StayLit
for AI agents

Every feature can be called by an AI assistant. Everything runs locally on the Mac — the AI sends a request, StayLit does the work, nothing is uploaded by StayLit.

Connect in one click

Claude Desktop / Cursor

Open StayLit → Settings → AI → Connect. Restart the AI app.

Claude Code

Settings → AI → Copy Command, then paste into Terminal.

Siri & Shortcuts

Actions appear in the Shortcuts app under StayLit.

Manual MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "staylit": {
      "command": "/Applications/StayLit.app/Contents/MacOS/staylit",
      "args": ["mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Tools

Tool	What it does	Changes files?
`keep_awake`	Prevent this Mac from idle-sleeping until a condition is met (whichever comes first): duration, a clock time, an app quitting, a process exiting, or downloads in ~/Downloads finishing. With no condition it stays awake until stop_keep_awake. Optionally sleep or shut down afterwards (1-minute cancellable warning). Replaces any current keep-awake session.	Yes
`stop_keep_awake`	Stop the current StayLit keep-awake session; the Mac sleeps normally again. Does not sleep the Mac and does not cancel a scheduled sleep/shutdown.	Yes
`awake_status`	What is keeping this Mac awake right now: StayLit's session (and time left), any scheduled sleep/shutdown, and every other app or process preventing sleep (e.g. Zoom, caffeinate). Read-only.	No
`schedule_power`	Put the Mac to sleep or shut it down at a time, independent of keep-awake. The user gets a 1-minute warning and can cancel. Apps are asked to save documents on shutdown. Only one schedule at a time (replaces the previous one).	Yes
`cancel_schedule`	Cancel a scheduled sleep or shutdown, including the 1-minute countdown after a keep-awake session ends.	Yes

Example requests

“Keep my Mac awake for 3 hours, then let it sleep”
“Keep it awake until Final Cut finishes exporting”
“What is keeping my Mac awake?”
“Shut down the Mac at 23:30”
“Stop keeping the Mac awake”

Command line

CLI

staylit list
staylit keep_awake --duration 3h --then sleep

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