Pear - iCloud Calendar, Reminders, Contacts & Mail

iCloud Calendar, Reminders, Contacts, and Mail via Pear. Manage events, reminders, contacts, inbox workflows, scheduling, and batch actions. 34 tools for Apple iCloud via CalDAV/CardDAV/IMAP/SMTP.

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/AshtonAU/pear-plugin

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/AshtonAU/pear-plugin "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/pear-icloud" ~/.claude/skills/ashtonau-pear-plugin-pear-icloud-calendar-reminders-contacts-mail && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: skills/pear-icloud/SKILL.md

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Pear — iCloud Integration

Pear provides read/write access to iCloud Calendar, Reminders, Contacts, and Mail through 34 MCP tools. All tools are prefixed with

pear_

and communicate with iCloud via CalDAV/CardDAV for Calendar, Reminders, and Contacts, plus IMAP/SMTP for Mail.

When to Use

Activate this skill when the user wants to:

Check their schedule, upcoming events, or daily agenda
Create, update, or delete calendar events
Manage reminders or to-do lists
Look up, create, or update contacts
Read, send, or organize iCloud Mail
Find free time slots or schedule meetings
Build a daily briefing from events, reminders, and unread email
Check availability for a specific time
Work with contact groups
Perform bulk operations on events, reminders, or contacts

Activation triggers:

"What's on my calendar", "my schedule", "upcoming events"
"Remind me to", "add a reminder", "my tasks", "to-do"
"Find contact", "add a contact", "phone number for"
"Unread email", "inbox", "send an email", "reply to this email"
"Schedule a meeting", "find a time", "when am I free"
"Daily briefing", "what's today look like"
"Birthday", "anniversaries"

Do NOT activate for:

Apple Notes (not supported — CalDAV only)
iMessage
iCloud Drive or file storage
Apple Music, Photos, or other non-PIM services
Local macOS Calendar.app scripting (Pear works cross-platform via API)

Prerequisites

Required Environment Variable:

```
PEAR_API_KEY
```
— Your Pear API key (format:
```
pear_sk_...
```
)
- Sign up at pearmcp.com
- Generate an API key from the dashboard
- Connect your iCloud account (requires an app-specific password)

Optional:

```
PEAR_MCP_URL
```
— Custom endpoint URL (defaults to
```
https://pearmcp.com/api/mcp
```
)

Tool Reference

Events (8 tools)

Tool	Description
`pear_list_calendars`	List all iCloud calendars (including read-only subscriptions)
`pear_list_events`	List events in a time range, with pagination and calendar filtering
`pear_search_events`	Search events by title or description within a date range
`pear_create_event`	Create an event with optional recurrence, alarms, attendees, and location
`pear_update_event`	Update an existing event's properties
`pear_delete_event`	Delete an event by filename
`pear_find_free_slots`	Find available time slots of a given duration
`pear_check_availability`	Check if a specific time slot is free, returns conflicts

Reminders (5 tools)

Tool	Description
`pear_list_reminders`	List reminders with optional list filtering, includes completed toggle
`pear_create_reminder`	Create a reminder with optional due date, priority (1=high, 5=med, 9=low), and notes
`pear_update_reminder`	Update a reminder's properties
`pear_complete_reminder`	Mark a reminder as completed
`pear_delete_reminder`	Delete a reminder

Contacts (9 tools)

Tool	Description
`pear_list_contacts`	List all contacts with full vCard data (phones, emails, addresses, birthdays)
`pear_search_contacts`	Search by name, email, phone, or organization
`pear_create_contact`	Create a contact with full vCard support including photo
`pear_update_contact`	Update contact fields (merges with existing data)
`pear_delete_contact`	Delete a contact
`pear_list_contact_groups`	List all contact groups with member counts
`pear_create_contact_group`	Create a new contact group
`pear_add_contact_to_group`	Add a contact to a group by name or email
`pear_update_contact_photo`	Update a contact's photo (inline base64 or `data:image/...` URI)

Scheduling (1 tool)

Tool	Description
`pear_find_best_time`	AI-scored optimal meeting slots. Considers work hours, time-of-day preference, day-of-week preference, buffer time, and reminder deadlines.

Batch Operations (4 tools)

Tool	Description
`pear_create_events_batch`	Create up to 50 events in one call
`pear_create_reminders_batch`	Create up to 50 reminders in one call
`pear_create_contacts_batch`	Create up to 50 contacts in one call
`pear_delete_contacts_batch`	Delete up to 50 contacts in one call

Mail (7 tools)

Tool	Description
`pear_list_mail_folders`	List mail folders and mailboxes available in iCloud Mail
`pear_list_emails`	List emails from a folder, with unread and query filters
`pear_read_email`	Read the full content of an email
`pear_send_email`	Send an email through iCloud Mail
`pear_move_email`	Move an email between folders
`pear_mark_email_read`	Mark an email as read or unread
`pear_delete_email`	Delete an email by moving it to Trash

Workflow Guidelines

Dates and Times

Always use ISO 8601 format:

2025-06-15T14:30:00Z

2025-06-15T14:30:00+10:00

Timezone parameter: Pass
```
timezone
```
(IANA format like
```
America/New_York
```
or
```
Australia/Sydney
```
) for user-friendly display times
All-day events: Set
```
isAllDay: true
```
and use date-only format
```
2025-06-15
```

Date ranges:

pear_list_events

requires a

timeRange

object:

{ start: "...", end: "..." }

Creating Events

When creating events, follow this pattern:

If the user doesn't specify a calendar, omit
```
calendarName
```
— Pear auto-selects the default

For recurring events, use the

recurrence

object:

{ frequency: "WEEKLY", interval: 1, count: 10 }

For attendees, you can pass names — Pear resolves them against the user's contacts automatically
Use
```
idempotencyKey
```
when retrying to prevent duplicate events
Alarms use minutes before:
```
{ action: "display", trigger: 15 }
```
for a 15-minute reminder

Finding Meeting Times

For scheduling, prefer

pear_find_best_time

over

pear_find_free_slots

```
pear_find_best_time
```
returns AI-scored slots considering work hours, preferences, and existing commitments

Pass

preferences

to customize:

{ timeOfDay: "morning", focusTime: true, workHoursStart: 9, workHoursEnd: 17 }

```
pear_find_free_slots
```
is simpler — just returns raw available slots without scoring

Reminders

Reminders are accessed via CalDAV (VTODO protocol) — basic operations work well (title, due date, priority, notes, completion). Modern Apple Reminders features like subtasks, tags, smart lists, and location-based reminders are not available via CalDAV.
Priority values:
```
1
```
= high,
```
5
```
= medium,
```
9
```
= low,
```
0
```
= none
To list only incomplete reminders, use
```
includeCompleted: false
```
(default)
Reminder lists are auto-created if they don't exist when using
```
listName
```

Mail

Mail works through iCloud IMAP/SMTP, not through CalDAV/CardDAV
For Mail to work reliably, the user should onboard Pear with their real
```
@icloud.com
```
address or an iCloud Mail custom-domain address tied to the mailbox
```
pear_list_emails
```
is best for inbox scans; use
```
query
```
and
```
unreadOnly
```
to keep results tight
```
pear_read_email
```
gives full body content after you identify the message with
```
pear_list_emails
```
```
pear_send_email
```
supports
```
to
```
,
```
cc
```
,
```
bcc
```
, reply headers, and HTML/plain-text bodies

Contacts

```
pear_update_contact
```
merges fields — it won't erase data you don't include in the update
Birthday format:
```
YYYY-MM-DD
```
for full date,
```
--MM-DD
```
for year-unknown
Phone/email can be a single string or an array for multiple entries
Contact photos accept inline base64 or
```
data:image/...
```
URIs
Remote photo URLs are rejected for security reasons

Virtual Birthdays

Pear generates all-day birthday events from contact birthday fields. These appear as events on a "Birthdays" calendar when listing events. This is a synthesized feature — Apple's native Birthdays calendar is not exposed via CalDAV.

Daily Briefing

Pear does not currently expose a single dedicated briefing tool in the hosted MCP surface. Build daily briefings by combining:

```
pear_list_events
```
for the chosen day
```
pear_list_reminders
```
for incomplete tasks
```
pear_list_emails
```
for unread inbox context when Mail matters

The

/pear:briefing

command in this plugin already follows that pattern.

Safety & Confirmation

Actions Requiring Care

Action	Risk	Guidance
`pear_delete_event`	Removes event permanently	Confirm event title and date with user before deleting
`pear_delete_contact`	Removes contact permanently	Always confirm — show contact name first
`pear_delete_contacts_batch`	Bulk delete up to 50 contacts	Require explicit user confirmation with count
`pear_update_event`	Overwrites event fields	Summarize changes before applying
`pear_complete_reminder`	Marks as done	Safe — can be undone by updating `completed: false`
Batch create operations	Creates up to 50 items	Confirm count and summarize before executing

Data Safety

Read operations are always safe — listing, searching, and briefings have no side effects
Updates merge, not replace —
```
pear_update_contact
```
preserves fields you don't mention
Batch operations are rate-limited — chunks of 5 with 200ms delays, no need to throttle manually
Never expose the user's
PEAR_API_KEY
— treat it as a secret

Error Handling

Error Code	Meaning	What to Do
`-32001`	Missing or invalid API key	Check `PEAR_API_KEY` is set correctly
`-32602`	Invalid parameters	Check parameter names and types against tool reference
`-32603`	Server error	Retry once, then report to user
`404` on event/reminder	Item not found	The filename may have changed — re-list to get current filenames
Calendar is read-only	Cannot modify subscription calendars	List calendars first to check which are writable

Common Patterns

Error Recovery (Idempotency)

Event creation failed mid-request or timed out:
→ Retry pear_create_event with the same idempotencyKey
→ Pear deduplicates — no double-booking even if the first request succeeded silently

Morning Briefing

User: "What's on my plate today?"
→ Call pear_list_events for today with timezone
→ Call pear_list_reminders for incomplete tasks
→ Optionally call pear_list_emails for unread inbox context
→ Summarize events chronologically, then pending reminders, then important unread mail

Schedule a Meeting

User: "Find time for a 1-hour meeting this week"
→ Call pear_find_best_time with durationMinutes: 60 and this week's range
→ Present top 3 options with scores
→ On user selection, call pear_create_event

Quick Reminder

User: "Remind me to call the dentist tomorrow"
→ Call pear_create_reminder with title and dueDate set to tomorrow

Contact Lookup

User: "What's Sarah's phone number?"
→ Call pear_search_contacts with query: "Sarah"
→ Return matching contacts with phone numbers

Bulk Event Creation

User: "Add these 5 meetings to my calendar"
→ Call pear_create_events_batch with all events in one request
→ Summarize results (created count, any failures)