Use Case
Stop doing repetitive developer & devops tasks manually. mactop lets your AI agent handle them automatically through natural conversation. Retrieve real-time hardware metrics from Apple Silicon Macs using mactop's TOON format. Provides CPU, RAM, GPU, power, thermal, network, disk I/O, and Thunderbolt bus information. Use when the user wants system stats, hardware monitoring, or performance metrics on Apple Silicon Macs. This guide shows practical examples of using mactop to automate common developer & devops workflows and save hours every week.
Install mactop: npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install mactop
Identify the repetitive developer & devops tasks you want to automate
Describe the task to your AI in plain English
mactop will execute the task and return results directly in the chat
Chain multiple tasks: ask your AI to run a sequence of operations
Copy these prompts and use them with your AI agent after installing mactop
Automate my developer & devops tasks using mactop
What repetitive tasks can mactop handle for me?
Set up a workflow that runs mactop every morning
Select your agent
Option 1: Install via CLI (recommended)
Recommended (no pre-install needed)
npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install mactopOr via clawhub CLI (if already installed)
clawhub --dir ~/.claude/skills install mactopβ οΈ Requires Node.js 18+. No Node? Use Option 2 below to download the ZIP instead. Install Node.js β
Option 2: Manual install (no Node required)
Download the ZIP, extract it, and place the folder at the path below. Restart your agent to activate.
Install path
~/.claude/skills/mactop/π‘Extract and place the folder at the path above, then restart your agent.