# mac-messages

> mac-messages — whogben-mac-messages-host. Use this tool when you need to access and analyze Apple Messages history on a Mac, solving problems such as data retrieval and message tracking. It provides a read-only interface to list chats, retrieve transcripts, and search message bodies through REST or streamable HTTP MCP. Ideal for use cases requiring batched message data extraction, such as data analysis or auditing, with inputs including chat IDs and search queries, and outputs including message transcripts and chat listings.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/whogben-mac-messages-host  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/whogben-mac-messages-host

## Description

Enables AI agents to read the entire Apple Messages (iMessage/SMS) history on a Mac through a read-only, batched tool that supports listing chats, retrieving transcripts, polling recent messages, and searching message bodies via REST or streamable HTTP MCP.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.67
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-04

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** ai-ml
- **Updated:** 2026-09-04

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/k416v2wooy)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/whogben/mac_messages_host>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "whogben-mac-messages-host"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/whogben-mac-messages-host` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/whogben-mac-messages-host/pull`

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