ConnectChats

Google Messages + Claude Code integration

Connect Google Messages to Claude Code

ConnectChats brings your Google Messages chats into Claude Code. Ask Claude Code to catch you up, find any message and draft replies. Nothing gets sent until you approve it.

Free to start. No app to install. Every send needs your OK.

What Claude Code can do with your Google Messages

ConnectChats gives Claude Code a small set of tools. Claude Code calls them when you ask about your Google Messages chats, and only for the chats you share.

Things to ask Claude Code

Type these in Claude Code once Google Messages is linked.

How to connect Google Messages to Claude Code

It takes about two minutes. You do it once, and the same account then works in every AI app you add.

  1. Add ConnectChats to Claude Code

    • In your terminal, run: claude mcp add --transport http --scope user connectchats https://api.connectchats.com/mcp
    • Start Claude Code and type /mcp.
    • Select connectchats and choose to authenticate. Your browser opens the ConnectChats sign-in page. Sign in with your passkey.
    • Ask Claude Code about your messages, for example to summarize a group chat.
  2. Link your Google Messages account

    • Open https://connectchats.com/app and choose Link a chat app, then Google Messages.
    • On your Android phone, open Google Messages, tap your profile picture, then Device pairing, then QR code scanner.
    • Scan the QR code shown in ConnectChats. You can also pair with your Google account instead.
    • Your chats appear in the dashboard, where you choose which ones your AI app can see.
  3. Pick the chats Claude Code can see

    Every chat is listed in your ConnectChats dashboard. Share all of them or only the ones you choose. Claude Code never sees the rest.

  4. Ask Claude Code about your Google Messages

    Open a new conversation in Claude Code and ask about your chats. Claude Code calls ConnectChats when it needs your messages.

How Google Messages and Claude Code work together

ConnectChats pairs with your Android phone the same way Google Messages for web does, so your texts and RCS chats reach your AI app. You choose which conversations it can see.

Your Google Messages stays under your control

How we protect your messages

Questions

Can Claude Code read my Google Messages messages?

Yes, once you link Google Messages in ConnectChats and add ConnectChats to Claude Code. Claude Code reads only the chats you share, and only when you ask it something that needs them.

Can Claude Code send Google Messages messages for me?

Claude Code can draft a reply and send it after you approve it. Messages go out from your own Google Messages account. You can allow automatic sending for specific chats, and it stays off everywhere else.

Is the Google Messages to Claude Code integration free?

Yes. The free plan links two chat apps and works in every supported AI app, with no limit on what you ask. No card needed.

Do I need to install anything?

No. You add ConnectChats inside Claude Code and link Google Messages from your browser. There is no app to download and nothing runs on your computer.

Does it work with other AI apps too?

Yes. The same ConnectChats account works in ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, Manus, Muse and any AI app that supports remote MCP servers. Link Google Messages once and use it everywhere.

Does my phone need to stay on?

Yes. Google Messages works through your phone, so texts only come through while it is on and online, just like Google Messages for web.

Does it work on iPhone?

No. Google Messages is an Android app. iPhone texts come through the iMessage connection, which needs a Mac.

Can I share the setup with my team through .mcp.json?

Yes, with --scope project the server goes into .mcp.json in the repository. Each person still signs in with their own passkey and sees only their own chats.

Does Claude Code see my chats in every session?

Only when it calls a ConnectChats tool, which it does when you ask about your messages. It reads only the chats you share.

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