AI-optimized MCP server for iMessage on macOS. Read, search, and send messages.
Imessage MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on Imessage directly instead of describing what you should do. AI-optimized MCP server for iMessage on macOS. Read, search, and send messages.
A high-performance MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for iMessage that lets AI agents read, search, and send your messages with proper contact resolution.
Once Imessage is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:
find_chat — The find_chat tool exposed by this serverget_chat_details — Inspect a known thread without opening the full conversationget_messages — Retrieve messages with flexible filtering. Returns metadata for mediaget_attachment — Retrieve image content by attachment ID with resolution variantslist_chats — The list_chats tool exposed by this serversearch — The search tool exposed by this serverget_context — The get_context tool exposed by this serverget_active_conversations — The get_active_conversations tool exposed by this serverlist_attachments — Browse shared items grouped by message. Each row includes exact attachment ids for follow-up fetchesget_unread — Get unread threads or unread messages. Default is summary by chatsend — Send a message or file attachment (requires Automation permission for Messages.app)diagnose — The diagnose tool exposed by this serverSetup follows the usual MCP pattern — install or clone the server, register it in your client's configuration file, restart the client. The configuration blocks on this page cover the common clients.
Plenty of database access servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Imessage's toolset — find_chat, get_chat_details, get_messages and 9 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by cyberpapiii; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| find_chat | The find_chat tool exposed by this server. |
| get_chat_details | Inspect a known thread without opening the full conversation. |
| get_messages | Retrieve messages with flexible filtering. Returns metadata for media. |
| get_attachment | Retrieve image content by attachment ID with resolution variants. |
| list_chats | The list_chats tool exposed by this server. |
| search | The search tool exposed by this server. |
| get_context | The get_context tool exposed by this server. |
| get_active_conversations | The get_active_conversations tool exposed by this server. |
| list_attachments | Browse shared items grouped by message. Each row includes exact attachment ids for follow-up fetches. |
| get_unread | Get unread threads or unread messages. Default is summary by chat. |
| send | Send a message or file attachment (requires Automation permission for Messages.app). |
| diagnose | The diagnose tool exposed by this server. |
**For source builds:**
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"imessage": {
"command": "/path/to/imessage-max/swift/.build/release/imessage-max"
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
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