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imessage-mcp

Active·★ 27·MIT·Updated 2026-10-20

imessage-mcp connects your LLM assistant to your Mac's Apple Messages history, providing read-only tools to search and analyze iMessage, SMS, MMS, and RCS data. It runs locally, keeps its search index in memory, and offers various privacy modes for data disclosure.

#iMessage#Message History#LLM Tool#macOS#Data Analysis#Privacy#API Integration#Messaging Analytics
$ Install
$ umask 077 && test -e "$HOME/.imessage-mcp-reference-key" || openssl rand -base64 32 > "$HOME/.imessage-mcp-reference-key" && test -e "$HOME/.imessage-mcp-database-id" || openssl rand -base64 32 > "$HOME/.imessage-mcp-database-id" && export IMESSAGE_REFERENCE_KEY_FILE="$HOME/.imessage-mcp-reference-key" && export IMESSAGE_DATABASE_ID_FILE="$HOME/.imessage-mcp-database-id" && npx -y [email protected] doctor --contacts none --privacy redacted
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01

Features

01Search and analyze iMessage, SMS, MMS, and RCS history.
02Read detailed conversation timelines including edits and reactions.
03Count messages and calculate communication metrics.
04Flexible privacy settings (full, redacted, aggregate) for data disclosure.
05Local, in-memory search index with no telemetry collection.
02

Compatibility

macOS
OS
Verified via docs
Node.js
Runtime
Verified via docs
Apple Messages
Data Source
Verified via docs
03

Quick start

1
$ umask 077
2
$ test -e "$HOME/.imessage-mcp-reference-key" || openssl rand -base64 32 > "$HOME/.imessage-mcp-reference-key"
3
$ test -e "$HOME/.imessage-mcp-database-id" || openssl rand -base64 32 > "$HOME/.imessage-mcp-database-id"
4
$ export IMESSAGE_REFERENCE_KEY_FILE="$HOME/.imessage-mcp-reference-key"
5
$ export IMESSAGE_DATABASE_ID_FILE="$HOME/.imessage-mcp-database-id"
6
$ npx -y [email protected] doctor --contacts none --privacy redacted
04

Use cases

↳Find specific messages about a topic.
↳Review recent conversations.
↳Analyze message activity and trends.
↳Integrate iMessage history with LLM assistants.
↳Identify and resolve contact information for messaging.
05

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imessage-mcp
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Private, read-only MCP for Apple Messages on Mac.

27MIT
Last commit3d ago
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CategoryAPI Integration
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