Kabot imsg

iMessage/SMS CLI for listing chats, history, watch, and sending.

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/kaivyy/kabot

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/kaivyy/kabot "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/kabot/skills/imsg" ~/.claude/skills/kaivyy-kabot-imsg && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: kabot/skills/imsg/SKILL.md

source content

imsg Actions

Overview

Use

imsg

to read and send Messages.app iMessage/SMS on macOS.

Requirements: Messages.app signed in, Full Disk Access for your terminal, and Automation permission to control Messages.app for sending.

Inputs to collect

Recipient handle (phone/email) for
```
send
```
```
chatId
```
for history/watch (from
```
imsg chats --limit 10 --json
```
)
```
text
```
and optional
```
file
```
path for sends

Actions

List chats

imsg chats --limit 10 --json

Fetch chat history

imsg history --chat-id 1 --limit 20 --attachments --json

Watch a chat

imsg watch --chat-id 1 --attachments

Send a message

imsg send --to "+14155551212" --text "hi" --file /path/pic.jpg

Notes

```
--service imessage|sms|auto
```
controls delivery.
Confirm recipient + message before sending.

Ideas to try

Use
```
imsg chats --limit 10 --json
```
to discover chat ids.
Watch a high-signal chat to stream incoming messages.