# @mgcrea/mcp-apple-messages

Search and read Apple Messages — chats and decoded text, sending off by default

- **Type:** MCP server
- **Trust:** 85/100 (A), scored on the package rubric
- **Verification:** verified (build provenance)
- **Version:** 1.23.0
- **Author:** io.github.mgcrea
- **License:** MIT
- **npm:** @mgcrea/mcp-apple-messages
- **Source:** https://github.com/mgcrea/cupertino
- **Compatible clients:** claude-code, cursor, copilot, gemini (basis: transport)

## Trust

85/100 (A), scored on the package rubric
- Publisher verified: no
- Build provenance: verified attestation
- npm trusted publishing (OIDC): yes
- Install scripts: nothing suspicious found
- Prompt-injection scan: not run
- Obfuscation scan: not run
- Evidence age: 22 days

## Security scan

- **Status:** clean
- **Scanned:** 2026-09-02T04:26:45.808Z
- **Version scanned:** 1.9.0
- **CVEs:** none found by OSV at scan time

## Tools

10 declared. Statically extracted from the shipped source — a floor on the surface, not a census.
- `apple_messages_catch_up` — Read back what has been said in a chat and what is waiting on a reply, with handles resolved to names where that is actually possible. Read-only.
- `apple_messages_send` — Compose and send an iMessage or SMS. Requires writes. Sending is immediate and cannot be undone — this prompt confirms the recipient before anything goes out.
- `apple_messages_diagnostics` — Report whether the Messages store could be opened, how much is in it, whether names are being resolved, and what this server cannot do. Start here when a read r
- `apple_messages_send_message`
- `apple_messages_save_attachment`
- `apple_messages_list_chats` — List conversations, most recently active first, with their participants and message counts. Names come from Contacts where they resolve; where they do not, the 
- `apple_messages_find_codes`
- `apple_messages_list_messages` — Read messages, newest first — the whole store, or one conversation, or a date window. Tapbacks are excluded by default because they are rows in the same table a
- `apple_messages_search_messages` — Search message text across every conversation. Matches are substring and case-insensitive. This searches ALL messages, including the roughly 3% whose text lives
- `apple_messages_get_message` — One message in full, with its tapbacks and attachments. Reactions are reported here rather than mixed into the conversation, which is the whole reason list_mess

## Install

**Verdict: install** — No blocking findings and no open coverage gaps — safe to install as configured.
**Config** (claude-code):
```json
"{\n  \"mcpServers\": {\n    \"mcp-apple-messages\": {\n      \"command\": \"npx\",\n      \"args\": [\n        \"-y\",\n        \"@mgcrea/mcp-apple-messages\"\n      ]\n    }\n  }\n}"
```

## Blast radius

Contained to moderate — no credential declaration found, from the publisher, the upstream registry, or the README. Known so far: runs on your machine; read-only tool surface.
- Floor 13, ceiling 31 (tier: unknown)
- `unknown` means the floor and ceiling land in different bands — not measured enough to name one. It does not mean low.
- This is impact, not likelihood. A high radius is not a defect: a filesystem server is supposed to write files. It is never part of the trust score.

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## About this document

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