SMS + Cursor integration
Connect SMS to Cursor
ConnectChats brings your SMS 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 SMS
ConnectChats gives Cursor a small set of tools. Cursor calls them when you ask about your SMS chats, and only for the chats you share.
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Catch you up
Ask what you missed and Cursor reads your unread SMS 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 SMS 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 SMS account and confirms delivery. Auto-send only runs in chats where you switch it on.
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Things to ask Cursor
Type these in Cursor once SMS is linked.
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What did I miss in my SMS chats today?
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Summarize the family group on SMS since Friday.
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Who asked me a question on SMS that I haven't answered?
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Find the address my sister sent me on SMS.
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Draft a reply to Alex on SMS saying I can make it Saturday.
How to connect SMS to Cursor
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 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 SMS account
- Open https://connectchats.com/app and choose Link a chat app, then SMS.
- On Android, open Google Messages, tap your profile picture, then Device pairing, and scan the QR code shown in ConnectChats.
- On iPhone, install the ConnectChats relay on a Mac signed in to Messages, and turn on Text Message Forwarding for that Mac on your iPhone.
- Your chats then 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 SMS
Open a new conversation in Cursor and ask about your chats. Cursor calls ConnectChats when it needs your messages.
How SMS and Cursor work together
How SMS works with ConnectChats depends on your phone. On Android, ConnectChats pairs with Google Messages the way Google Messages for web does. On iPhone, texts come through a Mac that receives them with Text Message Forwarding.
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SMS in ConnectChats
SMS and MMS are supported on both phones, and RCS chats on Android. The phone, or the Mac on iPhone, has to stay on and online, because it is the device that actually sends and receives the texts. When a chat is linked, it starts with its last 200 messages, then everything new. Texts are sent from your own number, after you approve them.
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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.
Your SMS stays under your control
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You pick the chats
Cursor only sees the SMS chats you share. Unshare a chat and it disappears from every AI app at once.
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Drafts by default
Cursor prepares replies. You approve each one before it reaches SMS, 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 Cursor read my SMS messages?
Yes, once you link SMS 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 SMS messages for me?
Cursor can draft a reply and send it after you approve it. Messages go out from your own SMS account. You can allow automatic sending for specific chats, and it stays off everywhere else.
Is the SMS 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 SMS 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 SMS once and use it everywhere.
Does it use my own phone number?
Yes. Texts go out from your phone through your carrier, exactly as if you had typed them. ConnectChats does not give you a new number.
Do I need a Mac for SMS on iPhone?
Yes. Apple gives no other way to reach iPhone texts, so a Mac that stays on is required. Android does not need one.
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.
Related pages
SMS with other AI apps
Other chat apps in Cursor
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