SMS AI assistant
Your SMS AI assistant, inside ChatGPT and Claude
Link SMS once, then ask ChatGPT, Claude or any AI app that supports MCP to catch you up, find old messages and draft replies. Nothing is sent until you approve it.
Free to start. No install. Every send needs your OK.
What your AI can do with SMS
ConnectChats gives your AI app a small set of tools. These are the ones it uses with SMS, and only for the chats you share.
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See your chats
Your AI lists the SMS chats you shared, unread first, so it knows where to look before it answers.
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Read a conversation
Ask about one chat and your AI reads what you have not seen yet, or goes further back when you need the history.
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Catch you up
Get the short version of a busy chat: what was decided, which questions are open and what needs your answer.
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Find any message
Search your SMS history by word, name or topic. Your AI quotes the message and tells you which chat it came from.
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Draft replies
Your AI writes a reply in the chat's language and your tone. It is saved as a draft you can read and edit.
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Send with your OK
Approve a draft and ConnectChats sends it from your own SMS account. Auto-send only runs in chats where you turn it on.
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Use SMS in these AI apps
One ConnectChats account works in every AI app below. Link SMS once and use whichever AI you prefer.
How to link SMS
You do this once. The same link then works in every AI app you add ConnectChats to.
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Link your SMS account
- Open https://connectchats.com/app and choose Link a chat app, then SMS.
- On Android, open Google Messages, tap your profile picture, then Device pairing, and scan the QR code shown in ConnectChats.
- On iPhone, install the ConnectChats relay on a Mac signed in to Messages, and turn on Text Message Forwarding for that Mac on your iPhone.
- Your chats then appear in the dashboard, where you choose which ones your AI app can see.
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Add ConnectChats to your AI app
Add it as a connector in ChatGPT or Claude, or as a remote MCP server in Claude Code, Cursor or Codex. The server address is https://api.connectchats.com/mcp.
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Pick the chats your AI can see
Share every chat or only a few. Your AI never sees the rest, and you can stop sharing a chat at any time.
SMS in ConnectChats
How SMS works with ConnectChats depends on your phone. On Android, ConnectChats pairs with Google Messages the way Google Messages for web does. On iPhone, texts come through a Mac that receives them with Text Message Forwarding.
- SMS and MMS are supported on both phones, and RCS chats on Android.
- The phone, or the Mac on iPhone, has to stay on and online, because it is the device that actually sends and receives the texts.
- When a chat is linked, it starts with its last 200 messages, then everything new.
- Texts are sent from your own number, after you approve them.
Questions
Can I use AI with SMS?
Yes. Link SMS in ConnectChats, add ConnectChats to your AI app and ask about your chats. It works in ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, Manus, and Muse.
Does my AI read all my SMS chats?
No. It sees only the chats you share in your ConnectChats dashboard, and it reads them only when you ask something that needs them.
Can the AI send SMS messages without me?
Not by default. Your AI saves a draft and you approve it before it goes out. You can turn on auto-send for specific chats, and it stays off everywhere else.
Which AI apps work with SMS?
Any AI app that can add a remote MCP server, including ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, Manus, and Muse. Your ConnectChats account and your shared chats are the same in all of them.
How are my SMS messages stored?
Stored messages are encrypted with a key that only your passkey can unlock. We never train models on your messages.
Is it free?
Yes. The free plan links two chat apps and works in every supported AI app. No card needed.
Does it use my own phone number?
Yes. Texts go out from your phone through your carrier, exactly as if you had typed them. ConnectChats does not give you a new number.
Do I need a Mac for SMS on iPhone?
Yes. Apple gives no other way to reach iPhone texts, so a Mac that stays on is required. Android does not need one.
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