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Transport — Messaging channels

# iMessage

Human-facing chat and mail channels agents speak. macOS-only bridges drive Messages.app — no official API, so agents piggyback on a logged-in Mac. [support.apple.com/messages ↗](https://support.apple.com/messages)

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## Who speaks it

-   01[personal agents](https://www.agentlist.io/categories/personal-agent)

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## Vendors (1)

-   [OpenClaw Foundation](https://www.agentlist.io/ai/openclaw)

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## Agents on this wire (1)

[OpenClaw OpenClaw Foundation · personal-agent cli/api · local · Free OSS (MIT), 501(c)(3)-stewarded; BYO model keys](https://www.agentlist.io/systems/openclaw)

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## Transport table

| Agent | Vendor | Category |
| --- | --- | --- |
| OpenClawOpenClaw is the category-defining self-hosted assistant: one Gateway on your own hardware connects ~29 chat channels (WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, iMessage, Slack, Discord…) to an agent with memory, skills, sessions, and multi-agent routing — stewarded by an independent 501(c)(3). | OpenClaw Foundation | personal-agent |

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## More messaging channels

-   [Discord](https://www.agentlist.io/transports/discord)
-   [Email (SMTP/IMAP)](https://www.agentlist.io/transports/email)
-   [Signal](https://www.agentlist.io/transports/signal)
-   [Slack](https://www.agentlist.io/transports/slack)
-   [Telegram](https://www.agentlist.io/transports/telegram)
-   [WhatsApp](https://www.agentlist.io/transports/whatsapp)

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Source: [iMessage — agent transport | agentlist.io](https://www.agentlist.io/transports/imessage). This is the public page rendered as Markdown; interactive controls require the website.
