Connect iMessage to Cursor

• Catch you up

  Ask what you missed and Cursor 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. Cursor searches your iMessage history and quotes the message.

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• Draft replies

  Cursor 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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• Cursor

  What did I miss in my iMessage chats today?

• Cursor

  Summarize the family group on iMessage since Friday.

• Cursor

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

• Cursor

  Find the address my sister sent me on iMessage.

• Cursor

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

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   Add ConnectChats to Cursor

   • Open ~/.cursor/mcp.json to use ConnectChats in every project, or .cursor/mcp.json for one project.
   • Add this entry and save: { "mcpServers": { "connectchats": { "url": "https://api.connectchats.com/mcp" } } }
   • Open Customize in the sidebar, find connectchats and sign in when Cursor asks. Use your passkey on the ConnectChats page.
   • In the agent chat, ask about your messages.
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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 Cursor can see

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

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   Ask Cursor about your iMessage

   Open a new conversation in Cursor and ask about your chats. Cursor 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 Cursor

  Cursor reads MCP servers from an mcp.json file and supports OAuth sign-in for remote servers. Add ConnectChats once and its agent can look up messages while you work, such as the bug report a teammate sent you on WhatsApp. Cursor signs in with OAuth and renews the token on its own, so you sign in once. You can switch ConnectChats off in Customize without removing it from mcp.json. Cloud Agents keep their own sign-in, separate from the desktop app. Team admins can limit which MCP servers members can use with an allowlist.

• You pick the chats

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

• Drafts by default

  Cursor 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.

How we protect your messages