Claude Code Channels: Text Your AI from iMessage — Complete Setup Guide

Claude Code Channels now supports iMessage natively on Mac. You can text your AI assistant from your iPhone and it texts you back — no Telegram bot, no Discord server, no external service. Just iMessage. If you've seen my Discord and Telegram channel guides, this is the simplest one yet. How It Works Your Mac stores all iMessage data in a SQLite database called chat.db . The iMessage plugin polls this database every second for new messages. When it finds one, it pushes the message to Claude Code. For replies, Claude tells Messages.app to send a text through AppleScript. Everything stays local on your Mac. No cloud services, no API tokens, no hosted bots. Prerequisites macOS (iMessage is Mac-only) Claude Code installed and up to date Full Disk Access permission for your terminal app Step 1: Grant Full Disk Access macOS protects the chat.db database. Your terminal needs Full Disk Access to read it. Open System Settings Go to Privacy & Security → Full Disk Access Add your terminal app (Te