imessage-mcp

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imessage-mcp

npm MCP Registry CI License: MIT

Search and read your Messages history from Claude, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, and any other MCP client.

Read-only. Runs on your Mac. No accounts, no cloud service, nothing to compile.

  • Finds messages by words, exact text, or phrase across iMessage, SMS, MMS, and RCS
  • Reads whole conversations with edits, unsent messages, reactions, replies, and read receipts
  • Shows photos people sent you, with location data removed
  • Keeps up with new messages through a change feed, and answers counts and response-time questions

imessage-mcp answering questions about synthetic Messages history

Install

Requirements: macOS 14 or newer. Node.js 24.16 or newer for npx installs (Claude Desktop brings its own).

Standard config, for any client that reads mcpServers JSON:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "imessage": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "imessage-mcp@latest"]
    }
  }
}

Then give the app that runs it Full Disk Access: System Settings > Privacy & Security > Full Disk Access, turn on the app (Claude, your terminal, Cursor, VS Code, ...), then quit it fully and reopen it. Not sure which app? Run npx -y imessage-mcp@latest doctor from that app's terminal and it tells you. Until access is granted, every tool answers with these same steps.

Amp 
amp mcp add imessage -- npx -y imessage-mcp@latest
Claude Code 
claude mcp add --scope user imessage -- npx -y imessage-mcp@latest

Or install the plugin: /plugin marketplace add anipotts/imessage-mcp, then /plugin install imessage-mcp@anipotts.

Claude Desktop

Download imessage-mcp.mcpb and double-click it, or install iMessage History from Settings > Extensions if it is listed there. To update a bundle you installed yourself, download the newest one and double-click it again.

Then turn on Claude in Full Disk Access and quit and reopen Claude.

Cline

Add the standard config to cline_mcp_settings.json (docs).

Codex 
codex mcp add imessage -- npx -y imessage-mcp@latest

Or in ~/.codex/config.toml:

[mcp_servers.imessage]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "imessage-mcp@latest"]
Copilot CLI

Run /mcp add, or add the standard config to ~/.copilot/mcp-config.json with "type": "local".

Cursor

Install in Cursor

Or add the standard config to ~/.cursor/mcp.json.

Gemini CLI

Add the standard config to ~/.gemini/settings.json.

Goose

Install in Goose

JetBrains (Junie)

Add the standard config to .junie/mcp/mcp.json, or type /mcp in Junie CLI.

Kiro

Add to Kiro

opencode

In ~/.config/opencode/opencode.json:

{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "imessage": { "type": "local", "command": ["npx", "-y", "imessage-mcp@latest"], "enabled": true }
  }
}
VS Code

Install in VS Code Install in VS Code Insiders

code --add-mcp '{"name":"imessage","command":"npx","args":["-y","imessage-mcp@latest"]}'
Warp, Windsurf, Zed, and others

Add the standard config in the client's MCP settings. Zed uses context_servers with "source": "custom".

If a GUI app reports that npx was not found, it cannot see your Node installation: use the full path from which npx as the command.

Use it

Ask in plain words: "catch me up on my texts", "find the message about the dinner reservation", "how fast does Sam usually reply?". Three prompts are also in your client's prompt menu:

promptwhat it does
catch_upWho is waiting on a reply from you, and what they need
draft_replyA reply in your own texting style. You send it; this server cannot.
recapYour week in messages: volume, busiest conversations, anyone still waiting

Clients that attach resources can use imessage://conversations and imessage://conversations/{chat_id}.

Tools

toolwhat it does
search_messagesSearch by substring, exact text, token, or phrase, in message text, conversation names, or attachment names
get_conversationRead a conversation by chat_id or by a contact or group name, with edits, reactions, receipts, replies, and attachments
list_conversationsFind conversations by contact, service, kind, reply state, or date
get_attachmentShow one attachment: images as a JPEG with metadata removed, text files as text
sync_messagesPull every change since a cursor: new, edited, unsent, and deleted messages, reactions, and receipts
analyze_communicationMessage counts, activity, response times, and who starts conversations
resolve_contactMatch a name, phone number, or email to a contact, and report ambiguity rather than guess
server_statusVersion, update availability, access, index state, and schema support

Every tool is read-only and marked readOnlyHint. Results use plain ids (message_id, chat_id, attachment_id) you can pass between tools.

Configuration

Add options to args, for example ["-y", "imessage-mcp@latest", "--privacy", "redacted"].

optiondescription
--privacy <mode>The most any caller can see. full (default), redacted (names and masked handles, calendar days, no message text or filenames), or aggregate (counts only). A call can ask for a stricter mode, never a looser one. env IMESSAGE_PRIVACY
--contacts <mode>live (default) names handles from your Contacts; none shows handles only. env IMESSAGE_CONTACTS
--database <path>Read a copy of chat.db instead of this Mac's Messages. env IMESSAGE_DB
--transport http --port <n>Serve MCP over HTTP on 127.0.0.1 instead of stdio. Requires IMESSAGE_API_TOKEN or IMESSAGE_API_TOKEN_FILE. IMESSAGE_ALLOWED_HOSTS and IMESSAGE_ALLOWED_ORIGINS take comma-separated lists; both default to localhost.
IMESSAGE_CACHE=0Keep the search index in memory only
IMESSAGE_WARM_SEARCH=0Build the search index on the first search instead of at startup
IMESSAGE_UPDATE_CHECK=0Turn off the version check

Privacy and security

  • Read-only. The server opens the Messages database read-only and has no tool that sends, edits, reacts, or marks anything read.
  • Local. No accounts, telemetry, or analytics. The only network request is an optional version check to the npm registry.
  • Your client sees what you ask for. Results go to the MCP client you use and its model provider, under their policies. --privacy redacted or aggregate limits what leaves the server.
  • Search index. Built on your Mac and cached encrypted in ~/Library/Caches/imessage-mcp, with a key derived from your Messages database, so it opens only for an app that can already read your messages. Deleting it is always safe.
  • Untrusted content. Messages can contain text written to manipulate an AI. The server tells clients to treat all message content as data, never as instructions.

Details: SECURITY.md and PRIVACY.md.

Development

npm ci
npm test      # unit tests on synthetic Messages databases
npm run e2e   # launches the built server over stdio and HTTP
npm run perf  # one-million-message performance gates

Tests use synthetic data only. See CONTRIBUTING.md.

License

MIT