List OmniFocus Folders With AI on Mac (LMCP)

list_omnifocus_folders lets your AI assistant read the folders in your OmniFocus database directly on your Mac. Folders are the top-level grouping in OmniFocus — they hold related projects together, like Work, Personal, Side Projects or Home. Instead of opening OmniFocus and clicking through the sidebar, you just ask in plain language. A typical prompt is:

"List my OmniFocus folders so I can see how my projects are organized."

The AI calls the tool, reads your real folder structure, and answers in seconds. This is a read-only tool, so it never changes or deletes anything — it just surfaces what is already in your OmniFocus database.

Which AI agents work?

LMCP exposes 150+ tools to any MCP-capable AI client. list_omnifocus_folders works with all of them:

• Desktop clients — Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code (GitHub Copilot), Windsurf and Zed auto-configure through a local stdio connection. Nothing leaves your Mac.
• Web AIs — ChatGPT, Claude.ai (web), Grok and Perplexity connect through the LMCP Cloud Relay connector, which securely bridges the web assistant to the server running on your Mac.

Automation

Folder listing shines as the first step in a larger workflow. The AI can chain it with other OmniFocus tools to act on what it finds:

• List folders, then list_omnifocus_projects inside the Work folder to see active projects.
• Drill into a project with list_omnifocus_tasks to review next actions.
• Add a task with the create tool once you know exactly where it belongs.

For example: "Show my OmniFocus folders, then list the projects in Personal and tell me which have no due dates." The AI runs all the steps for you and summarizes the result.

Context

Because LMCP talks to the real OmniFocus app on your machine, the AI works with your actual data — your real folders, your real project hierarchy, exactly as you've set it up. There is no separate sync, no export, and no stale snapshot. Whatever you see in OmniFocus is what the AI sees, the moment you ask.

Productivity

If you maintain dozens of projects across several life areas, finding the right folder by eye takes time. Letting the AI read your folder structure means you can ask higher-level questions — "which areas of my life have the most open projects?" — and get an answer without scrolling. It turns OmniFocus from something you navigate into something you simply query, saving a few minutes on every planning and review session.

Privacy & GDPR

Everything runs locally on your Mac. list_omnifocus_folders reads OmniFocus through native macOS automation — no API keys, no third-party servers, and no copy of your tasks stored in the cloud. Your data never leaves your machine. This local-first design makes LMCP GDPR-compliant by architecture, since there is no external processor handling your personal information.

Ready to try it? Download LMCP — it's free and installs in under a minute.