Setup & Installation
openclaw skills install @tyler6204/apple-contacts
Or with the ClawHub CLI, for registry-managed skill folders outside a full OpenClaw workspace:
npx clawhub install apple-contacts
What This Skill Does
Queries macOS Contacts.app via AppleScript to look up contacts by phone number or name. Returns names, phone numbers, and email addresses from the local address book.
Direct AppleScript access returns results instantly without opening the app or exporting data.
When to use it
- Finding who owns an unknown phone number
- Looking up a contact's email address by name
- Searching for contacts with a partial name match
- Retrieving all phone numbers stored for a person
- Listing every contact in the address book
Example Workflow
Here's how your AI assistant might use this skill in practice.
INPUT
User asks: What is John's phone number and email?
AGENT
- 1Search Contacts.app for persons whose name contains 'John'
- 2Retrieve the first matching person from results
- 3Extract name, phone numbers, and email addresses from the contact
- 4Return the formatted contact details
OUTPUT
John Smith, +1XXXXXXXXXX, john@example.com