Apple Messages

local MCP server

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add apple-messages-mcp -e APPLE_MESSAGES_MCP_SAFETY_MODE=... -- uvx apple-messages-mcp

Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.

Claude Desktop, Cursor & other clients

Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apple-messages-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "apple-messages-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "APPLE_MESSAGES_MCP_SAFETY_MODE": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.

Summary

Read Messages history on macOS and send or reply through Messages.app.

Questions

Apple Messages is a local MCP server distributed as the pypi package apple-messages-mcp.

Run: claude mcp add apple-messages-mcp -e APPLE_MESSAGES_MCP_SAFETY_MODE=... -- uvx apple-messages-mcp

Run: codex mcp add apple-messages-mcp --env APPLE_MESSAGES_MCP_SAFETY_MODE=... -- uvx apple-messages-mcp

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