iMessage History

Read-only MCP server for searching and reading Apple Messages history on macOS.

What does this entry provide?

iMessage History is an MCP server entry in ChatHome Skills, sourced from Official MCP Registry and scored 76/100. As a Model Context Protocol server, it exposes tools that MCP-compatible LLM clients such as Claude, Cursor, and Copilot can call directly, extending an agent's reach beyond its built-in capabilities. ChatHome Skills discovered this entry through its daily ingest of official registries and GitHub discovery queries, and re-verifies repository facts, freshness signals, and install metadata on every run. The quality score weighs official-registry presence, a working install command, license clarity, GitHub star trajectory, and repository freshness — the full formula is on the Sources page. The install command above is ready to copy. Review the last-pushed date and repository status before adding iMessage History to a production agent workflow; the snapshot facts below are point-in-time values from the most recent ingest.

Snapshot facts

Source: Official MCP Registry
Quality: 76/100
Install method: npm
Repo: anipottsbuilds/imessage-mcp
Repo updated: Oct 23, 2026

Install command

npx -y imessage-mcp@3.3.2

Install method: npm

Review the upstream source before running this command.

GitHub project

Quality

Repo stars

Repo updated

Oct 23, 2026

How is this score calculated?

Weighted across six dimensions, scored 0-100.
Provenance (25): listed in an official or curated registry.
Installability (25): a runnable install command beats a declared transport, which beats a source checkout.
Maintenance (20): recency of the last push; archived entries score zero here.
Adoption (20): repository stars on a log curve.

MCP manifest

{
  "_meta": {
    "io.modelcontextprotocol.registry/official": {
      "status": "active",
      "isLatest": true,
      "updatedAt": "2026-10-23T23:11:08.143295Z",
      "publishedAt": "2026-10-23T23:11:08.143295Z",
      "statusChangedAt": "2026-10-23T23:11:08.143295Z"
    }
  },
  "server": {
    "name": "io.github.anipottsbuilds/imessage-mcp",
    "icons": [
      {
        "src": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anipottsbuilds/imessage-mcp/v3.3.2/assets/icon.svg",
        "sizes": [
          "any"
        ],
        "mimeType": "image/svg+xml"
      },
      {
        "src": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anipottsbuilds/imessage-mcp/v3.3.2/assets/icon-512.png",
        "sizes": [
          "512x512"
        ],
        "mimeType": "image/png"
      }
    ],
    "title": "iMessage History",
    "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-12-11/server.schema.json",
    "version": "3.3.2",
    "packages": [
      {
        "version": "3.3.2",
        "transport": {
          "type": "stdio"
        },
        "identifier": "imessage-mcp",
        "runtimeHint": "node",
        "registryType": "npm",
        "environmentVariables": [
          {
            "name": "IMESSAGE_PRIVACY",
            "description": "Most any caller can see: full (default for stdio), redacted, or aggregate."
          },
          {
            "name": "IMESSAGE_CONTACTS",
            "description": "live (default) names handles from Contacts; none shows handles only."
          },
          {
            "name": "IMESSAGE_DB",
            "description": "Path to a copy of chat.db instead of this Mac's Messages database."
          },
          {
            "name": "IMESSAGE_CACHE",
            "description": "Set to 0 to keep the search index in memory only."
          },
          {
            "name": "IMESSAGE_UPDATE_CHECK",
            "description": "Set to 0 to turn off the npm version check."
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "repository": {
      "url": "https://github.com/anipottsbuilds/imessage-mcp",
      "source": "github"
    },
    "description": "Read-only MCP server for searching and reading Apple Messages history on macOS."
  }
}

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