Connect Claude to iCloud
Connect Claude to Pear's hosted MCP server so it can work across your iCloud Calendar, Reminders, Contacts, and Mail in one conversation. That gives Claude grounded Apple context for scheduling, contact lookup, email triage, and follow-up workflows.
1. Create your Pear account
Sign up at pearmcp.com with your email. During onboarding you'll connect iCloud using an App-Specific Password — your main Apple password is never stored. Pear can also issue an API key, but Claude's current custom connector flow can use Pear OAuth directly.
Sign Up Free2. Add the custom connector
Free, Pro, and Max plans
- Open Customize → Connectors
- Click +, then Add custom connector
- Paste the Pear server URL:
https://pearmcp.com/api/mcp - Click Add, then Connect to authenticate with Pear
Anthropic's current help docs say Free plans can add one custom connector, while paid individual plans can add more.
Team and Enterprise plans
An owner first adds the custom connector from Organization settings → Connectors. After that, members connect it from Customize → Connectors.
After setup, turn the connector on for a conversation from Claude's connectors picker.
If Claude shows an OAuth client error
Use the server URL exactly as shown above and leave manual API key fields empty. Claude's hosted connector authenticates through Pear OAuth, not a pasted Pear API key.
3. Start using it
Claude now has access to all 34 Pear tools. Try:
- “What meetings do I have today?”
- “Schedule a 30-minute call with Alex on Friday at 2pm”
- “Add a reminder to review the Q1 report by end of week”
- “Find the best time for a team lunch next week”
- “Show unread iCloud Mail from today and draft replies I can send.”
What Pear unlocks inside Claude
- Create, update, move, search, and delete Apple calendar events directly from Claude.
- Manage reminder lists and tasks, including batch actions and due-date workflows.
- Search contacts, find free time, and combine those with mail actions inside the same connector.
- Keep one hosted MCP connection inside Claude instead of juggling Apple apps and browser tabs.
Why Claude + Pear?
Claude's strength is reasoning about complex requests. With Pear, you can ask things like “find a 2-hour block this week where I have no meetings and create a focus time event” — Claude will check your calendar, find the slot, and create the event in one conversation. The MCP protocol means Claude calls Pear tools natively with no copy-pasting.
Ready to connect?
Free tier includes all 34 tools and 50 API calls/month.