ConnectChats

Signal + Cursor integration

Connect Signal to Cursor

ConnectChats brings your Signal chats into Cursor. Ask Cursor 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 Cursor can do with your Signal

ConnectChats gives Cursor a small set of tools. Cursor calls them when you ask about your Signal chats, and only for the chats you share.

Things to ask Cursor

Type these in Cursor once Signal is linked.

How to connect Signal to Cursor

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 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.
  2. Link your Signal account

    • Open https://connectchats.com/app and choose Link a chat app, then Signal.
    • On your phone, open Signal, go to Settings, then Linked devices, and tap Link a new device.
    • Scan the QR code shown in ConnectChats.
    • Your chats then appear in the dashboard, where you choose which ones your AI app can see.
  3. 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.

  4. Ask Cursor about your Signal

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

How Signal and Cursor work together

ConnectChats links to your Signal account as a linked device, the same way Signal Desktop does, and brings in the chats you choose. Your phone stays your main device, and you can unlink ConnectChats from it at any time.

Your Signal stays under your control

How we protect your messages

Questions

Can Cursor read my Signal messages?

Yes, once you link Signal in ConnectChats and add ConnectChats to Cursor. Cursor reads only the chats you share, and only when you ask it something that needs them.

Can Cursor send Signal messages for me?

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

Is the Signal to Cursor 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 Cursor and link Signal 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 Signal once and use it everywhere.

Does linking ConnectChats weaken Signal's encryption?

Signal still encrypts messages on their way to every device, including ConnectChats. ConnectChats is one of those devices, so it can read the messages it receives. It then stores them encrypted with a key only your passkey can unlock. If you want a chat to stay out of it, do not share it, or do not link Signal.

Will I see my old Signal messages?

Mostly not. Signal shares little or no history with a newly linked device, so expect messages from the moment you link onward.

What do I need to link Signal?

Only Signal on your phone. Open https://connectchats.com/app, choose Signal, then scan the QR code from Settings, Linked devices, Link a new device in Signal.

Should I put ConnectChats in the project mcp.json?

Usually not. Your chats are personal, so the global ~/.cursor/mcp.json is the better place. If you commit a project file, teammates still sign in with their own passkey and see only their own chats.

Where do I see whether ConnectChats is connected?

Open Customize in the sidebar. Connection problems show in the Output panel under MCP Logs.

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