ACMS

Apple Container MCP Server (ACMS) provides access to Apple's container CLI tool on macOS

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Client Config & Setup

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Target File:~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "acms": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "acms"
      ]
    }
  }
}

💡 Paste the JSON block into your client's configuration file under mcpServers, then restart the application.

Documentation Overview

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

bash


container system start

Start ACMS Server

bash

# 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:

Terminal

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.

footgun

mcp-name: io.github.gattjoe/ACMS

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Frequently Asked Questions about ACMS

Add the following block to your claude_desktop_config.json under mcpServers: "mcpServers": { "acms": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "ACMS"] } }

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Documentation Overview

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

bash


container system start

Start ACMS Server

bash

# 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:

Terminal

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.

footgun

mcp-name: io.github.gattjoe/ACMS