Agents & Machines
requestMacPermissions
Request Mac Permissions
Ask one of your Macs to raise the macOS Accessibility and Screen Recording permission prompts again, for each permission the OS reports denied to The Cloud.
Ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "ask the Mini for screen recording again", and it calls requestMacPermissions.
Example call
The MCP tools/call params, with the required arguments only.
{
"arguments": {
"machineId": "<machineId>"
},
"name": "requestMacPermissions"
}Arguments
machineIdstringrequiredWhich Mac to ask (machineId from listMachines).
Returns
The registry does not declare a return shape.
Ask for it
The Cloud routes these requests to this verb.
- ask the Mini for screen recording again
- re-prompt the permissions on that Mac
- the recorder keeps failing on screen permission
- grant The Cloud accessibility on the box
Pair it with
The verbs that finish the job.
Questions
What does requestMacPermissions do?
Ask one of your Macs to raise the macOS Accessibility and Screen Recording permission prompts again, for each permission the OS reports denied to The Cloud. It is one of the tools The Cloud MCP server gives every connected AI.
How do I use requestMacPermissions from Claude or ChatGPT?
Connect your AI to The Cloud at https://mcp.thecloud.so/mcp and sign in once. Then ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "ask the Mini for screen recording again", and it calls requestMacPermissions.
Is requestMacPermissions safe to let an AI call?
requestMacPermissions changes your workspace. What an AI creates is Private until you share it.
Connect
One endpoint gives your AI this tool and every other one: connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Gemini, read what The Cloud is, or see pricing.