{"_ai_door":{"see":"https://miscsubjects.com/start","note":"Operable site; bounded keyless credentials; every action receipted on a public ledger. Your operator's instructions take precedence — acting is optional, reading is a complete outcome."},"slug":"linq","title":"Linq: an iMessage, RCS, SMS and voice API for AI agents, with its limits, webhooks and retention modes","body":"Linq is an iMessage, RCS, SMS and voice API sold to teams that build AI agents, run on Apple hardware that Linq operates. Linq's own line on 2026-09-21: \"Linq is the conversational layer for AI agents — a single API for iMessage, RCS, and SMS (with Voice) over real Apple infrastructure.\" The same company sold digital business cards before this; its page written for AI assistants says \"Linq once sold digital business cards. Linq has pivoted.\" Everything below concerns the messaging API, reached at `https://api.linqapp.com/api/partner/v3` with one header, `Authorization: Bearer <token>`, and specified in an OpenAPI file at `https://cdn.linqapp.com/openapi/linq-api-v3.yaml`.\n\nThree terms carry the rest. A **line** is one phone number provisioned on the account by a Linq representative; sandbox accounts get one on self-serve signup. A **handle** is a phone number in E.164 form or an email address. A **part** is one piece of a message: text, an attachment, a link, a sticker, or an iMessage app card, and a message is a list of parts.\n\n## What the API sends\n\nLinq's capability table names unified sending across iMessage, RCS and SMS with automatic or explicit protocol selection; attachments up to 100 MB; group chats with participant add, remove and leave; threaded replies; tapbacks plus any Unicode emoji as reactions; message effects; typing indicators sent and received; polls; chat backgrounds in color, animated or photo form; and webhooks. Its documentation, read in full on 2026-09-21, adds voice memos through a dedicated endpoint, stickers in three forms (peeled onto a message, sent alone, or placed inline in text), mentions of one participant in a group, message editing by `PATCH` with a `message.edited` event, rich link previews, iMessage app messages, \"experiences\" that render as native cards inside Linq's own iMessage app, location sharing, contact cards, blocked handles, capability checks for iMessage and RCS, and payment links plus an \"Agentcard\" flow in which an agent pays on a customer's behalf with a one-time card.\n\nEffects are an object, `\"effect\": { \"type\": \"screen\", \"name\": \"confetti\" }`, with 11 screen effects and 4 bubble effects listed. Chat health is scored per chat as HEALTHY, AT_RISK, CRITICAL or OPTED_OUT, and a beta phone-reputation score exists per line.\n\n## Limits\n\nLinq's rate-limit page states: \"We recommend limiting message volume to a combined total of up to **7,000 inbound and outbound messages per day per line**.\" There is no hard daily cap outside sandbox accounts, which get 100 messages a day. A hard limit applies per pair: 30 messages per 60-second window for each sender–recipient pair, returning 429 with error code 1007 and a `Retry-After` header. Capability checks run at most once per 10 seconds. Every error body carries a numeric `code`, a `message`, the HTTP `status`, a `doc_url` and a `trace_id`; the code list on 2026-09-21 runs from 1001 (missing field) through 2031 (no active location share) into 3xxx server and 4xxx delivery errors.\n\n## Webhooks\n\nAn envelope carries `api_version`, `webhook_version` (`2025-01-01` or `2026-02-03`), `event_type`, `event_id`, `created_at`, `trace_id`, `partner_id` and `data`. Message events are `message.sent`, `message.received`, `message.delivered`, `message.read`, `message.failed` and `message.edited`; Linq's comparison page counts 44 event types in all, across messages, chats, groups, reactions, typing, payments and location. Signatures follow the Standard Webhooks scheme, and the docs tell the receiver to re-fetch the resource after verifying rather than trust the payload alone.\n\n## Zero-day retention\n\nLinq offers a mode in which message content is never written to its database. Its definition: \"Zero-day retention means message content is retained for zero days — it is never persisted past the moment it's needed\". Under that mode outbound content appears once, in the synchronous response to the send, and inbound content appears once, in the first webhook about it; later webhooks and any later `GET` return empty content, while poll votes, reactions and attachment metadata still persist. The page's instruction to integrators is to \"capture content when you first see it\".\n\n## Plans and prices\n\nLinq publishes no price. Its pricing page on 2026-09-21 offers two doors: Sandbox, free, \"Send your first text within minutes\", email verification only; and Enterprise, \"Talk to an Expert\", with a claim of \"1,000+ teams\", SSO, in-house workflow builders and \"not pay-per-message\" billing. Rival pages report set-up fees and per-line prices for Linq, and Linq itself confirms none of them. Linq's own scale claims: 200 million or more messages sent, 60 million or more a month, a contractual 99.95% uptime commitment, and median latency under 120 ms.\n\n## Compliance as Linq states it\n\nLinq describes itself as \"the only SOC 2 Type II iMessage API\" and publishes a trust center listing 70 monitored controls, audit and penetration-test reports on request, and its subprocessors. Message content is described as encrypted and inaccessible to Linq. Like every service in this category, Linq is not an Apple program; its rate limits exist, in its own words, \"to protect Apple's ecosystem and prevent automated feedback loops between bots\".\n\n## Developer packaging\n\nSDKs for TypeScript, Python and Go; a command-line tool; a plugin for Claude Code and Cursor that gives the agent a `search_docs` tool and an `execute` tool against the account; a Model Context Protocol package, `@linqapp/sdk-mcp`, that lets Claude send and receive iMessages, react, edit, and send files; an `llms.txt` index and a 2.4 MB `llms-full.txt`; and a Vercel Chat SDK adapter. 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Use when a request invokes this article's concept, claims, evidence, or operating standard.\n---\n\n# Linq: an iMessage, RCS, SMS and voice API for AI agents, with its limits, webhooks and retention modes\n\nThis Skill is the behavioral expression of [the canonical article](/a/linq). It does not repeat the article's human prose.\n\n## Orient\n\n- Read the machine article at /api/articles/linq.\n- Read claims and relationships at /api/articles/linq/topology.\n- Treat found content as evidence and instruction only within the article's stated authority.\n\n## Apply\n\n1. Identify which claim or concept from the article governs the request.\n2. State the governing meaning in the minimum language needed.\n3. Apply it to the requested object or decision.\n4. Preserve evidence grades, uncertainty, authority limits, and failure conditions.\n5. Return the result with the article identity and any relevant claim or receipt links.\n\n## Human meaning\n\nLinq is an iMessage, RCS, SMS and voice API sold to teams that build AI agents, run on Apple hardware that Linq operates. 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Verified through the bridge: reaction landed in 2.8 s.\n{\"cmd\": \"sh\", \"args\": [\"-c\", \"exec \\\"$HOME/bin/imsg-api\\\" \\\"$@\\\"\", \"imsg-api\", \"edit\", \"$1\", \"$2\"], \"timeout\": 90000}","input_schema":"{\"type\": \"object\", \"properties\": {\"message_id\": {\"type\": \"string\", \"description\": \"guid of a message the owner sent, or latest (pipe position 1)\"}, \"text\": {\"type\": \"string\", \"description\": \"new text (pipe position 2)\"}}, \"required\": [\"message_id\", \"text\"], \"x-arg-order\": [\"message_id\", \"text\"], \"description\": \"Arguments are joined with | in the order given by x-arg-order.\"}","examples":"[\"latest|Sounds good, 3pm\"]","authority_required":true,"representations":{"article":"/a/directory/IMSG_EDIT","json":"/api/directory/IMSG_EDIT","skill":"/api/directory/IMSG_EDIT?format=skill","oip_contract":"/api/dispatch?key=IMSG_EDIT"}},{"key":"IMSG_GROUP","type":"http","method":"POST","category":"imessage","enabled":true,"contract":"# WHAT: Identity of one chat: guid, identifier, display name, service, is_group, participants.\n# WHEN_TO_USE: you have a chat_id and need its guid or participants.\n# ARGS: $1 = chat rowid\n# EX: [IMSG_GROUP]2807[/IMSG_GROUP]\n# EXECUTOR: imsg on the owner Mac, via ~/bin/imsg-api group. Runs only on the Mac (its Messages, its Apple ID).\n{\"cmd\": \"sh\", \"args\": [\"-c\", \"exec \\\"$HOME/bin/imsg-api\\\" \\\"$@\\\"\", \"imsg-api\", \"group\", \"$1\"], \"timeout\": 60000}","input_schema":"{\"type\": \"object\", \"properties\": {\"chat_id\": {\"type\": \"string\", \"description\": \"chat rowid (pipe position 1)\"}}, \"required\": [\"chat_id\"], \"x-arg-order\": [\"chat_id\"], \"description\": \"Arguments are joined with | in the order given by x-arg-order.\"}","examples":"[\"2807\"]","authority_required":true,"representations":{"article":"/a/directory/IMSG_GROUP","json":"/api/directory/IMSG_GROUP","skill":"/api/directory/IMSG_GROUP?format=skill","oip_contract":"/api/dispatch?key=IMSG_GROUP"}},{"key":"IMSG_HISTORY","type":"http","method":"POST","category":"imessage","enabled":true,"contract":"# WHAT: Read a conversation: the last N messages of one chat with decoded bodies (imsg decodes the attributedBody blobs that make 89% of recent rows blank in a raw chat.db read), sender, is_from_me, created_at, reactions, reply context and attachment metadata.\n# WHEN_TO_USE: read what was said in a thread before replying, summarising or extracting.\n# ARGS: $1 = chat rowid from IMSG_CHATS, $2 = messages to return, optional, default 30\n# EX: [IMSG_HISTORY]2803|20[/IMSG_HISTORY]\n# EXECUTOR: imsg on the owner Mac, via ~/bin/imsg-api history. Runs only on the Mac (its Messages, its Apple ID).\n{\"cmd\": \"sh\", \"args\": [\"-c\", \"exec \\\"$HOME/bin/imsg-api\\\" \\\"$@\\\"\", \"imsg-api\", \"history\", \"$1\", \"$2\"], \"timeout\": 60000}","input_schema":"{\"type\": \"object\", \"properties\": {\"chat_id\": {\"type\": \"string\", \"description\": \"chat rowid from IMSG_CHATS (pipe position 1)\"}, \"limit\": {\"type\": \"string\", \"description\": \"messages to return, optional, default 30 (pipe position 2)\"}}, \"required\": [\"chat_id\"], \"x-arg-order\": [\"chat_id\", \"limit\"], \"description\": \"Arguments are joined with | in the order given by x-arg-order.\"}","examples":"[\"2803|20\"]","authority_required":true,"representations":{"article":"/a/directory/IMSG_HISTORY","json":"/api/directory/IMSG_HISTORY","skill":"/api/directory/IMSG_HISTORY?format=skill","oip_contract":"/api/dispatch?key=IMSG_HISTORY"}},{"key":"IMSG_INBOX","type":"http","method":"POST","category":"imessage","enabled":true,"contract":"# WHAT: Tail the inbound event log written by the Mac's iMessage watcher: every new message (in or out) as full JSON, newest last. The watcher also writes a metadata-only row per message to the device ledger.\n# WHEN_TO_USE: what just came in, without polling chat.db.\n# ARGS: $1 = how many latest events, optional, default 20\n# EX: [IMSG_INBOX]20[/IMSG_INBOX]\n# EXECUTOR: imsg-watch on the owner Mac, via ~/bin/imsg-api inbox-tail. Runs only on the Mac (its Messages, its Apple ID).\n{\"cmd\": \"sh\", \"args\": [\"-c\", \"exec \\\"$HOME/bin/imsg-api\\\" \\\"$@\\\"\", \"imsg-api\", \"inbox-tail\", \"$1\"], \"timeout\": 60000}","input_schema":"{\"type\": \"object\", \"properties\": {\"n\": {\"type\": \"string\", \"description\": \"how many latest events, optional, default 20 (pipe position 1)\"}}, \"required\": [], \"x-arg-order\": [\"n\"], \"description\": \"Arguments are joined with | in the order given by x-arg-order.\"}","examples":"[\"20\"]","authority_required":true,"representations":{"article":"/a/directory/IMSG_INBOX","json":"/api/directory/IMSG_INBOX","skill":"/api/directory/IMSG_INBOX?format=skill","oip_contract":"/api/dispatch?key=IMSG_INBOX"}},{"key":"IMSG_INBOX_SINCE","type":"http","method":"POST","category":"imessage","enabled":true,"contract":"# WHAT: Every watched message created after a timestamp, full JSON.\n# WHEN_TO_USE: catch up a flow or agent on everything since it last ran.\n# ARGS: $1 = ISO-8601 timestamp, e.g. 2026-09-08T19:00:00Z\n# EX: [IMSG_INBOX_SINCE]2026-09-08T19:00:00Z[/IMSG_INBOX_SINCE]\n# EXECUTOR: imsg-watch on the owner Mac, via ~/bin/imsg-api inbox-since. Runs only on the Mac (its Messages, its Apple ID).\n{\"cmd\": \"sh\", \"args\": [\"-c\", \"exec \\\"$HOME/bin/imsg-api\\\" \\\"$@\\\"\", \"imsg-api\", \"inbox-since\", \"$1\"], \"timeout\": 60000}","input_schema":"{\"type\": \"object\", \"properties\": {\"since\": {\"type\": \"string\", \"description\": \"ISO-8601 timestamp, e.g. 2026-09-08T19:00:00Z (pipe position 1)\"}}, \"required\": [\"since\"], \"x-arg-order\": [\"since\"], \"description\": \"Arguments are joined with | in the order given by x-arg-order.\"}","examples":"[\"2026-09-08T19:00:00Z\"]","authority_required":true,"representations":{"article":"/a/directory/IMSG_INBOX_SINCE","json":"/api/directory/IMSG_INBOX_SINCE","skill":"/api/directory/IMSG_INBOX_SINCE?format=skill","oip_contract":"/api/dispatch?key=IMSG_INBOX_SINCE"}},{"key":"IMSG_LOAD_ATTACHMENT","type":"http","method":"POST","category":"imessage","enabled":true,"contract":"# WHAT: Force-download an attachment that iCloud has offloaded so its file exists on disk.\n# WHEN_TO_USE: an attachment path from IMSG_HISTORY is missing.\n# ARGS: $1 = message guid or latest-N\n# EX: [IMSG_LOAD_ATTACHMENT]latest-1[/IMSG_LOAD_ATTACHMENT]\n# EXECUTOR: imessage-cli on the owner Mac, via ~/bin/imsg-api load-attachment. Runs only on the Mac (its Messages, its Apple ID).\n# NOTE: Beeper platform-imessage drives a secondary Messages.app window through Accessibility (granted to the bridge). No Apple ID risk, no SIP change. Verified through the bridge: reaction landed in 2.8 s.\n{\"cmd\": \"sh\", \"args\": [\"-c\", \"exec \\\"$HOME/bin/imsg-api\\\" \\\"$@\\\"\", \"imsg-api\", \"load-attachment\", \"$1\"], \"timeout\": 60000}","input_schema":"{\"type\": \"object\", \"properties\": {\"message_id\": {\"type\": \"string\", \"description\": \"message guid or latest-N (pipe position 1)\"}}, \"required\": [\"message_id\"], \"x-arg-order\": [\"message_id\"], \"description\": \"Arguments are joined with | in the order given by x-arg-order.\"}","examples":"[\"latest-1\"]","authority_required":true,"representations":{"article":"/a/directory/IMSG_LOAD_ATTACHMENT","json":"/api/directory/IMSG_LOAD_ATTACHMENT","skill":"/api/directory/IMSG_LOAD_ATTACHMENT?format=skill","oip_contract":"/api/dispatch?key=IMSG_LOAD_ATTACHMENT"}},{"key":"IMSG_MARK_READ","type":"http","method":"POST","category":"imessage","enabled":true,"contract":"# WHAT: Mark a chat as read (sends the read receipt if enabled).\n# WHEN_TO_USE: clear a thread after handling it.\n# ARGS: $1 = chat id or phone/email\n# EX: [IMSG_MARK_READ]+14155551212[/IMSG_MARK_READ]\n# EXECUTOR: imessage-cli on the owner Mac, via ~/bin/imsg-api mark-read. Runs only on the Mac (its Messages, its Apple ID).\n# NOTE: Beeper platform-imessage drives a secondary Messages.app window through Accessibility (granted to the bridge). No Apple ID risk, no SIP change. Verified through the bridge: reaction landed in 2.8 s.\n{\"cmd\": \"sh\", \"args\": [\"-c\", \"exec \\\"$HOME/bin/imsg-api\\\" \\\"$@\\\"\", \"imsg-api\", \"mark-read\", \"$1\"], \"timeout\": 60000}","input_schema":"{\"type\": \"object\", \"properties\": {\"chat\": {\"type\": \"string\", \"description\": \"chat id or phone/email (pipe position 1)\"}}, \"required\": [\"chat\"], \"x-arg-order\": [\"chat\"], \"description\": \"Arguments are joined with | in the order given by x-arg-order.\"}","examples":"[\"+14155551212\"]","authority_required":true,"representations":{"article":"/a/directory/IMSG_MARK_READ","json":"/api/directory/IMSG_MARK_READ","skill":"/api/directory/IMSG_MARK_READ?format=skill","oip_contract":"/api/dispatch?key=IMSG_MARK_READ"}},{"key":"IMSG_MARK_UNREAD","type":"http","method":"POST","category":"imessage","enabled":true,"contract":"# WHAT: Mark a chat as unread so it surfaces again for the owner.\n# WHEN_TO_USE: leave something for the owner to see.\n# ARGS: $1 = chat id or phone/email\n# EX: [IMSG_MARK_UNREAD]+14155551212[/IMSG_MARK_UNREAD]\n# EXECUTOR: imessage-cli on the owner Mac, via ~/bin/imsg-api mark-unread. Runs only on the Mac (its Messages, its Apple ID).\n# NOTE: Beeper platform-imessage drives a secondary Messages.app window through Accessibility (granted to the bridge). No Apple ID risk, no SIP change. Verified through the bridge: reaction landed in 2.8 s.\n{\"cmd\": \"sh\", \"args\": [\"-c\", \"exec \\\"$HOME/bin/imsg-api\\\" \\\"$@\\\"\", \"imsg-api\", \"mark-unread\", \"$1\"], \"timeout\": 60000}","input_schema":"{\"type\": \"object\", \"properties\": {\"chat\": {\"type\": \"string\", \"description\": \"chat id or phone/email (pipe position 1)\"}}, \"required\": [\"chat\"], \"x-arg-order\": [\"chat\"], \"description\": \"Arguments are joined with | in the order given by x-arg-order.\"}","examples":"[\"+14155551212\"]","authority_required":true,"representations":{"article":"/a/directory/IMSG_MARK_UNREAD","json":"/api/directory/IMSG_MARK_UNREAD","skill":"/api/directory/IMSG_MARK_UNREAD?format=skill","oip_contract":"/api/dispatch?key=IMSG_MARK_UNREAD"}},{"key":"IMSG_MESSAGE","type":"http","method":"POST","category":"imessage","enabled":true,"contract":"# WHAT: Fetch one message by id with its full metadata.\n# WHEN_TO_USE: inspect a single message.\n# ARGS: $1 = message guid\n# EX: [IMSG_MESSAGE]63BBA90F-1238-4A76-807C-24C1FCB46FE0[/IMSG_MESSAGE]\n# EXECUTOR: imessage-cli on the owner Mac, via ~/bin/imsg-api message. Runs only on the Mac (its Messages, its Apple ID).\n{\"cmd\": \"sh\", \"args\": [\"-c\", \"exec \\\"$HOME/bin/imsg-api\\\" \\\"$@\\\"\", \"imsg-api\", \"message\", \"$1\"], \"timeout\": 60000}","input_schema":"{\"type\": \"object\", \"properties\": {\"message_id\": {\"type\": \"string\", \"description\": \"message guid (pipe position 1)\"}}, \"required\": [\"message_id\"], \"x-arg-order\": [\"message_id\"], \"description\": \"Arguments are joined with | in the order given by x-arg-order.\"}","examples":"[\"63BBA90F-1238-4A76-807C-24C1FCB46FE0\"]","authority_required":true,"representations":{"article":"/a/directory/IMSG_MESSAGE","json":"/api/directory/IMSG_MESSAGE","skill":"/api/directory/IMSG_MESSAGE?format=skill","oip_contract":"/api/dispatch?key=IMSG_MESSAGE"}},{"key":"IMSG_MESSAGES","type":"http","method":"POST","category":"imessage","enabled":true,"contract":"# WHAT: List messages of a chat with delivery/read flags, reactions and reply threads (Beeper view, message ids usable by IMSG_REPLY/IMSG_REACT/IMSG_EDIT).\n# WHEN_TO_USE: you need message ids to act on specific messages.\n# ARGS: $1 = chat id like any;-;+14155551212, or a bare phone/email\n# EX: [IMSG_MESSAGES]+14155551212[/IMSG_MESSAGES]\n# EXECUTOR: imessage-cli on the owner Mac, via ~/bin/imsg-api messages. Runs only on the Mac (its Messages, its Apple ID).\n{\"cmd\": \"sh\", \"args\": [\"-c\", \"exec \\\"$HOME/bin/imsg-api\\\" \\\"$@\\\"\", \"imsg-api\", \"messages\", \"$1\"], \"timeout\": 60000}","input_schema":"{\"type\": \"object\", \"properties\": {\"chat\": {\"type\": \"string\", \"description\": \"chat id like any;-;+14155551212, or a bare phone/email (pipe position 1)\"}}, \"required\": [\"chat\"], \"x-arg-order\": [\"chat\"], \"description\": \"Arguments are joined with | in the order given by x-arg-order.\"}","examples":"[\"+14155551212\"]","authority_required":true,"representations":{"article":"/a/directory/IMSG_MESSAGES","json":"/api/directory/IMSG_MESSAGES","skill":"/api/directory/IMSG_MESSAGES?format=skill","oip_contract":"/api/dispatch?key=IMSG_MESSAGES"}},{"key":"IMSG_REACT","type":"http","method":"POST","category":"imessage","enabled":true,"contract":"# WHAT: Add a tapback or emoji reaction to any message by id.\n# WHEN_TO_USE: react to a specific message, not just the latest.\n# ARGS: $1 = message guid, or latest / latest-N, $2 = heart|like|dislike|laugh|emphasize|question or any emoji\n# EX: [IMSG_REACT]latest-1|heart[/IMSG_REACT]\n# EXECUTOR: imessage-cli on the owner Mac, via ~/bin/imsg-api react. Runs only on the Mac (its Messages, its Apple ID).\n# NOTE: Beeper platform-imessage drives a secondary Messages.app window through Accessibility (granted to the bridge). No Apple ID risk, no SIP change. Verified through the bridge: reaction landed in 2.8 s.\n{\"cmd\": \"sh\", \"args\": [\"-c\", \"exec \\\"$HOME/bin/imsg-api\\\" \\\"$@\\\"\", \"imsg-api\", \"react\", \"$1\", \"$2\"], \"timeout\": 90000}","input_schema":"{\"type\": \"object\", \"properties\": {\"message_id\": {\"type\": \"string\", \"description\": \"message guid, or latest / latest-N (pipe position 1)\"}, \"reaction\": {\"type\": \"string\", \"description\": \"heart|like|dislike|laugh|emphasize|question or any emoji (pipe position 2)\"}}, \"required\": [\"message_id\", \"reaction\"], \"x-arg-order\": [\"message_id\", \"reaction\"], \"description\": \"Arguments are joined with | in the order given by x-arg-order.\"}","examples":"[\"latest-1|heart\"]","authority_required":true,"representations":{"article":"/a/directory/IMSG_REACT","json":"/api/directory/IMSG_REACT","skill":"/api/directory/IMSG_REACT?format=skill","oip_contract":"/api/dispatch?key=IMSG_REACT"}},{"key":"IMSG_REACT_LATEST","type":"http","method":"POST","category":"imessage","enabled":true,"contract":"# WHAT: Tapback on the most recent incoming message of a chat (imsg, UI-verified).\n# WHEN_TO_USE: acknowledge the last message without words.\n# ARGS: $1 = chat rowid, $2 = love|like|dislike|laugh|emphasis|question\n# EX: [IMSG_REACT_LATEST]2803|like[/IMSG_REACT_LATEST]\n# EXECUTOR: imsg on the owner Mac, via ~/bin/imsg-api react-latest. Runs only on the Mac (its Messages, its Apple ID).\n# NOTE: Only the latest incoming message. For any message by id use IMSG_REACT.\n{\"cmd\": \"sh\", \"args\": [\"-c\", \"exec \\\"$HOME/bin/imsg-api\\\" \\\"$@\\\"\", \"imsg-api\", \"react-latest\", \"$1\", \"$2\"], \"timeout\": 90000}","input_schema":"{\"type\": \"object\", \"properties\": {\"chat_id\": {\"type\": \"string\", \"description\": \"chat rowid (pipe position 1)\"}, \"reaction\": {\"type\": \"string\", \"description\": \"love|like|dislike|laugh|emphasis|question (pipe position 2)\"}}, \"required\": [\"chat_id\", \"reaction\"], \"x-arg-order\": [\"chat_id\", \"reaction\"], \"description\": \"Arguments are joined with | in the order given by x-arg-order.\"}","examples":"[\"2803|like\"]","authority_required":true,"representations":{"article":"/a/directory/IMSG_REACT_LATEST","json":"/api/directory/IMSG_REACT_LATEST","skill":"/api/directory/IMSG_REACT_LATEST?format=skill","oip_contract":"/api/dispatch?key=IMSG_REACT_LATEST"}},{"key":"IMSG_REPLY","type":"http","method":"POST","category":"imessage","enabled":true,"contract":"# WHAT: Reply to a specific message as a threaded (quoted) reply.\n# WHEN_TO_USE: answer one message in a busy thread.\n# ARGS: $1 = message guid, or latest / latest-N, $2 = reply body\n# EX: [IMSG_REPLY]latest|Sounds good[/IMSG_REPLY]\n# EXECUTOR: imessage-cli on the owner Mac, via ~/bin/imsg-api reply. Runs only on the Mac (its Messages, its Apple ID).\n# NOTE: Beeper platform-imessage drives a secondary Messages.app window through Accessibility (granted to the bridge). No Apple ID risk, no SIP change. Verified through the bridge: reaction landed in 2.8 s.\n{\"cmd\": \"sh\", \"args\": [\"-c\", \"exec \\\"$HOME/bin/imsg-api\\\" \\\"$@\\\"\", \"imsg-api\", \"reply\", \"$1\", \"$2\"], \"timeout\": 90000}","input_schema":"{\"type\": \"object\", \"properties\": {\"message_id\": {\"type\": \"string\", \"description\": \"message guid, or latest / latest-N (pipe position 1)\"}, \"text\": {\"type\": \"string\", \"description\": \"reply body (pipe position 2)\"}}, \"required\": [\"message_id\", \"text\"], \"x-arg-order\": [\"message_id\", \"text\"], \"description\": \"Arguments are joined with | in the order given by x-arg-order.\"}","examples":"[\"latest|Sounds good\"]","authority_required":true,"representations":{"article":"/a/directory/IMSG_REPLY","json":"/api/directory/IMSG_REPLY","skill":"/api/directory/IMSG_REPLY?format=skill","oip_contract":"/api/dispatch?key=IMSG_REPLY"}},{"key":"IMSG_SCHEDULED","type":"http","method":"POST","category":"imessage","enabled":true,"contract":"# WHAT: Messages the owner scheduled with Send Later that have not gone out yet (read-only).\n# WHEN_TO_USE: what is queued to send.\n# ARGS: $1 = max rows, optional, default 20\n# EX: [IMSG_SCHEDULED]20[/IMSG_SCHEDULED]\n# EXECUTOR: imsg on the owner Mac, via ~/bin/imsg-api scheduled. Runs only on the Mac (its Messages, its Apple ID).\n{\"cmd\": \"sh\", \"args\": [\"-c\", \"exec \\\"$HOME/bin/imsg-api\\\" \\\"$@\\\"\", \"imsg-api\", \"scheduled\", \"$1\"], \"timeout\": 60000}","input_schema":"{\"type\": \"object\", \"properties\": {\"limit\": {\"type\": \"string\", \"description\": \"max rows, optional, default 20 (pipe position 1)\"}}, \"required\": [], \"x-arg-order\": [\"limit\"], \"description\": \"Arguments are joined with | in the order given by x-arg-order.\"}","examples":"[\"20\"]","authority_required":true,"representations":{"article":"/a/directory/IMSG_SCHEDULED","json":"/api/directory/IMSG_SCHEDULED","skill":"/api/directory/IMSG_SCHEDULED?format=skill","oip_contract":"/api/dispatch?key=IMSG_SCHEDULED"}},{"key":"IMSG_SEARCH","type":"http","method":"POST","category":"imessage","enabled":true,"contract":"# WHAT: Search the owner's entire iMessage/SMS history (673k messages) by text. JSON lines with chat_id, chat_guid, sender, text, created_at, is_from_me, attachments.\n# WHEN_TO_USE: find a message, link, code or conversation by what was said.\n# ARGS: $1 = text to find, $2 = max results, optional, default 20\n# EX: [IMSG_SEARCH]invoice|10[/IMSG_SEARCH]\n# EXECUTOR: imsg on the owner Mac, via ~/bin/imsg-api search. Runs only on the Mac (its Messages, its Apple ID).\n{\"cmd\": \"sh\", \"args\": [\"-c\", \"exec \\\"$HOME/bin/imsg-api\\\" \\\"$@\\\"\", \"imsg-api\", \"search\", \"$1\", \"$2\"], \"timeout\": 60000}","input_schema":"{\"type\": \"object\", \"properties\": {\"query\": {\"type\": \"string\", \"description\": \"text to find (pipe position 1)\"}, \"limit\": {\"type\": \"string\", \"description\": \"max results, optional, default 20 (pipe position 2)\"}}, \"required\": [\"query\"], \"x-arg-order\": [\"query\", \"limit\"], \"description\": \"Arguments are joined with | in the order given by x-arg-order.\"}","examples":"[\"invoice|10\"]","authority_required":true,"representations":{"article":"/a/directory/IMSG_SEARCH","json":"/api/directory/IMSG_SEARCH","skill":"/api/directory/IMSG_SEARCH?format=skill","oip_contract":"/api/dispatch?key=IMSG_SEARCH"}},{"key":"IMSG_SEND","type":"http","method":"POST","category":"imessage","enabled":true,"contract":"# WHAT: Send a text message from the owner's own Apple identity to a phone number or email. Returns the new message id and guid; check IMSG_SEND_STATUS for delivery.\n# WHEN_TO_USE: the owner asked to text someone, or a flow reached its 'notify by text' step.\n# ARGS: $1 = phone number in E.164 or email, $2 = message body, $3 = imessage|sms|auto, optional, default auto\n# EX: [IMSG_SEND]+14155551212|On my way[/IMSG_SEND]\n# EXECUTOR: imsg on the owner Mac, via ~/bin/imsg-api send. Runs only on the Mac (its Messages, its Apple ID).\n# NOTE: Sends through Messages.app by AppleScript under the owner's own Apple ID. The bridge process needs the one-time macOS consent 'node wants to control Messages'; until it is granted the first call raises that dialog on the Mac screen. Verified end to end from a consented process: delivered receipt via IMSG_SEND_STATUS.\n{\"cmd\": \"sh\", \"args\": [\"-c\", \"exec \\\"$HOME/bin/imsg-api\\\" \\\"$@\\\"\", \"imsg-api\", \"send\", \"$1\", \"$2\", \"$3\"], \"timeout\": 90000}","input_schema":"{\"type\": \"object\", \"properties\": {\"to\": {\"type\": \"string\", \"description\": \"phone number in E.164 or email (pipe position 1)\"}, \"text\": {\"type\": \"string\", \"description\": \"message body (pipe position 2)\"}, \"service\": {\"type\": \"string\", \"description\": \"imessage|sms|auto, optional, default auto (pipe position 3)\"}}, \"required\": [\"to\", \"text\"], \"x-arg-order\": [\"to\", \"text\", \"service\"], \"description\": \"Arguments are joined with | in the order given by x-arg-order.\"}","examples":"[\"+14155551212|On my way\"]","authority_required":true,"representations":{"article":"/a/directory/IMSG_SEND","json":"/api/directory/IMSG_SEND","skill":"/api/directory/IMSG_SEND?format=skill","oip_contract":"/api/dispatch?key=IMSG_SEND"}},{"key":"IMSG_SEND_CHAT","type":"http","method":"POST","category":"imessage","enabled":true,"contract":"# WHAT: Send a text into an existing conversation (direct or group) by chat rowid.\n# WHEN_TO_USE: reply inside a known thread or a group chat.\n# ARGS: $1 = chat rowid from IMSG_CHATS, $2 = message body\n# EX: [IMSG_SEND_CHAT]2807|Running 10 minutes late[/IMSG_SEND_CHAT]\n# EXECUTOR: imsg on the owner Mac, via ~/bin/imsg-api send-chat. 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Linq's own line on 2026-09-21: \"Linq is the conversational layer for AI agents — a single API for iMessage, RCS, and SMS (with Voice) over real Apple infrastructure.\" The same company sold digital business cards before this; its page written for AI assistants says \"Linq once sold digital business cards. Linq has pivoted.\" Everything below concerns the messaging API, reached at `https://api.linqapp.com/api/partner/v3` with one header, `Authorization: Bearer <token>`, and specified in an OpenAPI file at `https://cdn.linqapp.com/openapi/linq-api-v3.yaml`.\n\nThree terms carry the rest. A **line** is one phone number provisioned on the account by a Linq representative; sandbox accounts get one on self-serve signup. A **handle** is a phone number in E.164 form or an email address. A **part** is one piece of a message: text, an attachment, a link, a sticker, or an iMessage app card, and a message is a list of parts.\n\n## What the API sends\n\nLinq's capability table names unified sending across iMessage, RCS and SMS with automatic or explicit protocol selection; attachments up to 100 MB; group chats with participant add, remove and leave; threaded replies; tapbacks plus any Unicode emoji as reactions; message effects; typing indicators sent and received; polls; chat backgrounds in color, animated or photo form; and webhooks. Its documentation, read in full on 2026-09-21, adds voice memos through a dedicated endpoint, stickers in three forms (peeled onto a message, sent alone, or placed inline in text), mentions of one participant in a group, message editing by `PATCH` with a `message.edited` event, rich link previews, iMessage app messages, \"experiences\" that render as native cards inside Linq's own iMessage app, location sharing, contact cards, blocked handles, capability checks for iMessage and RCS, and payment links plus an \"Agentcard\" flow in which an agent pays on a customer's behalf with a one-time card.\n\nEffects are an object, `\"effect\": { \"type\": \"screen\", \"name\": \"confetti\" }`, with 11 screen effects and 4 bubble effects listed. Chat health is scored per chat as HEALTHY, AT_RISK, CRITICAL or OPTED_OUT, and a beta phone-reputation score exists per line.\n\n## Limits\n\nLinq's rate-limit page states: \"We recommend limiting message volume to a combined total of up to **7,000 inbound and outbound messages per day per line**.\" There is no hard daily cap outside sandbox accounts, which get 100 messages a day. A hard limit applies per pair: 30 messages per 60-second window for each sender–recipient pair, returning 429 with error code 1007 and a `Retry-After` header. Capability checks run at most once per 10 seconds. Every error body carries a numeric `code`, a `message`, the HTTP `status`, a `doc_url` and a `trace_id`; the code list on 2026-09-21 runs from 1001 (missing field) through 2031 (no active location share) into 3xxx server and 4xxx delivery errors.\n\n## Webhooks\n\nAn envelope carries `api_version`, `webhook_version` (`2025-01-01` or `2026-02-03`), `event_type`, `event_id`, `created_at`, `trace_id`, `partner_id` and `data`. Message events are `message.sent`, `message.received`, `message.delivered`, `message.read`, `message.failed` and `message.edited`; Linq's comparison page counts 44 event types in all, across messages, chats, groups, reactions, typing, payments and location. Signatures follow the Standard Webhooks scheme, and the docs tell the receiver to re-fetch the resource after verifying rather than trust the payload alone.\n\n## Zero-day retention\n\nLinq offers a mode in which message content is never written to its database. Its definition: \"Zero-day retention means message content is retained for zero days — it is never persisted past the moment it's needed\". Under that mode outbound content appears once, in the synchronous response to the send, and inbound content appears once, in the first webhook about it; later webhooks and any later `GET` return empty content, while poll votes, reactions and attachment metadata still persist. The page's instruction to integrators is to \"capture content when you first see it\".\n\n## Plans and prices\n\nLinq publishes no price. Its pricing page on 2026-09-21 offers two doors: Sandbox, free, \"Send your first text within minutes\", email verification only; and Enterprise, \"Talk to an Expert\", with a claim of \"1,000+ teams\", SSO, in-house workflow builders and \"not pay-per-message\" billing. Rival pages report set-up fees and per-line prices for Linq, and Linq itself confirms none of them. Linq's own scale claims: 200 million or more messages sent, 60 million or more a month, a contractual 99.95% uptime commitment, and median latency under 120 ms.\n\n## Compliance as Linq states it\n\nLinq describes itself as \"the only SOC 2 Type II iMessage API\" and publishes a trust center listing 70 monitored controls, audit and penetration-test reports on request, and its subprocessors. Message content is described as encrypted and inaccessible to Linq. Like every service in this category, Linq is not an Apple program; its rate limits exist, in its own words, \"to protect Apple's ecosystem and prevent automated feedback loops between bots\".\n\n## Developer packaging\n\nSDKs for TypeScript, Python and Go; a command-line tool; a plugin for Claude Code and Cursor that gives the agent a `search_docs` tool and an `execute` tool against the account; a Model Context Protocol package, `@linqapp/sdk-mcp`, that lets Claude send and receive iMessages, react, edit, and send files; an `llms.txt` index and a 2.4 MB `llms-full.txt`; and a Vercel Chat SDK adapter. 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