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Apple Shortcuts for VS Code

io.github.mindstone/mcp-server-apple-shortcuts

MCP server for Apple Shortcuts via the macOS shortcuts CLI

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Apple Shortcuts in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json 

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "apple-shortcuts-timeout-ms",
      "description": "APPLE_SHORTCUTS_TIMEOUT_MS",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "mcp-server-apple-shortcuts": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@mindstone/mcp-server-apple-shortcuts"
      ],
      "env": {
        "APPLE_SHORTCUTS_TIMEOUT_MS": "${input:apple-shortcuts-timeout-ms}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

Apple Shortcuts in other clients

Apple Shortcuts MCP server