{"slug": "imessage-mcp-io-github-anipotts-imessage-mcp-2-0-1", "title": "iMessage MCP (io.github.anipotts/imessage-mcp@2.0.1)", "summary": "The iMessage MCP server io.github.anipotts/imessage-mcp reached version 2.0.1, published to the official MCP registry on 2026-09-14 and distributed as imessage-mcp on npm, according to the mcpindex registry index. The read-only server exposes iMessage, SMS, MMS, and RCS history already stored in Apple Messages on Mac and declares 6 environment variables. mcpindex's semantic screen of the server's description returned a pass with status PARTIAL, finding no malicious instructions, while noting the deterministic conformance probe has not yet run and that the registry listing changed after the screen.", "body_md": "[← Index](/leaderboard)\n\n# iMessage MCP\n\nRead-only MCP for iMessage, SMS, MMS, and RCS history already present in Apple Messages on Mac.\n\nThe current version, v2.0.1, was published to the official MCP registry on 2026-09-14. It is distributed as imessage-mcp on npm, filed under Chat & Messaging by this index, and declares 6 environment variables. Removals and unreachable sources are measured across every server this index tracks, contract drift across the servers that answer in consecutive snapshots; [the index's current counts](/stats) put this record in context.\n\n## Using iMessage MCP in Claude, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Cline, or Zed?\n\nMCP tool contracts can change remotely with no version bump. The mcpindex gate pins each contract and **HOLDs the call** when it drifts-before your agent acts. Zero credentials. This is not the package install for this server itself (use **Install this server** for that).\n\nRewrites your MCP host config so each server launches behind the gate. Inspect first: curl -fsSL https://mcpindex.ai/install.sh | less\n\n```\nuv tool install mcpindex-gate && mcpindex-config-wire\n```\n\n[method](/methodology)\n\nSemantic screen found no manipulation pattern in the description. Conformance probe not yet run.\n\n`mcpindex.integrity.description` passINFO\nevidence“No malicious instructions”via static_description\n\n- - Semantic screen only - the deterministic conformance probe has not run on this server\n- - Confidence is reported but not yet calibrated (v1)\n- - Screen reads the tool description, not the live behavior\n- - advisory\n- - registry description only no input schema\n- - screen model 8b\n- - The registry listing (version, packages, links) changed after this screen ran - the description we assessed did not\n\nSemantic screen: an LLM judge reads the tool description for hidden instructions (status PARTIAL). A pass means the description is not lying, not that the tool is safe: a high-capability tool with an honest description still warrants caution. The deterministic conformance probe has not been run on this server yet, so the screen here is semantic-only. Posture: advisory. Confidences are reported but not yet calibrated (calibrated=false at v1). Full verdict history is not shown on this page.\n\nOwn this server? [Screen its description →](/screen)\n\n## That verdict was true at screening time (snapshot 2026-09-14).\n\nContracts can change after screening, with no version bump. The gate pins iMessage MCP’s tool contracts on first sight and holds any silent change before your agent acts - the check that keeps being true on Tuesday.\n\n[See your first HOLD in 2 minutes →](/guides/install-the-gate-first-hold)\n\nRelated: [how to trust an MCP server](/guides/how-to-trust-an-mcp-server) · [screen before install](/guides/screen-mcp-server-before-install) · [silent contract drift](/guides/mcp-silent-contract-drift)\n\nPeople vet a server before wiring it in. One line on your project site or docs answers that with an independent record: screening verdict, registry provenance, contract drift history. It stays current as new screens and drift events land.\n\n```\n[Independent trust record for iMessage MCP](https://mcpindex.ai/server/io-github-anipotts-imessage-mcp) - screening verdict, registry provenance, and contract drift monitoring.\nIndependent trust record for iMessage MCP - screening verdict, registry provenance, and contract drift monitoring.\n```\n\nA live verdict badge for your README or listing. It reflects the current screen, links back here, and updates when the verdict does.\n\n```\n[](https://mcpindex.ai/server/io-github-anipotts-imessage-mcp)\n![\"mcpindex](\"https://mcpindex.ai/api/v1/badge/io-github-anipotts-imessage-mcp\")
\n```\n\n`IMESSAGE_DB`\nAbsolute path to a live or faithfully copied Mac chat.db. Defaults to the current user's Messages database.\n\n`IMESSAGE_CONTACTS`\nUse the authorized live unified contact store or handles only. Values: live, none. Privacy-first setup uses none; the live database runtime default is live.\n\n`IMESSAGE_PRIVACY`\nStartup disclosure ceiling. Values: full, redacted, aggregate. Privacy-first setup uses redacted; stdio runtime defaults to full and HTTP to redacted.\n\n`IMESSAGE_ATTACHMENT_PATHS`\nSet to 1 to permit explicit full-mode attachment-path requests.\n\n`IMESSAGE_REFERENCE_KEY_FILE`\nOptional. The opaque-reference key is generated on first run in the state directory; set this to pin it to an operator-owned 0600 regular file of at least 32 random bytes.\n\n`IMESSAGE_DATABASE_ID_FILE`\nOptional. The database-lineage identity is generated on first run in the state directory; set this to pin a copy to the original lineage through an operator-owned 0600 regular file.\n\n[methodology](/methodology)\n\n[GuildControl MCPapp.lasers.guildcontrol/discord](/server/app-lasers-guildcontrol-discord)\n\nSafety-first MCP server for Discord with privacy-safe reads, audits, and reviewed administration\n\n[Cavyrocom.cavyro/cavyro](/server/com-cavyro-cavyro)\n\nTelegram-native CRM for agents: contacts, deals, pipelines, campaigns, docs and reports.\n\n[io.github.ar-agents/mcpio.github.ar-agents/mcp](/server/io-github-ar-agents-mcp)\n\nArgentine business automation: Mercado Pago, AFIP/ARCA, WhatsApp, banking, shipping (7 packages).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/imessage-mcp-io-github-anipotts-imessage-mcp-2-0-1", "canonical_source": "https://mcpindex.ai/server/io-github-anipotts-imessage-mcp", "published_at": "2026-09-14 16:04:50+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-14 16:53:48.895395+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "developer-tools", "ai-agents"], "entities": ["iMessage MCP", "io.github.anipotts/imessage-mcp", "mcpindex", "Apple Messages", "npm", "Claude", "Cursor", "Gemini CLI"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/imessage-mcp-io-github-anipotts-imessage-mcp-2-0-1", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/imessage-mcp-io-github-anipotts-imessage-mcp-2-0-1.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/imessage-mcp-io-github-anipotts-imessage-mcp-2-0-1.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/imessage-mcp-io-github-anipotts-imessage-mcp-2-0-1.jsonld"}}