Connect iMessage to OpenClaw

• Catch you up

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

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• Draft replies

  OpenClaw 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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• OpenClaw

  What did I miss in my iMessage chats today?

• OpenClaw

  Summarize the family group on iMessage since Friday.

• OpenClaw

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

• OpenClaw

  Find the address my sister sent me on iMessage.

• OpenClaw

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

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   Add ConnectChats to OpenClaw

   • Add ConnectChats with openclaw mcp add connectchats --url https://api.connectchats.com/mcp --transport streamable-http.
   • Set auth to oauth for that server in your OpenClaw config.
   • Stop the Gateway, run openclaw mcp login connectchats and sign in with your passkey in the browser.
   • Start the Gateway again, and your agent can use your shared chats.
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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 OpenClaw can see

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

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   Ask OpenClaw about your iMessage

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

  OpenClaw adds remote MCP servers from its command line or its config file, and ConnectChats works there as one of them. Add it once, sign in with your passkey, and your agent can catch you up on your chats and draft replies you approve. OpenClaw was called Clawdbot, then Moltbot, before taking its current name. OpenClaw runs on your own machine or server, so you control where it lives. ConnectChats itself is hosted, so your chat apps stay linked even when your OpenClaw machine is off. OpenClaw already talks to you through chat apps. ConnectChats is different: it gives the agent read and draft access to your own chats, with approval before anything is sent. The same ConnectChats account works in every AI app, so the chats you already linked are available in OpenClaw without linking them again.

• You pick the chats

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

• Drafts by default

  OpenClaw 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