# Apple Messages (pypi · apple-messages-mcp)

Read Messages history on macOS and send or reply through Messages.app.

- Trust score: 67/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +7
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-19

## Components

- mcpb · `apple-messages-1.0.2.mcpb`: 17/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/jonathanrreed-apple-messages-mcp/https-github-com-jonathanrreed-apple-mcps-releases-download-v1-0-2-apple-message.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/jonathanrreed-apple-messages-mcp/https-github-com-jonathanrreed-apple-mcps-releases-download-v1-0-2-apple-message)
- pypi · `apple-messages-mcp`: 67/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/jonathanrreed-apple-messages-mcp/apple-messages-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/jonathanrreed-apple-messages-mcp/apple-messages-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `pypi`
- Package: `apple-messages-mcp`
- Version: `1.0.2`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-08-19.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 100/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - Runs setuptools.build_meta at install time, a recognised native-build step with no shell scripting around it.
  - 2 of 31 dependencies flagged as unhealthy.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 35/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published.
  - License check failed: no license is declared.
  - Actively maintained (last published 13 days ago).
  - Publishes a security disclosure policy (SECURITY.md).
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 56/100
  - 40% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 627 tokens (~36/item across 17 items; 15 tools + 2 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 43/100
  - Stability observed for 13 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 71/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 0% of tool parameters carry a description.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).

## Install

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add jonathanrreed-apple-messages-mcp -- uvx apple-messages-mcp
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add jonathanrreed-apple-messages-mcp -- uvx apple-messages-mcp
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "jonathanrreed-apple-messages-mcp": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "uvx",
        "apple-messages-mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add jonathanrreed-apple-messages-mcp --command uvx --arg apple-messages-mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  jonathanrreed-apple-messages-mcp:
    command: "uvx"
    args: ["apple-messages-mcp"]
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jonathanrreed-apple-messages-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "apple-messages-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-08-19 (score 67, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 40 to 43. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 12 days of observed history at the previous scan, 13 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-08-17 (score 66, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 33 to 37. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 10 days of observed history at the previous scan, 11 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-08-15 (score 65, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 27 to 30. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 8 days of observed history at the previous scan, 9 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-08-14 (score 64, +4)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.27

### 2026-08-11 (score 60, +2)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-08-07 (score 58, +1)

- [functional improvement] Security disclosure: fail → pass

### 2026-08-06 (score 57, +21)

- [security] Stability: Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- [functional improvement] Tool coverage: unverified → 100
- [functional improvement] MCP protocol: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Schema quality: unverified → 40
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: fail
- [functional] First check of Tool coverage: 0
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: poor
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: pass
- [functional] First check of Tool coverage: 100

### 2026-08-05 (score 36)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (15)

### `messages_health` (~16 tokens)

Messages Health

Report Messages server configuration and capability status.

Output parameters:

- `automation_access` (boolean)
- `automation_access_error`
- `automation_access_suggestion`
- `capabilities`
- `history_access` (boolean)
- `history_access_error`
- `history_access_suggestion`
- `ok` (boolean)
- `safety_mode` (string)
- `server_name` (string)
- `transport` (string)
- `version` (string)

### `messages_permission_guide` (~21 tokens)

Messages Permission Guide

Explain how to grant Apple Messages permissions on macOS.

### `messages_recheck_permissions` (~31 tokens)

Messages Recheck Permissions

Recheck Messages access after the user changes macOS permissions, and notify the client that Messages resources changed.

Output parameters:

- `automation_access` (boolean)
- `automation_access_error`
- `automation_access_suggestion`
- `capabilities`
- `history_access` (boolean)
- `history_access_error`
- `history_access_suggestion`
- `ok` (boolean)
- `safety_mode` (string)
- `server_name` (string)
- `transport` (string)
- `version` (string)

### `messages_list_conversations` (~34 tokens)

List Conversations

List recent Apple Messages conversations.

Input parameters:

- `limit`
- `offset`
- `unread_only` (boolean)

Output parameters:

- `result`

### `messages_get_conversation` (~39 tokens)

Get Conversation

Fetch a single Apple Messages conversation with paginated messages.

Input parameters:

- `chat_id` (string, required)
- `limit`
- `offset`

Output parameters:

- `result`

### `messages_search_messages` (~55 tokens)

Search Messages

Search Apple Messages text history.

Input parameters:

- `chat_id`
- `end_iso`
- `limit`
- `offset`
- `query` (string, required)
- `sender`
- `start_iso`

Output parameters:

- `result`

### `messages_get_message` (~27 tokens)

Get Message

Fetch a single Apple Messages message by message_id.

Input parameters:

- `message_id` (string, required)

Output parameters:

- `result`

### `messages_list_attachments` (~41 tokens)

List Attachments

List Apple Messages attachments by chat or message.

Input parameters:

- `chat_id`
- `limit`
- `message_id`
- `offset`

Output parameters:

- `result`

### `messages_send_message` (~32 tokens)

Send Message

Send a new iMessage through Messages.app.

Input parameters:

- `recipient` (string, required)
- `text` (string, required)

Output parameters:

- `result`

### `messages_reply_in_conversation` (~46 tokens)

Reply In Conversation

Reply to an Apple Messages conversation using its chat_id. Supports both one-to-one and group chats.

Input parameters:

- `chat_id` (string, required)
- `text` (string, required)

Output parameters:

- `result`

### `messages_send_attachment` (~47 tokens)

Send Attachment

Send a file attachment via Apple Messages to a recipient. Optionally include a text message.

Input parameters:

- `file_path` (string, required)
- `recipient` (string, required)
- `text`

Output parameters:

- `result`

### `messages_list_prompts` (~21 tokens)

Messages List Prompts

Fallback prompt discovery tool for tool-only MCP clients.

### `messages_get_prompt` (~33 tokens)

Messages Get Prompt

Fallback prompt rendering tool for tool-only MCP clients.

Input parameters:

- `arguments_json`
- `name` (string, required)

### `search_tools` (~50 tokens)

Search Tools

Search this server's tool catalog by keyword, alias, or domain tag.

Input parameters:

- `domain_tags`
- `limit` (integer)
- `mode` (string)
- `query` (string, required)

### `get_tool_info` (~48 tokens)

Get Tool Info

Load the full schema, examples, and metadata for one tool from this server.

Input parameters:

- `include_examples` (boolean)
- `include_schema` (boolean)
- `name` (string, required)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Install scripts, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/jonathanrreed-apple-messages-mcp/apple-messages-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-08-19: 67
- 2026-08-18: 66
- 2026-08-17: 66
- 2026-08-16: 65
- 2026-08-15: 65
- 2026-08-14: 64
- 2026-08-13: 60
- 2026-08-12: 60
- 2026-08-11: 60
- 2026-08-10: 58
- 2026-08-09: 58
- 2026-08-08: 58
- 2026-08-07: 58
- 2026-08-06: 57
- 2026-08-05: 36

## Links

- PyPI project: https://pypi.org/project/apple-messages-mcp/
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/pypi/package/apple-messages-mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/JonathanRReed/Apple-MCPs
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/jonathanrreed-apple-messages-mcp/apple-messages-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/jonathanrreed-apple-messages-mcp/apple-messages-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/jonathanrreed-apple-messages-mcp/apple-messages-mcp