Imessage Mcp

Name: Imessage Mcp
Author: LLM Mart

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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

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

Gemini CLI

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

Goose

JetBrains (Junie)

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

Kiro

opencode

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

Install

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