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Apple Messages for Grok

io.github.mgcrea/mcp-apple-messages

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

client:Grok transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Apple Messages in Grok

.mcp.json (in your project root)

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

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

Grok Build reads Claude Code's .mcp.json and Claude Desktop's config unchanged, so a server you have already set up there needs nothing new. The Grok web app and X integration do not take custom servers. Grok docs

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