{
"mcpServers": {
"appletv": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"appletv-mcp",
"serve"
]
}
}
}터미널에서 이 명령어를 실행하세요
claude mcp add appletv -- uvx appletv-mcp serve프로젝트의 .cursor/mcp.json 또는 ~/.cursor/mcp.json에 붙여 넣으세요
{
"mcpServers": {
"appletv": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"appletv-mcp",
"serve"
]
}
}
}브라우저가 앱을 열지 물어본 다음, 앱이 설정을 보여 주고 확인을 요청해요. 키 값은 비워 두니 직접 입력하세요.
프로젝트의 .vscode/mcp.json에 붙여 넣으세요
{
"servers": {
"appletv": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"appletv-mcp",
"serve"
]
}
}
}브라우저가 앱을 열지 물어본 다음, 앱이 설정을 보여 주고 확인을 요청해요. 키 값은 비워 두니 직접 입력하세요.
이 서버는 내 컴퓨터에서 실행되는데, ChatGPT는 인터넷에 있는 서버에만 연결할 수 있어요. 다른 앱을 고르세요.
선택한 앱은 이 기기의 쿠키에만 저장돼요. 계정은 필요 없어요.
이 설정은 제작자의 레지스트리 정보로 만들었어요. README와 다르면 README를 따르세요.
내 컴퓨터에서 실행돼요. 설치하면 AI 앱에 도구 목록이 나타나요.
누구나 볼 수 있는 정보를 점검했고, 코드는 읽지 않았어요. 해당하지 않는 항목은 개수에서 뺐어요. · 2026년 11월 9일 점검
레지스트리 이름이 GitHub 계정 trevor-nichols 기준으로 확인되었고, 이 계정이 저장소를 소유하고 있어요
아직 GitHub에서 이 저장소를 읽어 오지 않았어요
아직 GitHub에서 이 저장소를 읽어 오지 않았어요
내 컴퓨터에서 실행되는 서버라 인터넷 엔드포인트가 없어요
내 컴퓨터에서 실행되며, 대신 로컬 설정을 사용해요
내 컴퓨터에서 실행돼요. 도구 목록은 인터넷 엔드포인트가 있는 서버에서만 읽을 수 있어요
레지스트리에서 이 카테고리의 활성 서버 전체와 비교했어요. 스타는 게시자가 저장소를 소유한 경우에만 세요.
해당하는 기본 점검 1개 중 1개를 통과했어요. 코드는 읽지 않았어요. 키나 토큰을 넣기 전에 서버가 어떤 권한을 요구하는지 확인하고, 꼭 필요한 권한만 있는 키를 쓰세요.
레지스트리에 필수 키가 나와 있지 않아요. 다만 처음 쓸 때 로그인을 요구하는 서버도 있어요.
내 컴퓨터에서 실행돼요. AI 앱이 필요할 때 실행하고, 데이터는 제작자의 서버를 거치지 않아요(서버 자체가 온라인 서비스를 호출하는 경우는 제외).
GitHub 저장소는 마지막으로 – 변경됐고, 최신 버전(0.2.0)은 2개월 전 레지스트리에 올라왔어요.
Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code처럼 MCP를 지원하는 앱에서 쓸 수 있어요. 내 컴퓨터에 Python (uv)도 있어야 해요.
같은 카테고리에는: Spec Driven Development, Remote Desktop Commander, Tethered Trust
같은 카테고리에서 다른 제작자가 만든 서버예요. 스타 순으로 정렬했어요.
카드 보는 법:↓ 주간 다운로드i★ GitHub 스타i세 기둥: 리뷰 · 점검 · 사용 정도i업데이트 = 최신 버전을 레지스트리에 공개한 날i
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Open apps, navigate tvOS, control playback, type searches, adjust volume, manage power, and take screenshots so a multimodal agent can actually inspect what happened.
You:
Open YouTube and search for OpenAI.
Agent: → opens YouTube → takes a screenshot → sees the current interface → navigates to Search → types "OpenAI" → takes another screenshot → verifies the results
Apple TV MCP turns your Apple TV into a locally controlled, visually observable device for MCP-capable AI agents.
No hosted backend. No custom Apple TV app. No cloud account.
Most Apple TV automation is blind.
A script can press Right or Select, but it usually has no idea what appeared on the screen afterward.
Apple TV MCP combines semantic control with point-in-time visual observation.
| Traditional Apple TV automation | Apple TV MCP |
|---|---|
| Send blind remote commands | Take screenshots between actions |
| Build app-specific scripts | Navigate arbitrary tvOS interfaces |
| Guess whether an action worked | Inspect the screen and verify |
| Custom integration per AI system | Standard MCP tool interface |
| Remote commands only | Apps, playback, text, power, volume, navigation, and vision |
The result is a feedback loop an AI agent can actually use:
screenshot
↓ model sees tvOS ↓ chooses an action ↓ press / type / open ↓ screenshot again ↓ verify
Semantic tools are still preferred whenever possible. Screenshots make the difference when the task requires navigating an interface that does not expose a direct API.
Apple TV MCP requires Python 3.14.
uv tool install appletv-mcp
Or:
pipx install appletv-mcp
Then pair your Apple TV:
atvremote wizard
Configure Apple TV MCP:
appletv-mcp configure
Check the setup:
appletv-mcp doctor
And start the MCP server:
appletv-mcp serve
git clone https://github.com/trevor-nichols/appletv-mcp.git
cd appletv-mcp uv sync --locked uv run appletv-mcp configure uv run appletv-mcp doctor uv run appletv-mcp serve
Apple TV MCP exposes fourteen tools grouped around what an agent actually wants to accomplish.
Remote navigation is intentionally treated as non-idempotent. Apple TV MCP does not blindly replay navigation commands after an uncertain connection failure.
Type directly into a focused tvOS text field.
This is useful for:
Power operations use different retry semantics so a reconnect attempt cannot accidentally wake a device immediately after a successful power-off command.
The optional screenshot backend is what makes Apple TV MCP more than a remote control.
The MCP tool:
apple_tv_screenshot
returns the current Apple TV screen as native MCP image content.
That means a multimodal MCP client can call the tool and inspect the returned image directly.
For example:
Agent:
apple_tv_screenshot()
→ sees the Apple TV Home Screen → sees YouTube highlighted
apple_tv_press(button="select")
apple_tv_screenshot()
→ sees the YouTube interface
The model does not need access to a local screen.png path and does not receive base64 inside a text response.
The PNG itself is returned through MCP.
Apple TV MCP does not continuously watch the screen.
A screenshot describes what was rendered at the moment it was captured.
If the agent performs another action afterward, the previous screenshot may already be stale.
The intended pattern is:
observe
→ act → observe → verify
Screenshot support is optional.
Apple TV control continues to work normally without it.
Install the separate helper:
uv tool install appletv-screenshot
The screenshot system uses a separate Apple developer / RemoteXPC pairing from the pairing used by pyatv.
Pair for developer access:
pymobiledevice3 remote pair
Then configure the screenshot helper for one Apple TV:
appletv-screenshot configure --udid <UDID>
Verify everything together:
appletv-mcp doctor
A healthy installation will report both Apple TV control and screen capture.
The screenshot helper has its own configuration, dependencies, and lifecycle. pymobiledevice3 is not imported by the main appletv-mcp package.
For deeper screenshot setup and transport troubleshooting, see:
sidecars/appletv-screenshot/README.md
The complete happy path is:
# Install
uv tool install appletv-mcp
atvremote wizard
appletv-mcp configure
uv tool install appletv-screenshot
pymobiledevice3 remote pair appletv-screenshot configure --udid
appletv-mcp doctor
appletv-mcp serve
Apple TV MCP uses local stdio MCP transport.
Any MCP client capable of launching a local stdio server can use it.
A typical configuration looks like:
{
"mcpServers": { "appletv-mcp": { "command": "appletv-mcp", "args": ["serve"] } } }
If Apple TV MCP is running from a cloned repository instead:
{
"mcpServers": { "appletv-mcp": { "command": "uv", "args": [ "--directory", "/absolute/path/to/appletv-mcp", "run", "appletv-mcp", "serve" ] } } }
The server does not expose an HTTP endpoint and does not require OAuth.
| Tool | Purpose |
|---|---|
apple_tv_status | Read structured device and playback state |
apple_tv_capabilities | Inspect normalized feature availability |
apple_tv_list_apps | List launchable applications |
apple_tv_power | Turn the Apple TV on or off |
apple_tv_open_app | Open an application |
apple_tv_open_url | Open a URL or deep link |
apple_tv_press | Press Apple TV remote buttons |
apple_tv_playback | Control playback |
apple_tv_seek | Seek to an absolute playback position |
apple_tv_skip | Skip forward or backward |
apple_tv_set_text | Replace focused keyboard text |
apple_tv_set_volume | Set an absolute volume |
apple_tv_adjust_volume | Adjust volume relatively |
apple_tv_screenshot | Return one screenshot as MCP image content |
The screenshot tool is the only tool that returns image content rather than a structured result.
Apple TV MCP keeps control and visual observation intentionally separate.
AI Agent
│ ▼ Apple TV MCP / \ / \ ▼ ▼ semantic control screen capture │ │ pyatv appletv-screenshot │ │ │ pymobiledevice3 │ │ │ RemoteXPC / DVT │ │ └──── Apple TV ─┘
Apple TV control is provided through pyatv.
Apple TV MCP adds a semantic application layer on top for:
The stable Apple TV identifier is authoritative.
The last known IP address is only an optimization. If the Apple TV changes addresses, Apple TV MCP can rediscover it by identifier and update the preferred host.
Screenshots use the separate appletv-screenshot helper.
The helper uses pymobiledevice3 to reach Apple's developer services over RemoteXPC and request a screenshot through DVT.
Its default transport strategy is:
macOS:
native → userspace → tunneld
Linux / Windows: userspace → tunneld
The normal Wi-Fi userspace path does not require root or a permanently running tunnel daemon.
The helper exists as a separate process so its protocol stack, dependencies, pairing records, and failure modes remain isolated from Apple TV control.
pymobiledevice3 is confined to the separately distributed appletv-screenshot helper. The main appletv-mcp package does not import or bundle it; the two processes communicate through a narrow command-line/file contract.
The MCP interface intentionally exposes semantic operations rather than raw Apple protocols.
An agent should think:
open YouTube
pause playback seek to 2:00 type "Severance" set volume to 35% take a screenshot
not:
send Companion command
call MRP endpoint construct RemoteXPC request
When a semantic operation exists, use it.
Visual navigation is the fallback for interfaces that require it.
Apple TV MCP is designed to remain local.
Debug mode also keeps raw pyatv protocol logging disabled because low-level Companion traffic can contain sensitive keyboard and pairing payloads.
Streaming applications may protect video using DRM.
In that case, screenshots can contain:
black video
blank video redacted video
while menus or playback contro
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