2 iMessage Accounts at once
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Can Clawdbot be logged into both my account and another account?
Yes, but it requires a specific macOS setup.
Since a single macOS user can only be signed into one iMessage account at a time, you achieve "the best of both worlds" by using two macOS Users on the same Mac:
User A (Your personal login): Signed into your personal iMessage.
User B (A new macOS user called "bot"): Signed into the bot's iMessage.
Then, in your Clawdbot config, you use the accounts feature. You would have two entries:
Account 1 (Personal): Points directly to your local chat.db.
Account 2 (Bot): Uses the SSH wrapper mentioned in the docs to "tunnel" into User B's account.
The Config would look like this:
code
JSON
{
"channels": {
"imessage": {
"enabled": true,
"accounts": {
"personal": {
"name": "Personal",
"cliPath": "/usr/local/bin/imsg",
"dbPath": "/Users/dasilva333/Library/Messages/chat.db"
},
"bot": {
"name": "Bot",
"cliPath": "/path/to/imsg-ssh-wrapper",
"dbPath": "/Users/bot-user/Library/Messages/chat.db"
}
}
}
}
}
This setup allows Clawdbot to monitor your personal texts (to act as an assistant) while also having its own independent "Bot" personality that people can text separately.
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Can you confirm this is true and accurate?
Yes, but it requires a specific macOS setup.
Since a single macOS user can only be signed into one iMessage account at a time, you achieve "the best of both worlds" by using two macOS Users on the same Mac:
User A (Your personal login): Signed into your personal iMessage.
User B (A new macOS user called "bot"): Signed into the bot's iMessage.
Then, in your Clawdbot config, you use the accounts feature. You would have two entries:
Account 1 (Personal): Points directly to your local chat.db.
Account 2 (Bot): Uses the SSH wrapper mentioned in the docs to "tunnel" into User B's account.
The Config would look like this:
code
JSON
{
"channels": {
"imessage": {
"enabled": true,
"accounts": {
"personal": {
"name": "Personal",
"cliPath": "/usr/local/bin/imsg",
"dbPath": "/Users/dasilva333/Library/Messages/chat.db"
},
"bot": {
"name": "Bot",
"cliPath": "/path/to/imsg-ssh-wrapper",
"dbPath": "/Users/bot-user/Library/Messages/chat.db"
}
}
}
}
}
This setup allows Clawdbot to monitor your personal texts (to act as an assistant) while also having its own independent "Bot" personality that people can text separately.
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Can you confirm this is true and accurate?
Solution
Yes, the core concept is accurate, but there's one inaccuracy in the config example.
What's correct:
-
A single macOS user can only be signed into one iMessage account
- Two macOS users is the documented approach for dual identities
- The
- SSH wrapper approach is documented
The inaccuracy: The Discord example shows
What's correct:
-
A single macOS user can only be signed into one iMessage account-
Two macOS users is the documented approach for dual identities-
The accountschannels.imessage-
SSH wrapper approach is documentedThe inaccuracy: The Discord example shows
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