Read and write the local Mac's Apple apps via the `apple-tools` CLI. Use whenever you need to act on the user's own macOS data — e.g. make or check reminders, read/search/draft email, view or add calendar events, look up contacts, send an iMessage/SMS, read/write/append notes, find or fetch files, search/export photos, list/export/transcribe voice memos, read or write the clipboard, take a screenshot, or open a URL/mailto/tel link. Covers Calendar, Reminders, Notes, Contacts, Mail, Messages (iMessage/SMS), Photos, Voice Memos, Files, clipboard, screenshots, and opening URIs. Prefer this over ad-hoc osascript/AppleScript for these tasks — osascript can return incomplete results (e.g. a partial Reminders list); this does NOT apply when osascript itself is the thing being developed.
2026-07-08