Apple Icloud MCP Server

by chrischallio.github.chrischall/apple-icloud-mcpv0.3.3

Unofficial: Apple Music, iCloud Calendar/Contacts/Mail, Apple Maps and WeatherKit, no Mac needed

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Install Apple Icloud MCP server

claude mcp add apple-icloud -e APPLE_PRIVATE_KEY='<apple-private-key>' -e APPLE_MUSIC_PRIVATE_KEY='<apple-music-private-key>' -e APPLE_MAPS_PRIVATE_KEY='<apple-maps-private-key>' -e APPLE_WEATHERKIT_PRIVATE_KEY='<apple-weatherkit-private-key>' -e APPLE_MUSIC_DEVELOPER_TOKEN='<apple-music-developer-token>' -e APPLE_MUSIC_USER_TOKEN='<apple-music-user-token>' -e APPLE_MUSIC_WEB_USER_TOKEN='<apple-music-web-user-token>' -e APPLE_MUSIC_WEB_DEVELOPER_TOKEN='<apple-music-web-developer-token>' -e ICLOUD_APP_PASSWORD='<icloud-app-password>' -e MCP_CONFIRM_SECRET='<mcp-confirm-secret>' -- npx -y apple-icloud-mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apple-icloud": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "apple-icloud-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "APPLE_PRIVATE_KEY": "<apple-private-key>",
        "APPLE_MUSIC_PRIVATE_KEY": "<apple-music-private-key>",
        "APPLE_MAPS_PRIVATE_KEY": "<apple-maps-private-key>",
        "APPLE_WEATHERKIT_PRIVATE_KEY": "<apple-weatherkit-private-key>",
        "APPLE_MUSIC_DEVELOPER_TOKEN": "<apple-music-developer-token>",
        "APPLE_MUSIC_USER_TOKEN": "<apple-music-user-token>",
        "APPLE_MUSIC_WEB_USER_TOKEN": "<apple-music-web-user-token>",
        "APPLE_MUSIC_WEB_DEVELOPER_TOKEN": "<apple-music-web-developer-token>",
        "ICLOUD_APP_PASSWORD": "<icloud-app-password>",
        "MCP_CONFIRM_SECRET": "<mcp-confirm-secret>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (global) or .cursor/mcp.json (project).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apple-icloud": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "apple-icloud-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "APPLE_PRIVATE_KEY": "<apple-private-key>",
        "APPLE_MUSIC_PRIVATE_KEY": "<apple-music-private-key>",
        "APPLE_MAPS_PRIVATE_KEY": "<apple-maps-private-key>",
        "APPLE_WEATHERKIT_PRIVATE_KEY": "<apple-weatherkit-private-key>",
        "APPLE_MUSIC_DEVELOPER_TOKEN": "<apple-music-developer-token>",
        "APPLE_MUSIC_USER_TOKEN": "<apple-music-user-token>",
        "APPLE_MUSIC_WEB_USER_TOKEN": "<apple-music-web-user-token>",
        "APPLE_MUSIC_WEB_DEVELOPER_TOKEN": "<apple-music-web-developer-token>",
        "ICLOUD_APP_PASSWORD": "<icloud-app-password>",
        "MCP_CONFIRM_SECRET": "<mcp-confirm-secret>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Settings → Developer → Edit Config (claude_desktop_config.json), then restart.

{
  "servers": {
    "apple-icloud": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "apple-icloud-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "APPLE_PRIVATE_KEY": "<apple-private-key>",
        "APPLE_MUSIC_PRIVATE_KEY": "<apple-music-private-key>",
        "APPLE_MAPS_PRIVATE_KEY": "<apple-maps-private-key>",
        "APPLE_WEATHERKIT_PRIVATE_KEY": "<apple-weatherkit-private-key>",
        "APPLE_MUSIC_DEVELOPER_TOKEN": "<apple-music-developer-token>",
        "APPLE_MUSIC_USER_TOKEN": "<apple-music-user-token>",
        "APPLE_MUSIC_WEB_USER_TOKEN": "<apple-music-web-user-token>",
        "APPLE_MUSIC_WEB_DEVELOPER_TOKEN": "<apple-music-web-developer-token>",
        "ICLOUD_APP_PASSWORD": "<icloud-app-password>",
        "MCP_CONFIRM_SECRET": "<mcp-confirm-secret>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add to .vscode/mcp.json in your workspace.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apple-icloud": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "apple-icloud-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "APPLE_PRIVATE_KEY": "<apple-private-key>",
        "APPLE_MUSIC_PRIVATE_KEY": "<apple-music-private-key>",
        "APPLE_MAPS_PRIVATE_KEY": "<apple-maps-private-key>",
        "APPLE_WEATHERKIT_PRIVATE_KEY": "<apple-weatherkit-private-key>",
        "APPLE_MUSIC_DEVELOPER_TOKEN": "<apple-music-developer-token>",
        "APPLE_MUSIC_USER_TOKEN": "<apple-music-user-token>",
        "APPLE_MUSIC_WEB_USER_TOKEN": "<apple-music-web-user-token>",
        "APPLE_MUSIC_WEB_DEVELOPER_TOKEN": "<apple-music-web-developer-token>",
        "ICLOUD_APP_PASSWORD": "<icloud-app-password>",
        "MCP_CONFIRM_SECRET": "<mcp-confirm-secret>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add to ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json.

Configuration

Variable	Required	Secret	Description
APPLE_TEAM_ID	—	—	Your Apple Developer Team ID (10 characters). Needed for Apple Music (official API), Apple Maps and WeatherKit.
APPLE_KEY_ID	—	—	Key ID of a private key created in Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles → Keys with Media Services (MusicKit), MapKit JS and/or WeatherKit enabled.
APPLE_PRIVATE_KEY	—	yes	Contents of that key's .p8 file (PEM; one-line values with \n escapes and base64 are accepted).
APPLE_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH	—	—	Local installs only: a path to the .p8 file instead of APPLE_PRIVATE_KEY.
APPLE_MUSIC_KEY_ID	—	—	Optional per-service override of APPLE_KEY_ID for Apple Music (pair with APPLE_MUSIC_PRIVATE_KEY).
APPLE_MUSIC_PRIVATE_KEY	—	yes	Optional per-service override of APPLE_PRIVATE_KEY for Apple Music.
APPLE_MAPS_KEY_ID	—	—	Optional per-service override of APPLE_KEY_ID for Apple Maps.
APPLE_MAPS_PRIVATE_KEY	—	yes	Optional per-service override of APPLE_PRIVATE_KEY for Apple Maps.
APPLE_WEATHERKIT_KEY_ID	—	—	Optional per-service override of APPLE_KEY_ID for WeatherKit.
APPLE_WEATHERKIT_PRIVATE_KEY	—	yes	Optional per-service override of APPLE_PRIVATE_KEY for WeatherKit.
APPLE_WEATHERKIT_SERVICE_ID	—	—	WeatherKit only: the Services ID registered for WeatherKit (e.g. com.example.weather).
APPLE_MUSIC_DEVELOPER_TOKEN	—	yes	Optional: a pre-minted Apple Music developer token (JWT) instead of signing one from the key above.
APPLE_MUSIC_USER_TOKEN	—	yes	Music User Token for your library (official API), from a one-time MusicKit sign-in: `npx apple-icloud-mcp music-auth`. Without the Apple Developer key, ask the owner for a developer token (music-auth --print-developer-token) and run it with APPLE_MUSIC_DEVELOPER_TOKEN set. Lasts ~6 months.
APPLE_MUSIC_WEB_USER_TOKEN	—	yes	Opt-in web-player mode (no developer account needed; unlocks rename/delete/remove/reorder): the media-user-token cookie from a signed-in music.apple.com tab.
APPLE_MUSIC_WEB_DEVELOPER_TOKEN	—	yes	Optional override for the web-player developer token (normally read automatically from music.apple.com).
APPLE_MUSIC_STOREFRONT	—	—	Two-letter Apple Music storefront (e.g. us, gb). Default: your account's storefront, else us.
ICLOUD_USERNAME	—	—	Your Apple ID email, for iCloud Calendar, Contacts and Mail.
ICLOUD_APP_PASSWORD	—	yes	An app-specific password from appleid.apple.com → Sign-In and Security → App-Specific Passwords (NOT your Apple ID password).
ICLOUD_MAIL_ADDRESS	—	—	Your @icloud.com address, only if your Apple ID email is not an iCloud address (needed for Mail).
ICLOUD_DEFAULT_CALENDAR	—	—	Calendar new events go to when none is named (default: the first writable event calendar).
APPLE_WRITE_MODE	—	—	"none" = read-only tools; "additive" = also create/append, never modify, delete or send; "all" = everything (default). Unrecognized values fail closed to "none".
APPLE_SERVICES	—	—	Comma-separated services to enable (music, calendar, contacts, mail, maps, weather, itunes). Default: all.
DISPLAY_TZ	—	—	IANA time zone (e.g. America/New_York) for displayed times and for dates you give without an offset. Set this on a hosted server, which runs in UTC.
APPLE_UNITS	—	—	"metric" (default) or "imperial" units for weather (Maps distances always show both).
APPLE_STATE_CACHE	—	—	Set to false to write nothing under $MCP_DATA_DIR/.apple-icloud-mcp: no web-player token or iCloud discovery cache, and the rejected-password latch and spent confirmation tokens then last only as long as the process.
APPLE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS	—	—	Per-request timeout in milliseconds (default 30000).
APPLE_DEBUG_LOG	—	—	Set to 1 to log every upstream request line to stderr (credentials redacted).
MCP_CONFIRM_MODE	—	—	How confirm-gated writes (send mail, deletes, removing tracks, invitations) behave on a client with no prompt, like claude.ai: "ask-user" (default: preview + confirmToken, the model must get your OK), "auto", or "refuse". Unknown values mean refuse.
MCP_CONFIRM_ELICITATION	—	—	"off" never shows a confirmation prompt, so every client gets the MCP_CONFIRM_MODE flow. Set it for a client that says it can prompt but never does (the gated call hangs, e.g. opencode 2.0.x). Any other value stays "on" (with a stderr warning).
MCP_CONFIRM_TTL_SECONDS	—	—	Lifetime of a confirmToken in seconds (default 600).
MCP_CONFIRM_SECRET	—	yes	Signing key for confirmTokens. Random per process by default; set it so a token issued just before a restart or redeploy still works (spent tokens are recorded on disk, so none can be replayed).

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FAQ

›How do I install the Apple Icloud MCP server in Claude Code?

Run: claude mcp add apple-icloud -e APPLE_PRIVATE_KEY='<apple-private-key>' -e APPLE_MUSIC_PRIVATE_KEY='<apple-music-private-key>' -e APPLE_MAPS_PRIVATE_KEY='<apple-maps-private-key>' -e APPLE_WEATHERKIT_PRIVATE_KEY='<apple-weatherkit-private-key>' -e APPLE_MUSIC_DEVELOPER_TOKEN='<apple-music-developer-token>' -e APPLE_MUSIC_USER_TOKEN='<apple-music-user-token>' -e APPLE_MUSIC_WEB_USER_TOKEN='<apple-music-web-user-token>' -e APPLE_MUSIC_WEB_DEVELOPER_TOKEN='<apple-music-web-developer-token>' -e ICLOUD_APP_PASSWORD='<icloud-app-password>' -e MCP_CONFIRM_SECRET='<mcp-confirm-secret>' -- npx -y apple-icloud-mcp. For Cursor, VS Code, Claude Desktop and Windsurf, use the install tabs above.

›Does Apple Icloud require an API key?

Yes. It expects APPLE_PRIVATE_KEY, APPLE_MUSIC_PRIVATE_KEY, APPLE_MAPS_PRIVATE_KEY, APPLE_WEATHERKIT_PRIVATE_KEY, APPLE_MUSIC_DEVELOPER_TOKEN, APPLE_MUSIC_USER_TOKEN, APPLE_MUSIC_WEB_USER_TOKEN, APPLE_MUSIC_WEB_DEVELOPER_TOKEN, ICLOUD_APP_PASSWORD, MCP_CONFIRM_SECRET, of which 10 are secrets.

›Can I use Apple Icloud as a remote (hosted) MCP server?

No hosted endpoint is published; it runs locally over stdio.

›Is Apple Icloud in the official MCP registry?

Yes, as io.github.chrischall/apple-icloud-mcp.