macmon

name	macmon
description	Use this skill when the user wants to monitor Apple Silicon Mac system metrics (CPU, GPU, ANE power, RAM, temperature) in real-time or via JSON output.

macmon Plugin

Real-time system monitor for Apple Silicon Macs (M1-M5). No sudo required.

Commands

Monitoring

• macmon self version — Print macmon version
• macmon pipe metrics — Output metrics in JSON format for piping to other tools
• macmon _ _ — Passthrough to macmon CLI

Usage Examples

• "Monitor my Mac's CPU power usage in JSON format"
• "Get current memory usage and temperature"
• "Pipe macmon output to jq for processing"

Installation

brew install macmon

Examples

# Interactive TUI mode
macmon

# JSON output for piping (10 samples, 500ms interval)
macmon pipe -s 10 -i 500 | jq

# Continuous monitoring
macmon pipe -s 0 -i 1000

Key Features

• No sudo required
• Real-time CPU/GPU/ANE power usage
• CPU utilization per cluster
• RAM/Swap usage
• Temperature monitoring
• JSON output mode for scripting
• Prometheus metrics server mode