mac-mini-as-headless-server SKILL.md skillA
mac-mini-as-headless-server from soulmachine/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add soulmachine/skills/mac-mini-as-headless-server@git:20260708.f5d2115Pins git:20260708.f5d2115 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- soulmachine/skills
- Path
mac-mini-as-headless-server/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20260708.f5d2115, committed Jul 8, 2026
- First version recorded
- Apr 1, 2026
- Size
- 7,559 bytes
- Repository stars
- 3
- License
- MIT
Use when setting up a Mac (especially Mac Mini or Apple Silicon Mac Studio) for unattended 24/7 server operation, headless use, or remote-only access. Covers sleep prevention, screen saver, Wake-on-LAN, auto-restart, App Nap, SSH enablement, and — on Apple Silicon — a caffeinate LaunchDaemon that stops the headless display from parking (physical panel and VNC/screen-share going black even with displaysleep=0). Targets macOS 15 (Sequoia) and later.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Configure macOS for Server Use ## Overview Configures macOS for unattended 24/7 server operation by disabling sleep, screen saver, and App Nap, while enabling Wake-on-LAN, auto-restart after power failure, and SSH remote login. The screen lock lives in the user keybag and changing it requires the user's account password (root alone can't), so the script verifies it, offers to turn it off when run interactively (you type the user's password once), and prints the exact CLI/GUI fix on unattended runs. **Requires `sudo`. Targets macOS 15 (Sequoia) and later.** Target hardware: Mac Mini, Mac Studio, or any Mac used as a headless server. **Apple Silicon caveat:** on an Apple Silicon Mac with no local keyboard/mouse, `pmset displaysleep 0` is *not* enough. WindowServer still *parks* the physical display (DPMS off ~30s after each wake), which turns the panel black **and** makes RealVNC / screen-capture sessions show black, because they capture the physical display. The only reliable fix is to hold a `PreventUserIdleDisplaySleep` assertion continuously — this skill installs a `caffeinate -d` LaunchDaemon (step 7) for that. ## When to Use …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add soulmachine/skills/mac-mini-as-headless-server@sha256:a2d3c922d33f1261The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260708.f5d2115, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_p42uawk3zgibwpg2)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Apr 1, 2026 and Jul 8, 2026, about one every 98 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20260708.f5d2115 latest | 2026-07-08 | f5d2115 | 7,559 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260401.2673e5e | 2026-04-01 | 2673e5e | 3,539 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (7559 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
soulmachine/skills · 3 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-31 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_p42uawk3zgibwpg2 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=soulmachine/skills/mac-mini-as-headless-server GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/a2d3c922d33f1261694807faf96917d874a66af74b9d9a26a57dcf7ecd0984eb
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Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.