Overview
add-imessage is an open-source productivity skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by nanocoai. Its author describes it as: “Add iMessage to NanoClaw — one channel, two backends. Local (this Mac's chat.db via the Chat SDK bridge; macOS + Full Disk Access) or Hosted iMessage (via photon.codes — native spectrum-ts with a device-login wizard;…”. The project has 31k stars on GitHub and is available under the MIT license. Add it to your setup with `git clone https://github.com/nanocoai/nanoclaw ~/.claude/skills/add-imessage`.
What add-imessage does
NanoClaw talks to iMessage through a single **`imessage`** channel with two pluggable backends:
What’s inside
The SKILL.md for add-imessage is organised into these sections:
- Apply
- 1. Choose a backend
- 2. Copy the adapter
- 3. Register the adapter
- 4. Install the chosen backend's package
- 5. Build and validate
- Local backend: Full Disk Access (macOS)
- Hosted backend: device login (via photon.codes)
- Restart
- Resolve your iMessage handle
- Next Steps
- Channel Info
Installation
Add add-imessage to your agent with:
git clone https://github.com/nanocoai/nanoclaw ~/.claude/skills/add-imessageReview a skill’s source before installing it — skills can instruct your agent to run commands. This command comes from the skill’s public repository, which is the source of truth for setup steps. New to skills? Read how to install Claude Code skills.
Supported agents
- Claude Code — declared in the repository topics
License
add-imessage is published under the MIT license.
Strengths
- Clear MIT license — safe to read and adapt within its terms
- Ships in nanocoai/nanoclaw, an established project with 30,542 GitHub stars
- Works with Claude Code
- Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 90 days
Author
Topics
Frequently asked questions
- What does add-imessage do?
- Add iMessage to NanoClaw — one channel, two backends. Local (this Mac's chat.db via the Chat SDK bridge; macOS + Full Disk Access) or Hosted iMessage (via photon.codes — native spectrum-ts with a device-login wizard; any OS, no Mac relay). Triggers on "add imessage", "connect imessage", "add photon", "imessage via photon", "native imessage".
- How do I install add-imessage?
- Run git clone https://github.com/nanocoai/nanoclaw ~/.claude/skills/add-imessage in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/nanocoai/nanoclaw before installing.
- Is add-imessage free to use?
- Yes. add-imessage is free and open source under the MIT license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Which agents does add-imessage work with?
- add-imessage lists Claude Code — named in its SKILL.md, its plugin marketplace or its repository topics. Skills use the portable SKILL.md format, so other agents that read that format may load it too.
- Where does add-imessage come from?
- add-imessage ships inside nanocoai/nanoclaw, a repository that contains 41 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 30,542 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.