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Apple Calendar MCP connector

The Apple Calendar connector lets Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot and the Elaichi Agent create, update and cancel events and manage calendars in Apple Calendar, with every change running under the signed-in person's own access and recorded in an audit log.

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Claude Elaichi connected

List every event on the Sales calendar next week.

Working in Apple Calendar with Elaichi

  • Get single apple calendar principal by ID
  • Get single apple calendar calendar home by ID
  • List all apple calendar calendars
Ask anything…
Governance / Audit log Last 24 hours
Apple Calendar List all apple calendar calendars Emily Carter · Claude · 9:41 AM Done
Apple Calendar Get single apple calendar calendar home by ID Emily Carter · Claude · 9:41 AM Done
Apple Calendar Get single apple calendar principal by ID Emily Carter · Claude · 9:41 AM Done
Apple Calendar Get single apple calendar calendar by ID Megan Brooks · ChatGPT · 9:38 AM Done
Apple Calendar Create a apple calendar calendar Ryan Hayes · Cursor · 9:35 AM Done

How to connect Apple Calendar to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot

Step by step, for each AI app

Apple Calendar MCP connector for Claude

  1. 1

    Open Customize, then Connectors.

  2. 2

    Press Add.

  3. 3

    Name it, paste the MCP server URL, then Continue.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  4. 4

    Sign in and approve.

On Team and Enterprise, an Owner adds it once. Everyone else turns it on for themselves.

Apple Calendar MCP connector for Claude Code

  1. 1

    In a terminal, run claude mcp add with the endpoint.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  2. 2

    Start Claude Code and run /mcp.

  3. 3

    Pick elaichi, then sign in and approve in the browser.

Terminal

$ claude mcp add --transport http elaichi --scope user https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp

Use --scope project instead to share it with the repository through .mcp.json.

Apple Calendar MCP connector for ChatGPT

  1. 1

    Open Plugins, then press the + button.

  2. 2

    Name it and paste the endpoint into Server URL.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Leave Authentication on OAuth, then tick the risk acknowledgement.

  4. 4

    Press Create, then sign in and approve.

Works on the web. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.

Apple Calendar MCP connector for Cursor

  1. 1

    Open ~/.cursor/mcp.json.

  2. 2

    Add the endpoint under mcpServers.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Reload Cursor, then sign in and approve.

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Set up per machine, so repeat it on each computer you work from.

Apple Calendar MCP connector for Microsoft Copilot

  1. 1

    In Copilot Studio, open your agent, then Tools, Add a tool, New tool and Model Context Protocol.

  2. 2

    Paste the endpoint into Server URL, choose OAuth 2.0, then Dynamic discovery, and press Create.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Create a new connection, sign in and approve, then press Add to agent.

  4. 4

    Under Channels, open Teams and Microsoft Copilot and make the agent available in Microsoft Copilot.

Server URL
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Type
Dynamic discovery

Microsoft Copilot was called Microsoft 365 Copilot. Keep the tool on end-user credentials, so each person signs in as themselves.

Connect Apple Calendar to any MCP client

  1. 1

    Add the endpoint as a remote MCP server.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  2. 2

    Sign in and approve.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

The Elaichi Agent already has these tools, with nothing to set up.

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What teams do with Apple Calendar through Elaichi

Ask in plain English. Each person’s AI can do only what they’re allowed to, and every action it takes in Apple Calendar is logged.

  • Sales

    Book the follow-up before the call ends

    Ask for a 30 minute follow-up with the prospect next Tuesday at ten and it lands on your Apple Calendar with the right title and time. If the prospect asks to move it, the event moves too.

  • Support

    Schedule the callback a customer asked for

    When a ticket needs a phone call, put the callback on the agent's Apple Calendar with the customer's name and the ticket reference in the notes, then change the time if the customer replies with a better one.

  • Office

    Set up a shared calendar for a project

    Create a new Apple Calendar for a launch, an office move or a visiting group, give it a clear name and color, and retire it when the work is done.

  • Recruiting

    Put interviews on the calendar in one go

    Turn a list of candidates and interview slots into events on the hiring panel's Apple Calendar, then update an event when a candidate reschedules.

  • Marketing

    Keep the campaign calendar current

    Add webinar dates, send dates and content deadlines to the marketing Apple Calendar, and update the details when a launch slips a week.

  • Leadership

    Tidy the executive's week after a plan change

    When a board meeting moves, have the agent update the event, cancel the sessions that no longer fit and add the new prep time, all on the executive's own Apple Calendar.

Try asking

  • “List every event on the Sales calendar next week.”
  • “Create a 30 minute event on the Support calendar Friday.”
  • “Which calendars have events overlapping Tuesday afternoon?”

See all 13 Apple Calendar tools →

What connecting Apple Calendar gets you

6 screens from Elaichi, each doing one job for your Apple Calendar account.

Elaichi Agent

Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.

List every event on the Sales calendar next week.

Create a 30 minute event on the Support calendar Friday.

Which calendars have events overlapping Tuesday afternoon?

Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot

The agent

Ask about next week's events in plain language.

The agent reads live Apple Calendar calendars and events and answers in seconds.

ElaichiAI apps
Claude ChatGPT Cursor Microsoft Copilot

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https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
Client Connected by Status Last used
Claude
E

Emily Carter

 • Connected 4 minutes ago
Cursor
M

Megan Brooks

 • Connected 2 hours ago
ChatGPT
R

Ryan Hayes

 • Connected Yesterday

AI apps

Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Microsoft Copilot share one endpoint.

Every client reaches Apple Calendar over OAuth, with no SDK and no shared API key.

ElaichiTools
Tool Action Description
Get single apple calendar principal by ID Get Discover the current-user-principal for the authenticated Apple Calendar user via CalDAV PROPFIND on the root resource. Returns a CalDAV 207 Multi-Status XML document containing the user's principal path (e.g., /200385701/principal/). Use the principal path with calendar_home.get to discover the partition host and calendar home URL.
Get single apple calendar calendar home by ID Get Discover the calendar-home-set URL for a principal via CalDAV PROPFIND. Returns a CalDAV 207 Multi-Status XML document containing the calendar home URL on the account's partition host (e.g., https://p34-caldav.icloud.com:443/200385701/calendars/). All subsequent calendar and event requests must use that partition host as base_url. Required: principal_path (from principals.get). Send XML body: <d:propfind xmlns:d="DAV:" xmlns:c="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:caldav"><d:prop><c:calendar-home-set/></d:prop></d:propfind>.
List all apple calendar calendars List List all Apple Calendar calendars for a user via CalDAV PROPFIND. Returns: displayname, calendar_color, resourcetype, supported_calendar_component_set, current_user_privilege_set, getctag, sync_token. Required: user_id.
Get single apple calendar calendar by ID Get Get a single Apple Calendar calendar by id via CalDAV PROPFIND. Returns: displayname, calendar_color, resourcetype, supported_calendar_component_set, current_user_privilege_set, getctag, sync_token. Required: user_id, id.
Create a apple calendar calendar Create Create a new Apple Calendar calendar via CalDAV MKCALENDAR. The calendar_id should be a newly generated UUID. Returns an empty 201 response on success. Required: user_id, calendar_id.

Tool catalog

13 Apple Calendar tools are ready to call.

Calendars, events, principals and calendar homes are covered without custom code.

ElaichiToolboxes
Name Source template Tools Created

Sales toolbox

Apple Calendar · customer meetings and calls

 Apple Calendar starter 18 Mar 4, 2026

Support toolbox

Apple Calendar · on-call and handover shifts

 — 9 Mar 2, 2026

Recruiting toolbox

Apple Calendar · interview events and panels

 — 24 Feb 27, 2026

Operations toolbox

Apple Calendar · shared calendars and rooms

 Apple Calendar starter 6 Feb 19, 2026

Marketing toolbox

Apple Calendar · launch and webinar events

 — 31 Jan 30, 2026

Executive toolbox

Apple Calendar · board and leadership events

 — 12 Jan 22, 2026

Toolboxes

Every team gets its own Apple Calendar toolbox.

Curate one toolbox per team so each sees only the calendar tools it needs.

ElaichiConnections
Connection Scope Status Access
AP

Apple Calendar (Sales EMEA)

Connected by Emily Carter

 Personal • Active 1 team · 6 members
AP

Apple Calendar (Support Rota)

Connected by Jake Morgan

 Organization • Active 3 teams · 24 members
AP

Apple Calendar (Recruiting)

Connected by Megan Brooks

 Organization • Active 2 teams · 11 members
AP

Apple Calendar (Marketing)

Connected by Tyler Reed

 Personal • Needs re-auth 1 team · 3 members
AP

Apple Calendar (Operations)

Connected by Ryan Hayes

 Personal • Active Not shared
AP

Apple Calendar (Executive Office)

Connected by Ashley Parker

 Personal • Active 2 teams · 9 members

Shared connections

Teammates book events without seeing a credential.

Each Apple Calendar connection shows who connected it and which teams and members use it.

ElaichiAudit log
When Who What happened Type

2 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:10 PM
E

Emily Carter

[email protected]

 Restriction Created Access

8 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:04 PM
J

Jake Morgan

[email protected]

 Restriction Updated Access

14 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:58 PM
M

Megan Brooks

[email protected]

 Role Assigned Access

20 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:52 PM
T

Tyler Reed

[email protected]

 Apple Calendar Users Updated MCP

26 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:46 PM
R

Ryan Hayes

[email protected]

 Apple Calendar Calendars Created MCP

32 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:40 PM
A

Ashley Parker

[email protected]

 Apple Calendar Calendars List Toolbox

Audit log

Every event created is on the record.

When, who, what happened, type and resource for each Apple Calendar call.

From answering questions to doing the work

A trigger starts the work, inside the same permissions and the same audit log as everything else. Automations, collections and live dashboards come with the Black plan.

Apple Calendar digest

Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emily Carter

  1. ✓

    Schedule

    Every weekday at 8:00 AM

    0.2s
  2. ✓

    Fetch calendars

    Apple Calendar

    1.4s
  3. ✓

    Group by owner

    Transform

    0.1s
  4. ✓

    Draft the digest

    Agent step

    Ran with 4 tools, returned a structured summary

    6.2s

  5. Approve the digest

    Needs approval

    Assigned to Jake Morgan

    Approve

  6. Post the digest

    Apple Calendar

    Queued

Automations

A schedule fires and the digest posts back.

Six steps fetch Apple Calendar events, group them, draft a digest, then wait for approval.

Apple Calendar health

Refreshed 4 minutes ago · every 15 minutes · from the calendars collection

Live

Calendars

1,284 ↓ 12%

Events

96 ↓ 8%

Needs attention

3 ↑ 2

Updated this week

412 ↑ 9%

Calendars created

Last 14 days

By team

Share of activity

Sales EMEA 34%

Support Rota 27%

Recruiting 21%

Marketing 18%

Collections and dashboards

Apple Calendar numbers arrive before anyone asks.

Four metrics, 14 days of events created and a per team breakdown, refreshed on schedule.

For IT and engineering

Elaichi vs Zapier MCP vs Composio for Apple Calendar

All three can connect Apple Calendar to an AI assistant, and all three have admin controls. They differ in where access lives and how you pay.

Elaichi compared with Zapier MCP and Composio for Apple Calendar, by what to check
What to check Elaichi Zapier MCP Composio
Where the AI connects One address for the whole organization. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp A server per member, created at sign-in. An MCP endpoint per team, or an SDK.
Control over Apple Calendar tools Allow or restrict single Apple Calendar tools, per role or user. App and action restrictions on the account. Role permissions, down to the action.
Record of calls One audit entry per Apple Calendar call. A History tab of tool calls. A log of every tool call.
Single sign-on SAML or OIDC, plus SCIM, on Gold. SAML on Enterprise. SAML and OIDC on Enterprise.
Price Free for one person; $15 per user per month on Gold. 2 tasks per successful call. Billed per tool call.

Sources: Zapier MCP docs, security, usage; Composio docs, gateway, enterprise, pricing. Checked September 2026.

Longer take: Zapier MCP alternative and when you don't need an MCP gateway.

Apple Calendar tools for your AI agents

13 tools are ready to call through Elaichi's MCP endpoint the moment you connect Apple Calendar, governed by the same roles, restrictions, and audit log as everything else in Elaichi.

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Questions, answered

How do I connect Apple Calendar to Claude?

Connecting Apple Calendar to Claude takes two steps. First, connect Apple Calendar in Elaichi, where the sign-in step is pasting the Apple Calendar API key you are given, with no client ID or secret to generate. Then open Claude, go to Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste the endpoint https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, after which Claude asks you to sign in to Elaichi as yourself.

Does Apple Calendar work with ChatGPT and Cursor as well as Claude?

Yes. Once Apple Calendar is connected in Elaichi, the same endpoint, https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot, the Elaichi Agent and any other MCP client. You connect Apple Calendar once and every client you use picks it up.

What can an AI agent actually do with my Apple Calendar data?

With Apple Calendar connected, an AI agent can put a new event on your calendar, look up an existing event, change its time, title or details, and cancel it when a meeting falls through. It can also list your Apple Calendar calendars, find a particular one, create a new calendar for a project or team, rename or recolor it, and remove it when it is no longer needed.

Does connecting Apple Calendar give the AI access to every calendar?

No. When someone connects Apple Calendar through Elaichi, the AI works only within the calendars that person can already see and edit in Apple Calendar. Elaichi can narrow that further, for example by restricting deletions or limiting a team to specific actions, but it can never grant access to an Apple Calendar that the person does not already have.

Can my team share one Apple Calendar connection?

Yes. One person connects Apple Calendar in Elaichi and shares the connection with a team, and nobody else on the team ever handles the API key. Each teammate still signs in to Elaichi as themselves, so every event created or changed in Apple Calendar is logged against the person who asked for it.

Can I stop an agent from deleting or changing things in Apple Calendar?

Yes. In Elaichi, restrictions on the Apple Calendar connector apply per action, so you can allow creating and updating events while restricting event deletion or calendar deletion entirely. A restricted action still appears in Elaichi's tool search, flagged as restricted, but Claude, ChatGPT or any other client cannot run it, whatever the prompt says.

What happens to an Apple Calendar connection when someone leaves?

When you offboard a person in Elaichi, their access to Apple Calendar through every AI client ends at once. If they had shared their Apple Calendar connection with a team, it keeps working for everyone else until an admin decides otherwise. Disconnecting Apple Calendar once in Elaichi removes it from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot and every other connected client at the same time.

Does the Apple Calendar MCP connector work with Gemini, Codex, Claude Code or other MCP clients?

Yes. Apple Calendar is reached over the same MCP endpoint every client uses, so anything that speaks MCP can call it — Gemini, Codex, Claude Code, Windsurf, Cline, Zed and OpenCode among them — alongside Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot, and the Elaichi Agent. The tools on offer and the access behind them are identical whichever client asks. Only the setup screen differs.

Is Elaichi an alternative to Zapier MCP for Apple Calendar?

Yes. Both let Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use Apple Calendar. Zapier MCP fits a team that already automates in Zapier, since each person signs in and acts as themselves in that account. Elaichi fits when IT wants one address for the whole company, per-tool rules by role, and a record of every Apple Calendar call.

How is Elaichi different from Composio for Apple Calendar?

Composio gives AI agents tools and sign-in handling across 1,000+ apps, for developers building agents or people using an assistant, billed per tool call. Elaichi gives a company's own people governed access to Apple Calendar: one address, restrictions per role or user, and $15 per user per month. Both have role permissions and a log of every call.

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When the trial ends, nothing is deleted. You move to the free Personal plan, and connections, roles and the audit log stay where they are.

Add one link to your AI app

The same link for everyone on your team.

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  • ChatGPT
  • Claude
  • Cursor
  • Microsoft Copilot