Open-source MCP server lets Claude diagnose your slow Mac, found 4GB RAM hog
Wobi_360 · reddit · 2026-11-14
A developer built Mac-health-mcp, a local, read-only, open-source MCP server that lets Claude answer "Why is my Mac slow?" with a ranked list of likely causes backed by real numbers. On the author's own Mac it found an antivirus using nearly 4GB of 8GB RAM and 2 CPU cores non-stop, plus 81 days without a reboot. It ships 8 tools covering uptime, memory pressure/swap, disk, CPU-hogging processes, Spotlight indexing, thermal throttling, battery health, and startup items. Privacy: runs entirely on built-in macOS commands, no network or telemetry, zero dependencies, with serials/usernames/home paths filtered before reaching Claude. Install by double-clicking the .mcpb in Claude Desktop; macOS only.
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