How to Connect Warp to Your Mac Apps with MCP

How LMCP sets up Warp — Mac: Automatically (installer and menu) — Turn LMCP on in its MCP settings · Windows: Automatically (installer and menu) — Turn LMCP on in its MCP settings

What this lets you do

Warp is an AI-native terminal whose agent can call MCP tools. Add LMCP and Warp can reach the apps on your Mac — read your email, check your calendar, post to Slack, search Teams, browse files — through tools LMCP executes locally on your device. Warp, cloud AI providers and connected services may receive requested data; their terms apply.

Step 1: Install LMCP

In any terminal (macOS 13+):

curl -fsSL 'https://local-mcp.com/install?ref=guide-warp-mac' | bash

Or download the app. LMCP starts in your menu bar.

Step 2: Add LMCP to Warp

Open Warp Drive → MCP Servers → + Add and paste the JSON below (Warp also reads it from ~/.warp/.mcp.json):

{
  "local-mcp": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": ["-y", "local-mcp@latest"],
    "env": { "LMCP_ORIGIN": "manual" }
  }
}

Warp spawns the server over stdio. It uses npx, so you need Node.js installed.

Step 3: Try it

Start an agent conversation in Warp and ask:

List my email accounts

Warp calls the tool on your Mac and returns the result.

Troubleshooting

The server won’t start — make sure the Local MCP app is running (menu-bar icon) and npx is on your PATH.

Tools don’t appear — reopen the MCP Servers panel in Warp Drive and confirm local-mcp is enabled.