# Apple Shortcuts (pypi · apple-shortcuts-mcp)

List, inspect, and run Apple Shortcuts on macOS.

- Trust score: 74/100 (medium)
- Change this week: 0
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-21

## Components

- mcpb · `apple-shortcuts-1.0.4.mcpb`: 17/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/jonathanrreed-apple-shortcuts-mcp/https-github-com-jonathanrreed-apple-mcps-releases-download-v1-0-4-apple-shortcu.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/jonathanrreed-apple-shortcuts-mcp/https-github-com-jonathanrreed-apple-mcps-releases-download-v1-0-4-apple-shortcu)
- pypi · `apple-shortcuts-mcp`: 74/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/jonathanrreed-apple-shortcuts-mcp/apple-shortcuts-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/jonathanrreed-apple-shortcuts-mcp/apple-shortcuts-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `pypi`
- Package: `apple-shortcuts-mcp`
- Version: `1.0.4`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

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. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-09-21.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 100/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - Runs setuptools.build_meta at install time, a recognised native-build step with no shell scripting around it.
  - 1 of 30 dependencies flagged as unhealthy.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 35/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published.
  - License check failed: no license is declared.
  - Actively maintained (last published 16 days ago).
  - Publishes a security disclosure policy (SECURITY.md).
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 54/100
  - 25% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 415 tokens (~34/item across 12 items; 11 tools + 1 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 80/100
  - Stability observed for 24 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 71/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 0% of tool parameters carry a description.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 11 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 13 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).

## Install

### How do I install the Apple Shortcuts MCP server?

Apple Shortcuts runs locally as a PyPI package, launched with uvx apple-shortcuts-mcp. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add jonathanrreed-apple-shortcuts-mcp -- uvx apple-shortcuts-mcp
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jonathanrreed-apple-shortcuts-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "apple-shortcuts-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "jonathanrreed-apple-shortcuts-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "apple-shortcuts-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add jonathanrreed-apple-shortcuts-mcp -- uvx apple-shortcuts-mcp
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "jonathanrreed-apple-shortcuts-mcp": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "uvx",
        "apple-shortcuts-mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add jonathanrreed-apple-shortcuts-mcp --command uvx --arg apple-shortcuts-mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  jonathanrreed-apple-shortcuts-mcp:
    command: "uvx"
    args: ["apple-shortcuts-mcp"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "jonathanrreed-apple-shortcuts-mcp": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "uvx",
      "Arguments": [
        "apple-shortcuts-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add jonathanrreed-apple-shortcuts-mcp -t stdio -c uvx -a apple-shortcuts-mcp
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jonathanrreed-apple-shortcuts-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "apple-shortcuts-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-09-21 (score 74, −2)

- [functional] Stability: pass → 0.80

### 2026-09-20 (score 76, 0)

- [security] Stability: 0.97 → pass

### 2026-09-19 (score 76, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 93 to 97. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 28 days of observed history at the previous scan, 29 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-16 (score 75, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 83 to 87. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 25 days of observed history at the previous scan, 26 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-14 (score 74, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 77 to 80. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 23 days of observed history at the previous scan, 24 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-13 (score 73, −3)

- [functional] Stability: pass → 0.77

### 2026-09-12 (score 76, 0)

- [security] Stability: 0.97 → pass

### 2026-09-11 (score 76, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 93 to 97. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 28 days of observed history at the previous scan, 29 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

## MCP tools (11)

### `shortcuts_health` (~17 tokens)

Shortcuts Health

Report the active Apple Shortcuts MCP configuration.

Output parameters:

- `capabilities` (array)
- `ok` (boolean)
- `permissions`
- `safety_mode` (string)
- `server_name` (string)
- `transport` (string)
- `transport_support` (array)
- `version` (string)

### `shortcuts_permission_guide` (~22 tokens)

Shortcuts Permission Guide

Explain the runtime requirements for Apple Shortcuts on macOS.

### `shortcuts_refresh_state` (~25 tokens)

Shortcuts Refresh State

Refresh Shortcuts resources and notify the client that the shortcut catalog may have changed.

Output parameters:

- `capabilities` (array)
- `ok` (boolean)
- `permissions`
- `safety_mode` (string)
- `server_name` (string)
- `transport` (string)
- `transport_support` (array)
- `version` (string)

### `shortcuts_list_shortcuts` (~27 tokens)

List Shortcuts

List Apple Shortcuts, optionally restricted to one folder.

Input parameters:

- `folder_name`

Output parameters:

- `result`

### `shortcuts_list_folders` (~16 tokens)

List Shortcut Folders

List Apple Shortcuts folders.

Output parameters:

- `result`

### `shortcuts_view_shortcut` (~37 tokens)

View Shortcut

Open a shortcut in the Shortcuts app by name or identifier and return its metadata.

Input parameters:

- `shortcut_name_or_identifier` (string, required)

Output parameters:

- `result`

### `shortcuts_run_shortcut` (~58 tokens)

Run Shortcut

Run a shortcut by name or identifier with optional input and output arguments.

Input parameters:

- `input_paths`
- `input_text`
- `output_path`
- `output_type`
- `shortcut_name_or_identifier` (string, required)

Output parameters:

- `result`

### `shortcuts_list_prompts` (~21 tokens)

Shortcuts List Prompts

Fallback prompt discovery tool for tool-only MCP clients.

### `shortcuts_get_prompt` (~33 tokens)

Shortcuts Get Prompt

Fallback prompt rendering tool for tool-only MCP clients.

Input parameters:

- `arguments_json`
- `name` (string, required)

### `search_tools` (~50 tokens)

Search Tools

Search this server's tool catalog by keyword, alias, or domain tag.

Input parameters:

- `domain_tags`
- `limit` (integer)
- `mode` (string)
- `query` (string, required)

### `get_tool_info` (~48 tokens)

Get Tool Info

Load the full schema, examples, and metadata for one tool from this server.

Input parameters:

- `include_examples` (boolean)
- `include_schema` (boolean)
- `name` (string, required)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Install scripts, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/jonathanrreed-apple-shortcuts-mcp/apple-shortcuts-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-09-21: 74
- 2026-09-20: 76
- 2026-09-19: 76
- 2026-09-18: 75
- 2026-09-17: 75
- 2026-09-16: 75
- 2026-09-15: 74
- 2026-09-14: 74
- 2026-09-13: 73
- 2026-09-12: 76
- 2026-09-11: 76
- 2026-09-10: 75
- 2026-09-09: 75
- 2026-09-08: 75
- 2026-09-07: 74
- 2026-09-06: 74
- 2026-09-05: 76
- 2026-09-04: 76
- 2026-09-03: 75
- 2026-09-02: 75
- 2026-09-01: 37
- 2026-08-31: 74
- 2026-08-30: 74
- 2026-08-29: 73
- 2026-08-28: 73
- 2026-08-27: 72
- 2026-08-26: 72
- 2026-08-25: 69
- 2026-08-24: 69
- 2026-08-23: 68

## Common questions

### What is the Apple Shortcuts MCP server?

Apple Shortcuts is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.JonathanRReed/apple-shortcuts-mcp. List, inspect, and run Apple Shortcuts on macOS. This page covers its PyPI package (apple-shortcuts-mcp).

### Is the Apple Shortcuts MCP server safe to use?

Apple Shortcuts scores 74 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 21 September 2026. 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 Apple Shortcuts MCP server expose?

Apple Shortcuts exposes 11 tools: shortcuts_health, shortcuts_permission_guide, shortcuts_refresh_state, shortcuts_list_shortcuts, shortcuts_list_folders, and 6 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 354 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Apple Shortcuts MCP server still maintained?

Apple Shortcuts is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 21 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- PyPI project: https://pypi.org/project/apple-shortcuts-mcp/
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/pypi/package/apple-shortcuts-mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/JonathanRReed/Apple-MCPs
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/jonathanrreed-apple-shortcuts-mcp/apple-shortcuts-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/jonathanrreed-apple-shortcuts-mcp/apple-shortcuts-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/jonathanrreed-apple-shortcuts-mcp/apple-shortcuts-mcp