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Apple Messages for Gemini CLI

io.github.mgcrea/mcp-apple-messages

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

client:Gemini CLI transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Apple Messages in Gemini CLI

~/.gemini/settings.json · windows: %USERPROFILE%\.gemini\settings.json

Held in this page only — never stored, logged, or sent anywhere but back to your screen. 

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-apple-messages": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@mgcrea/mcp-apple-messages"
      ],
      "env": {
        "APPLE_MESSAGES_ALLOW_WRITES": "<APPLE_MESSAGES_ALLOW_WRITES>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Gemini expands $VAR and ${VAR} inside env values, so a secret can live in your shell rather than this file. Gemini CLI docs

Apple Messages in other clients

Apple Messages MCP server