ACMS (Apple Container MCP Server)
Provides programmatic access to Apple's container CLI tool on macOS, enabling creation and management of Apple Silicon containers through 50+ operations.
Provides programmatic access to Apple's container CLI tool on macOS, enabling users to perform 50+ container operations including creation, management, and system control of Apple Silicon containers.
What it does
- Create Apple Silicon containers
- Manage container lifecycle operations
- Control Apple container system services
- Execute container CLI commands programmatically
- Access 50+ container management functions
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About ACMS (Apple Container MCP Server)
ACMS (Apple Container MCP Server) is a community-built MCP server published by gattjoe that provides AI assistants with tools and capabilities via the Model Context Protocol. ACMS gives programmatic access to Apple's macOS container CLI for Apple Silicon containers, enabling Apple container man It is categorized under developer tools.
How to install
You can install ACMS (Apple Container MCP Server) in your AI client of choice. Use the install panel on this page to get one-click setup for Cursor, Claude Desktop, VS Code, and other MCP-compatible clients. This server runs locally on your machine via the stdio transport.
License
ACMS (Apple Container MCP Server) is released under the Apache-2.0 license. This is a permissive open-source license, meaning you can freely use, modify, and distribute the software.
ACMS (Apple Container MCP Server)
ACMS is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides programmatic access to Apple's container CLI tool on macOS. ACMS can be run locally or accessed remotely via HTTP/S.
The point of ACMS is to bring attention to the Containerization package and Container cli efforts. Inspiration for ACMS came from coderunner.
Prerequisites
- Mac with Apple Silicon
- macOS 26+ - It can run on Sequoia with limitations.
- Xcode 26 - required to compile containerization
- Apple Containerization Framework - (required for container functionality)
- Apple Container Cli - installed and in PATH
Quick Start
Install
Either clone the repository or pip install acms in a venv.
Start Apple Container Services
container system start
Start ACMS Server
# Recommended: Use the startup script
./start-acms.sh
# Or start directly with custom options
python3 acms/acms.py --port 8765 --host 127.0.0.1 > acms.log 2>&1 &
Configure MCP Client
Add to your MCP client configuration:
claude mcp add --transport http acms http://localhost:8765/mcp
Usage Examples
"acms create an ubuntu x64 container ..."
Testing
ACMS includes comprehensive end-to-end testing, just tell Claude to run the "ACMS CLAUDE TEST GUIDE".
Security Considerations
This is not secure, especially if you run it on a remote Mac OS endpoint on your home net. Also, you can lose your data when Claude tries to be helpful.
mcp-name: io.github.gattjoe/ACMS
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