list_shortcuts
List all available shortcuts
LABSCO SUMMARY
Whatever you already automated in Shortcuts becomes callable by name.
The surface is two tools, and that is the point: the capability is whatever you have already built, so anything Shortcuts can drive is reachable without writing an integration per app. Nothing here inspects, creates or edits a shortcut, so authoring stays in the Shortcuts app and this side stays a trigger. The input parameter is what makes it more than a button — a value from the conversation can be handed to the automation as it runs.
What it is
A two-tool bridge to the Shortcuts app: list what is on the machine, run one of them with an input value.
What you get
- A list of the shortcuts available on the machine, by name
- Execution of a named shortcut with an input value passed into it
Requirements
The Shortcuts app on the machine, with the automations you want to run already saved there. Apache-2.0 licensed.
Setup effort
One command — npx -y mcp-server-apple-shortcuts
USE CASES
01
Reusing an automation you already built
See what is on the machine, then run the one you want by name — the work of building it stays where it was done.
02
Handing a value from the conversation to an automation
A shortcut that takes input becomes a parameterised action: the text, path or number under discussion goes in as the input and the automation does the rest.
2 tools
Counted once with only startup setup. Other versions, modes or optional credentials may expose a different list.
run_shortcut
Run a Shortcuts automation by name
BEFORE YOU INSTALL
What to know first
Tools you get
2 tools when we connected.
Requires
npx on PATH
CONTEXT COST
Light Standing cost
Rated by the size of the 2 tool definitions that ride along on every turn, not by how many there are
INSTALLATION
Connect your client
Add the block to your client, or run the command directly.
Server setup
Configuration file
JSON
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-server-apple-shortcuts": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-server-apple-shortcuts"
]
}
}
}npx
TERMINAL
npx -y mcp-server-apple-shortcuts
