iMessage Setup

by anthropics

iMessage Setup is a DevOps skill for Claude Code, published by anthropics in claude-plugins-official.

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Install iMessage Setup

Copy iMessage Setup into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official/tree/main/external_plugins/imessage/skills/configure ~/.claude/skills/configure

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: external_plugins/imessage/skills/configure/SKILL.md in anthropics/claude-plugins-official
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/configure
Collection: One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: DevOps — 798 skills

What iMessage Setup does

iMessage Setup checks the iMessage channel configuration and access policy for Claude Code. Use it to diagnose missing Full Disk Access, review allowed senders, and adjust the allowlist or pairing policy.

iMessage Setup is cataloged under DevOps on DirSkills. iMessage Setup comes from a repository tagged claude-code, mcp and skills.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

/imessage:configure — iMessage Channel Setup

There's no token to save — iMessage reads ~/Library/Messages/chat.db directly. This skill checks whether that works and orients the user on access policy.

Arguments passed: $ARGUMENTS (unused — this skill only shows status)

Status and guidance

Read state and give the user a complete picture:

Full Disk Access — run ls ~/Library/Messages/chat.db. If it fails with "Operation not permitted", FDA isn't granted. Say: "Grant Full Disk Access to your terminal (or IDE if that's where Claude Code runs): System Settings → Privacy & Security → Full Disk Access. The server can't read chat.db without it."

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about iMessage Setup

What else does anthropics publish alongside iMessage Setup?
iMessage Setup is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from anthropics/claude-plugins-official, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Agent Development, Build MCP App and Build MCP Server. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way iMessage Setup does, and is maintained by anthropics in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the anthropics/claude-plugins-official page.
How does iMessage Setup compare to other DevOps skills?
iMessage Setup ranks #52 by stars among the 798 DevOps skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Backend Patterns, API Connector Builder and Migration. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of iMessage Setup against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.