> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://pomeroy.app/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Connect Pomeroy to AnythingLLM

> Pomeroy writes one entry to AnythingLLM's server file. Press Refresh in Agent Skills and it is there. Then AnythingLLM can reach Mail, Calendar, Reminders, Notes, Contacts, Messages, Maps, Weather and Shortcuts on your Mac, each app behind its own switch.

**AnythingLLM** is a private desktop chat app, and it works with Pomeroy.
Pomeroy sets itself up in it with one click. AnythingLLM can then read the apps
you switched on, and no others.

<Info>
  **What Set up does.** Pomeroy adds `pomeroy` to AnythingLLM's server file,
  leaving the rest of it alone. Open **Agent Skills** and press **Refresh**.
</Info>

## Set up

<Steps>
  <Step title="Install Pomeroy and switch on your apps">
    [Download Pomeroy](https://pomeroy.app/download), drag it into Applications
    and open it. Switch on the apps you want AnythingLLM to reach. Everything
    starts off, and macOS asks you to approve each app as you switch it on. [The
    full walkthrough](/docs/getting-started/installation).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Install AnythingLLM, if you have not">
    Pomeroy lists the assistants it finds on this Mac, so install
    [AnythingLLM](https://anythingllm.com/desktop) first if it is not there.
    Returning to Pomeroy's window re-checks.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Press Set up">
    In Pomeroy's **Assistants** pane, find AnythingLLM and press **Set up**. It
    is safe to press any number of times. It writes the same thing every time,
    and it never disturbs another server already there.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pick it up">
    **No restart needed.** AnythingLLM picks the server up on its own.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Ask something">
    In AnythingLLM, ask what is on your calendar today. The answer comes from
    your Mac.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## The configuration

You do not need this. **Set up** writes it for you. It is here so you can see
what Pomeroy adds, check it by hand, or set up a second Mac without opening the
panel.

Goes in `~/Library/Application Support/anythingllm-desktop/storage/plugins/anythingllm_mcp_servers.json`:

```json theme={null}
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pomeroy": {
      "command": "/Applications/Pomeroy.app/Contents/MacOS/pomeroy-mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The command is a single absolute path with no arguments, and it lives inside
Pomeroy's app bundle, so an update never changes it. [What the pipe
is](/docs/configuration/stdio).

## Over the local endpoint

AnythingLLM can also reach Pomeroy over the [HTTP
endpoint](/docs/configuration/http-endpoint) instead of the pipe. Use it only for a
copy running somewhere that cannot start a program on this Mac, such as a
container or a remote workspace. Switch the local address on in Pomeroy's
**Connections** pane first.

Goes in `~/Library/Application Support/anythingllm-desktop/storage/plugins/anythingllm_mcp_servers.json`:

```json theme={null}
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pomeroy": {
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <the key Pomeroy generates>"
      },
      "type": "streamable",
      "url": "http://127.0.0.1:13579/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

Pomeroy writes the real token in place of the placeholder when it can reach this
assistant's settings. Otherwise you can read the token under **Connections**.

## How to check it worked

In AnythingLLM, open **Agent Skills** and `pomeroy` is listed. Start a chat with
`@agent` and it can call the tools.

If the tools are missing, the cause is almost always that the assistant has not
re-read its server list.
[Troubleshooting](/docs/getting-started/troubleshooting#an-assistant-cannot-see-the-tools).

## Worth knowing about AnythingLLM

AnythingLLM starts its MCP servers when you open Agent Skills or use `@agent`,
not when the app launches. Press **Refresh** there rather than restarting the
app.

## What it can reach

Only the apps you switched on, and only through the tools Pomeroy publishes.
AnythingLLM cannot send mail, send a message, delete anything or edit a contact,
because no tool does those things.

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="What Pomeroy can do" icon="grid-2" href="/docs/features/overview">
    Ten apps, 27 tools, and every refusal.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Permissions" icon="toggle-on" href="/docs/getting-started/permissions">
    What each toggle grants, and what macOS asks you for.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Other assistants" icon="plug" href="/docs/assistants/overview">
    All 24, and what to do if yours is not listed.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Connect Pomeroy to AnythingLLM" icon="link" href="https://pomeroy.app/connect/anythingllm">
    The product page for AnythingLLM, with what it costs.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>