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MCP on Alfred

Connect Alfred workflows to Onboard via the REST API; use MCP only where Alfred supports remote HTTP MCP.

Alfred automates macOS through workflows, often using shell scripts or Run Script objects that call HTTP APIs.

Pattern

  1. Store your Onboard API key in a workflow variable or macOS Keychain-backed script, not in plain text in a shared workflow export.
  2. Call https://rest.onboard.io/... endpoints with Authorization: Token YOUR_KEY per Authentication.
  3. If you adopt an MCP bridge for Alfred, configure its remote MCP base URL to https://rest.onboard.io/mcp/sse as on MCP setup.

Security

Workflows are easy to export and share—scrub secrets before distributing copies. Review the Security checklist.

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