Connect Folk to Pear MCP

1. Prepare Pear

Connect Apple iCloud or Microsoft 365 in Pear, then generate a Pear API key. Keep the key ready for Folk's custom MCP connection form.

2. Add Pear as a custom MCP server

Open Folk, go to Settings → Connections, and add a custom MCP server. Enter these values in Folk's name, URL, and key fields.

Paste the Pear API key itself into Folk's key field. Do not use an Apple app-specific password, a Microsoft token, or an OAuth client credential here.

3. Reload Folk and test a safe read

Save the connection. Folk says connected tools load automatically; if Pear does not show up yet, send /reload-mcp in your Folk conversation.

• Ask Folk to check the status of your Pear connections.
• Ask what is on tomorrow's calendar.
• Look up a contact before combining it with a scheduling request.
• Search unread mail, then draft a reply for review before sending.

Apple Reminders compatibility

Apple Reminders availability depends on the Apple account. For Apple, Pear can read and write only the legacy reminder lists Apple still exposes through CalDAV. If the account has been upgraded to Apple's newer Reminders store, Pear cannot access those native lists and does not copy them into a separate reminder store. Apple may instead return compatibility placeholders, such as repeated "Where are my reminders?" items; Pear did not create them. Pear's safe fallback hides known placeholders and blocks writes to affected lists. Reconnecting iCloud or replacing the App-Specific Password will not change this Apple limitation. Calendar, Contacts, and Mail are unaffected, and Microsoft To Do uses Microsoft Graph and is unaffected. Full modern Apple Reminders access would require an Apple-platform companion using EventKit with the user's permission; Pear does not currently provide one.