Keep Mac Awake
NPM · KEEPMACAWAKE-MCP
Keep a MacBook awake with the lid closed while an agent's long task runs (Keep Mac Awake app).
Available components
Last scanned (4 hours ago)
Scores higher than 41% of npm servers
Category IoT and Hardware
How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Supply Chain Security100
- No malware found by supply-chain analysis.Pass
- No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.Pass
- No install/post-install scripts declared.Pass
- 0 of 3 dependencies flagged as unhealthy. View diagnostics → Pass
Provenance & Transparency48
- Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL. View diagnostics → Pass
- Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
- Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).Pass
- Actively maintained (last published 2 days ago).Pass
- Publishes a security disclosure policy (SECURITY.md).Pass
Schema Quality & AI Usability73
- AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).Pass
- Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 533 tokens (~177/item across 3 items; 3 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params. See how to fix → Fail
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management0
- Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).Unverified
Tool Coverage100
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 100% of tool parameters carry a description.Pass
- Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.Pass
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 3 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 4 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
- Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).Pass
Unverified: 1 category
A category scored 0 because we could not verify it: a data source with nothing on this package, evidence we could not reach, or a check we could not run. We only credit what we can confirm.
Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.
- 3 Nov 26 +26
- Malware scan: unverified → pass ▲ security
- Known CVEs: unverified → pass ▲ security
- Dependency health: unverified → 1.00 ▲ functional
- 2 Nov 26 45
First indexed and scored.
Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.
Captured 5 Nov 2026 · Analysed npm/keepmacawake-mcp@1.0.1
Provenance No attestation
The registry publishes no build provenance for this version, so there is nothing to verify.
| Result | No attestation |
|---|---|
| Ecosystem | npm |
Background: How many MCP packages publish verified provenance →
Dependencies 3 packages
| Packages resolved | 3 |
|---|---|
| Tree resolution | Complete |
Background: SBOMs and build attestations, explained →
The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →
keep_awake_start Start a Keep Mac Awake session ~183
Keeps this MacBook awake with the lid closed, for a number of whole hours or without a time limit, through the Keep Mac Awake app. Use it before a long task the user asked for, with hours a little longer than the task. Ask the user first and pass user_agreed for a session without a time limit, or when keep_awake_status shows the trial has not started. During the free trial a session lasts at most 8 hours.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| hours | integer | – | Length of the session in whole hours, 1 to 168. Leave it out only with no_time_limit. |
| no_time_limit | boolean | – | True for a session without a time limit. Only after the user agreed to it; needs user_agreed. |
| user_agreed | boolean | – | True only when the user said yes to this session in this conversation. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| app_message | string | – | – |
| error_code | string | – | – |
| error_reason | string | – | – |
| exit_code | integer | – | – |
| max_hours | integer | – | – |
| needs | string | – | – |
| result | string | yes | – |
| state | – | – | – |
| website | string | – | – |
No examples provided.
keep_awake_status Keep Mac Awake status ~49
Shows whether Keep Mac Awake is keeping this Mac awake: whether a session runs and its time left, the free trial, and a newer version. Read only. Call it before starting a session.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| app_message | string | – | – |
| error_code | string | – | – |
| error_reason | string | – | – |
| exit_code | integer | – | – |
| max_hours | integer | – | – |
| needs | string | – | – |
| result | string | yes | – |
| state | – | – | – |
| website | string | – | – |
No examples provided.
keep_awake_stop Stop the Keep Mac Awake session ~55
Ends the running Keep Mac Awake session and restores the normal sleep setting. Use it when a task you started the session for is done. Do not stop a session the user started themselves, or one they asked to keep on.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| app_message | string | – | – |
| error_code | string | – | – |
| error_reason | string | – | – |
| exit_code | integer | – | – |
| max_hours | integer | – | – |
| needs | string | – | – |
| result | string | yes | – |
| state | – | – | – |
| website | string | – | – |
No examples provided.
How do I install the Keep Mac Awake MCP server?
Keep Mac Awake runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y keepmacawake-mcp. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
npm · keepmacawake-mcp
claude mcp add com-keepmacawake-mcp -- npx -y keepmacawake-mcp
What is the Keep Mac Awake MCP server?
Keep Mac Awake is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.keepmacawake/mcp. Keep a MacBook awake with the lid closed while an agent's long task runs (Keep Mac Awake app). This page covers its npm package (keepmacawake-mcp).
Is the Keep Mac Awake MCP server safe to use?
Keep Mac Awake scores 71 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 5 November 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.
What tools does the Keep Mac Awake MCP server expose?
Keep Mac Awake exposes 3 tools: keep_awake_status, keep_awake_start, keep_awake_stop. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 287 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Is the Keep Mac Awake MCP server still maintained?
Keep Mac Awake is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.
What licence is the Keep Mac Awake MCP server under?
Keep Mac Awake declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.