Google Messages + Manus integration
Connect Google Messages to Manus
ConnectChats brings your Google Messages chats into Manus. Ask Manus 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 Manus can do with your Google Messages
ConnectChats gives Manus a small set of tools. Manus calls them when you ask about your Google Messages chats, and only for the chats you share.
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Catch you up
Ask what you missed and Manus reads your unread Google Messages chats, then gives you the short version: who needs an answer, what was decided, what can wait.
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Find any message
The address someone sent last month, the price a client agreed to, the link from a group chat. Manus searches your Google Messages history and quotes the message.
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Draft replies
Manus writes the reply in your tone, in the chat's language, with the context of the whole thread. You read it, edit it, and send it.
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Send with your OK
When you approve a draft, ConnectChats sends it from your own Google Messages account and confirms delivery. Auto-send only runs in chats where you switch it on.
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Things to ask Manus
Type these in Manus once Google Messages is linked.
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What did I miss in my Google Messages chats today?
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Summarize the family group on Google Messages since Friday.
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Who asked me a question on Google Messages that I haven't answered?
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Find the address my sister sent me on Google Messages.
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Draft a reply to Alex on Google Messages saying I can make it Saturday.
How to connect Google Messages to Manus
It takes about two minutes. You do it once, and the same account then works in every AI app you add.
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Add ConnectChats to Manus
- In Manus, open Settings, then Integrations, then Custom MCP Servers, and click Add Server.
- Name it ConnectChats and paste https://api.connectchats.com/mcp as the server URL.
- Complete the ConnectChats sign-in with your passkey when Manus asks, then run the connection test.
- In a new task, ask Manus about your messages.
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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.
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Pick the chats Manus can see
Every chat is listed in your ConnectChats dashboard. Share all of them or only the ones you choose. Manus never sees the rest.
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Ask Manus about your Google Messages
Open a new conversation in Manus and ask about your chats. Manus calls ConnectChats when it needs your messages.
How Google Messages and Manus 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.
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Google Messages in ConnectChats
SMS, MMS and RCS chats, including group chats, are supported. Your phone sends and receives the texts, so it needs to stay on and connected to the internet. Each linked chat starts with its last 200 messages, then every new message arrives as it is sent. This is for Android phones. On iPhone, texts go through iMessage, which needs a Mac.
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ConnectChats in Manus
Manus can add your own MCP servers next to its built-in integrations. Once ConnectChats is added, Manus can pull messages into a task, for example to collect every supplier quote from a group chat into a table. Manus checks that it can reach the server and lists the ConnectChats tools before you use them. Long tasks can call ConnectChats many times. Tool calls are not limited on the ConnectChats free plan. Manus can draft replies as part of a task. Each one waits for your approval in ConnectChats unless the chat has auto-send on.
Your Google Messages stays under your control
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You pick the chats
Manus only sees the Google Messages chats you share. Unshare a chat and it disappears from every AI app at once.
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Drafts by default
Manus prepares replies. You approve each one before it reaches Google Messages, unless you turn on auto-send for that chat.
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Stored messages are encrypted
Stored messages are encrypted with a key that only your passkey can unlock. We never train models on your messages.
Questions
Can Manus read my Google Messages messages?
Yes, once you link Google Messages in ConnectChats and add ConnectChats to Manus. Manus reads only the chats you share, and only when you ask it something that needs them.
Can Manus send Google Messages messages for me?
Manus 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 Manus 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 Manus 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 Manus reply to messages on its own while it runs a task?
It can prepare replies, but they wait as drafts until you approve them. Turn on auto-send only for chats where you are comfortable with that.
Where are custom MCP servers in Manus?
Under Settings, Integrations, Custom MCP Servers. Manus also lets you add an MCP server by URL from its Connectors page.
Related pages
Google Messages with other AI apps
Other chat apps in Manus
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