Shortcuts
Access and run Apple Shortcuts. Allows AI assistants to list, view, and execute your shortcuts.
Install
Install and configure the MCP from https://github.com/artemnovichkov/shortcuts-mcp-server now. Follow the repository's installation instructions, ask me for anything you can't complete yourself, and verify its tools load.shortcuts-mcp-server
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides access to Apple Shortcuts functionality. This server allows AI assistants to list, view, and run your shortcuts through the MCP interface.
Compatible with Cursor, Claude Desktop, and other MCP-enabled applications.
Getting started
Prerequisites
- macOS 14.5 or later
- Xcode 26.0 or later (Swift 6.2)
- mise
Setup with mise
To install mise:
brew install mise
For more information about mise, visit the official documentation.
Quick install
Manual installation
Update your MCP configuration with the following server:
{
"mcpServers": {
"shortcuts-mcp-server": {
"command": "mise",
"args": [
"x",
"ubi:artemnovichkov/shortcuts-mcp-server@latest",
"--",
"shortcuts-mcp-server"
]
}
}
}
Xcode 27 agent plug-in
The repo root is a Claude Code style agent plug-in that Xcode 27 can import:
.claude-plugin/
├── plugin.json
└── icon.svg
plugin.json declares the MCP server plus _meta with a custom tool icon and titles.
In Xcode: Settings → Intelligence → Plug-ins → Add Plug-in…, then pick the cloned repository directory.
Usage
Just ask LLM to run a shortcut, show a list of added shortcuts or view a shortcut in Shortcuts app.
If your MCP client supports Prompts and Resources you may check it as well:
Tools
- run - Run a shortcut.
name- The name of the shortcut to run (string, required)
- list - List your shortcuts.
show-identifiers- Whether to show the identifiers of the shortcuts. (boolean, optional)
- view - View a shortcut in Shortcuts app.
name- Name of the shortcut to view (string, required)
Resources
- list - List your shortcuts.
Prompts
- run - Run a shortcut.
name- Name of the shortcut to run (string, required)
- list - List your shortcuts.
show-identifiers- Whether to show the identifiers of the shortcuts. (boolean, optional)
- view - View a shortcut in Shortcuts app.
name- Name of the shortcut to view (string, required)