How to Connect Cherry Studio to Your Mac Apps with MCP
In short: Cherry Studio is a cross-platform AI desktop app with MCP support. LMCP gives it 201+ local tools — Mail, Calendar, Messages, Files, Teams and more — running directly on your Mac.
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How LMCP sets up Cherry Studio — Mac: From the app's own MCP settings · Windows: From the app's own MCP settings
What this lets you do
Cherry Studio is a popular desktop AI client with a built-in MCP server manager. Add LMCP and Cherry Studio can act on the apps on your Mac — read your email, check your calendar, search Teams — through local tools. Your selected cloud AI provider can receive requested results.
Step 1: Install LMCP
In any terminal (macOS 13+):
curl -fsSL 'https://local-mcp.com/install?ref=guide-cherry-studio-mac' | bashOr download the app. LMCP starts in your menu bar.
Step 2: Add LMCP to Cherry Studio
Open Settings → MCP Servers → Add Server and fill in:
- Name:
local-mcp - Type: STDIO
- Command:
npx - Arguments:
-y local-mcp@latest
Click Save. Cherry Studio launches the server over stdio — it uses npx, so you need Node.js installed.
Step 3: Try it
Enable the server in a chat and ask:
List my email accountsCherry Studio calls the tool on your Mac and returns the result.
Troubleshooting
No tools appear — make sure the Local MCP app is running (menu-bar icon) and npx is on your PATH.
The server errors on start — Cherry Studio needs the server to keep stdout clean for JSON-RPC; LMCP already does this, so just confirm the menu-bar app is running.
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