Apple Maps MCP Server

io.github.mgcrea/mcp-apple-maps

Repository Registry

What is the Apple Maps MCP server?

Read and act on Apple Maps — favourites, Guides and recents, writes off by default

How to install Apple Maps

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

APPLE_MAPS_ALLOW_WRITES
Register the mutating tools. Off by default, and the gate decides whether the write tools exist at all rather than merely refusing — an agent with writes off cannot see them.

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-apple-maps": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@mgcrea/mcp-apple-maps"
      ],
      "env": {
        "APPLE_MAPS_ALLOW_WRITES": "<YOUR_APPLE_MAPS_ALLOW_WRITES>"
      }
    }
  }
}