# mac-messages-mcp

> A bridge for interacting with macOS Messages app through MCP

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/mac-messages-mcp/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/carterlasalle/mac_messages_mcp
- repository: https://github.com/carterlasalle/mac_messages_mcp/issues
- version: 1.1.0
- protocols: mcp
- tags: macos, messages, imessage, mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:mac-messages-mcp

### Description (declared)

# Mac Messages MCP

Use Claude, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, or any local MCP client to search, read, and
send messages through the macOS Messages app.

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[![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg)](LICENSE)

Mac Messages MCP runs locally on your Mac. It opens the Messages and Contacts
databases read-only, returns only the data a client asks for, and uses
Messages.app automation only when the client explicitly calls the send tool.

> [!IMPORTANT] This server is macOS-only. Reading messages requires Full Disk
> Access. Sending requires a Mac signed into Messages plus permission for the
> launching app to automate Messages.

## What it can do

- Read recent messages across all conversations or filter by contact or group
  chat
- Fuzzy-search message text across a time window, including all available
  history
- Find Contacts by approximate name and return send-ready phone numbers
- List named group chats and use their chat IDs for reads or sends
- Send iMessage, with SMS/RCS fallback for eligible phone recipients
- Check whether a recipient appears reachable through iMessage before sending
- Find attachments by date, sender, and MIME type
- Return small images inline, convert HEIC images to PNG, or return a local path
  for larger and non-image files
- Diagnose Messages and Contacts database permissions from inside the MCP client

## Quick start

### 1. Install `uv`

```bash
brew install uv
```

Confirm that the …

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- communication.sms-voice (0.733, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/mac-messages-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-09T23:26:27.857Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/mac-messages-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/mac-messages-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:mac-messages-mcp