Nucleus Apple
FreeNot checkedA macOS MCP server that provides AI agents with secure access to Calendar, Reminders, Notes, and Health data via native Apple APIs.
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A macOS MCP server that provides AI agents with secure access to Calendar, Reminders, Notes, and Health data via native Apple APIs.
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⚛️ Nucleus: macOS Life Context Server
Give your AI Agent a Hippocampus.
nucleus-apple-mcp is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server designed to unify your digital life on macOS. It allows AI agents (like Claude Desktop, Cursor, or custom agents) to securely read and interact with your personal data ecosystem.
Unlike fragile PyObjC bridges, Nucleus uses a hybrid architecture: a Python MCP server that orchestrates lightweight, JIT-compiled native Swift workers. This ensures type-safe, performant, and reliable access to Apple's native APIs while remaining easily distributable via uvx.
For a product overview and setup path, see docs/introducing-nucleus.md. Download the iOS app from the App Store: Nucleus Context Hub.
Terminal + MCP demo: Nucleus summarizes a 30-day recovery trend from exported Health data.
🔌 Integrations
✅ Available (current release)
- 📅 Calendar: Fetch upcoming schedules, check availability, and create events via
EventKit. - ✅ Reminders: Read pending tasks and manage your to-do lists via
EventKit. - 📝 Notes: List/search notes, read content, and add/export attachments via Notes.app (Apple Events).
- ❤️ Health: Read exported Apple Health metrics and raw samples from an S3-compatible object store.
🏗 Architecture
- Python: Handles the MCP protocol, request routing, and distribution (pip/uv).
- Swift: Embedded source code acts as a "Sidecar." It is compiled locally on the first run (using SwiftPM
swift build) to interface directly with macOS private frameworks, bypassing the limitations of Python-Objective-C bridges.
📦 Swift Sidecar Layout
- Swift Package Root:
src/nucleus_apple_mcp/sidecar/swift/(includesPackage.swift; CLI usesswift-argument-parser) - Build Cache (macOS):
~/Library/Caches/nucleus-apple-mcp/sidecar/<build_id>/nucleus-apple-sidecar - Optional Env Vars:
NUCLEUS_APPLE_MCP_CACHE_DIR(overrides cache directory),NUCLEUS_SWIFT(swift path),NUCLEUS_SWIFTC(swiftc path)
🚀 Usage
# Run the CLI directly.
uvx --from nucleus-apple-mcp nucleus-apple health list-sample-catalog
# Or run the MCP server.
uvx nucleus-apple-mcp
🧰 CLI
Install the package once and use the unified nucleus-apple command:
uv tool install nucleus-apple-mcp
Examples:
# Calendar
nucleus-apple calendar list-events --start 2026-03-15T09:00:00+08:00 --end 2026-03-15T18:00:00+08:00 --pretty
# Reminders
nucleus-apple reminders list-reminders --due-end 2026-03-20 --pretty
# Notes
nucleus-apple notes list-notes --query project --include-plaintext-excerpt --pretty
# Health
nucleus-apple health read-daily-metrics --date 2026-03-14 --pretty
The CLI mirrors the MCP tool surface and emits JSON, which makes it suitable for shell automation and agent skill workflows.
🔧 Add as an MCP server
This server uses the stdio transport (a local subprocess). The first run will compile the Swift sidecar.
Codex CLI
# Add the server (writes to ~/.codex/config.toml)
codex mcp add nucleus-apple -- uvx nucleus-apple-mcp
# Verify
codex mcp list
Claude Code
# Add the server (use --scope user to make it available globally)
claude mcp add --scope user nucleus-apple -- uvx nucleus-apple-mcp
# Verify
claude mcp list
You can also launch the server through the CLI:
nucleus-apple mcp serve
🪝 OpenClaw + Hermes Agent Skills
This repository includes reusable agent skills under skills/ for:
nucleus-apple-calendarnucleus-apple-remindersnucleus-apple-notesnucleus-apple-health
Each skill depends on the nucleus-apple binary and is designed to be reused without changing the command surface.
If your agent supports repo-based skill install via chat, you can say:
install skill https://github.com/zish-rob-crur/nucleus-apple-mcp nucleus-apple-health
Installing Nucleus Apple
This server has no published package — it is built from source. Open the repository and follow its README.
▸ github.com/zish-rob-crur/nucleus-apple-mcpFAQ
Is Nucleus Apple MCP free?
Yes, Nucleus Apple MCP is free — one-click install via Unyly at no cost.
Does Nucleus Apple need an API key?
No, Nucleus Apple runs without API keys or environment variables.
Is Nucleus Apple hosted or self-hosted?
Self-hosted: the server runs locally on your machine via the install command above.
How do I install Nucleus Apple in Claude Desktop, Claude Code or Cursor?
Open Nucleus Apple on unyly.org, pick your client tab (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor) and press Install — the config is generated automatically, no JSON editing.
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