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Apple Messages for Zed

io.github.mgcrea/mcp-apple-messages

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

client:Zed transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Apple Messages in Zed

~/.config/zed/settings.json · windows: %APPDATA%\Zed\settings.json

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

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

Merge this into your existing settings object — do not replace the file. Zed docs

Apple Messages in other clients