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MCP SERVER

Mac Apps Launcher MCP Server

by JoshuaRileyDev

List, launch and open files with the macOS apps you already have installed.

Desktop & OS Automation
Summary
The last step of a task, handled: open the thing.

It does three things and they are the three that let a conversation end in the right window being in front of you. Scope is strictly local macOS — it reads `/Applications` and asks the OS to open something, nothing more.

What it is

A small MCP server for driving macOS applications: it can tell an agent which apps are installed and start them, including opening a specific file with a specific app.

What you get
  • List every application installed in the `/Applications` folder
  • Launch an application by name
  • Open a file with a named application
Requirements

macOS and an MCP client. Nothing to build — add `npx @joshuarileydev/mac-apps-launcher-mcp-server` to your client's config. No account or key. Package version 0.0.1.

Setup effort

One command — npx y @joshuarileydev/mac-apps-launcher-mcp-server