Connect Poke to iCloud with Pear
Connect Poke to Pear's hosted MCP server so one thread can work across iCloud Calendar, Reminders, Contacts, and Mail without bouncing between tools. Pear gives Poke real Apple context for scheduling, follow-up, contact lookup, inbox triage, and planning workflows.
Quickest route: open the Pear recipe
If you want the fastest path, start from the Poke recipe and then keep the same Pear server details for future conversations.
1. Create your Pear account
Sign up at pearmcp.com, connect iCloud with an App-Specific Password, and copy your Pear API key (pear_sk_...). Pear will use the same hosted MCP endpoint in every compatible client.
2. Add Pear in Poke
In Poke, open Settings → Connections, click Add Integration, and choose Create for a custom MCP integration.
- Name the integration Pear
- Paste the server URL:
https://pearmcp.com/api/mcp - Paste your Pear API key into the API key field
- Save the integration and let Poke discover the tools
3. What to paste
Server URL
https://pearmcp.com/api/mcpAuthentication
Use your pear_sk_... API key as the bearer/API key value.
Expected result
Poke should discover all 34 Pear tools covering calendar, reminders, contacts, mail, scheduling, and batch actions.
4. Verify it works
Start with one read prompt, one action prompt, and one Mail prompt so you know the integration is fully wired.
- “What's on my calendar tomorrow?”
- “Create a reminder to pay rent on the first of next month.”
- “Find Andy in my contacts and tell me his birthday.”
- “Show me unread emails from this morning and draft a reply to the most important one.”
- “Find a free hour next week for a dentist appointment and add it to my calendar.”
What Pear unlocks inside Poke
- Read and update Apple calendar events, reminders, contacts, and Mail from one hosted MCP integration.
- Use free-time search, scheduling, and follow-up flows in the same conversation.
- Run batch reminder actions and combine contact lookup with email drafting or meeting planning.
- Keep Poke grounded in your real Apple data instead of general suggestions only.
Why Poke + Pear works well
Poke is strongest when it can hold a longer thread and act across multiple parts of your Apple life at once. Pear gives it one hosted MCP endpoint for calendar, reminders, contacts, mail, scheduling, and follow-up actions, so the conversation can stay in one place instead of fragmenting into separate apps and searches.
Known gotchas
- Use your Apple app-specific password, not your normal Apple account password.
- If Mail fails but calendar/reminders work, make sure you used your real
@icloud.comor custom iCloud Mail address during onboarding. - Pear uses CalDAV for reminders, so Apple's hidden reminder quirks can still affect what third-party clients see.
Ready to connect?
Free tier includes all 34 tools and 50 API calls/month.