Route iMessage, Mail, Notes, Reminders, and Calendar tasks into approved AI CLI workflows with Apple Flow

Use Apple-native inboxes and event surfaces as a gated control plane for local AI work, with sender allowlists, approval prompts, and workspace boundaries.

Prerequisites

macOS, Apple apps access, one supported AI CLI such as Codex, Claude, Gemini, Cline, or Kilo, Python 3.11, Node.js

Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:

• brew install python@3.11 node
• npm install -g @openai/codex
• npm install -g @google/gemini-cli
• npm install -g cline

Requirements and caveats from upstream:

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• 1) Prerequisites

• Homebrew + Python 3.11 + Node

Basic usage or getting-started notes:

• macOS with iMessage signed in

• 10 minutes

• bash

• Source: https://github.com/dkyazzentwatwa/apple-flow

• Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dkyazzentwatwa/apple-flow/HEAD/README.md

Documentation

• https://github.com/dkyazzentwatwa/apple-flow#readme

Source

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