Connect iMessage to Claude Code

• Catch you up

  Ask what you missed and Claude Code reads your unread iMessage 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. Claude Code searches your iMessage history and quotes the message.

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• Draft replies

  Claude Code 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 iMessage account and confirms delivery. Auto-send only runs in chats where you switch it on.

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• Claude Code

  What did I miss in my iMessage chats today?

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  Summarize the family group on iMessage since Friday.

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  Who asked me a question on iMessage that I haven't answered?

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  Find the address my sister sent me on iMessage.

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  Draft a reply to Alex on iMessage saying I can make it Saturday.

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   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.
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   Link your iMessage account

   • Open https://connectchats.com/app and choose Link a chat app, then iMessage.
   • Install the ConnectChats relay on a Mac that is signed in to Messages with the same Apple Account as your iPhone.
   • The relay pairs with your ConnectChats account using a code shown in the dashboard.
   • Keep the Mac on and awake. Your chats appear in the dashboard, where you choose which ones your AI app can see.
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   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.

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   Ask Claude Code about your iMessage

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

• iMessage in ConnectChats

  A Mac that stays on is required. Without one, iMessage cannot be connected, because Apple offers no other way in. One to one chats and group chats are supported, including SMS from your iPhone if Text Message Forwarding is on for that Mac. Messages arrive while the Mac is awake. If it sleeps or shuts down, new messages wait until it is back. Photos, videos and voice notes show up as short text descriptions, with their captions.

• ConnectChats in Claude Code

  Claude Code adds remote MCP servers with one command. Add ConnectChats, sign in once with your passkey, and you can ask Claude Code about your chats without leaving the terminal. The --scope user option makes ConnectChats available in every project. Leave it out to add it to the current project only. Claude Code needs a Claude Pro, Max, Team or Enterprise plan, or an Anthropic Console account. Tokens refresh on their own. To sign out, open /mcp and choose Clear authentication, or run claude mcp logout connectchats. Sign in once in an interactive session. Scripts and headless runs reuse the saved sign-in but cannot complete it.

• You pick the chats

  Claude Code only sees the iMessage chats you share. Unshare a chat and it disappears from every AI app at once.

• Drafts by default

  Claude Code prepares replies. You approve each one before it reaches iMessage, unless you turn on auto-send for that chat.

• Stored messages are encrypted

  Stored messages are encrypted with a key that only your passkey can unlock. We never train models on your messages.

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