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c-contacts

macOS Contacts — search, list, and look up contact details via AppleScript.

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SKILL.md

Contacts — Address Book

Access macOS Contacts app via AppleScript. No CLI tool needed.

Commands

bash
# Search for a contact by name
osascript -e 'tell application "Contacts"
  set results to (every person whose name contains "John")
  set output to ""
  repeat with p in results
    set output to output & name of p & linefeed
    repeat with e in emails of p
      set output to output & "  Email: " & value of e & linefeed
    end repeat
    repeat with ph in phones of p
      set output to output & "  Phone: " & value of ph & linefeed
    end repeat
    set output to output & linefeed
  end repeat
  return output
end tell'

# Get all contact names
osascript -e 'tell application "Contacts" to get name of every person'

# Get a specific contact's email
osascript -e 'tell application "Contacts"
  set p to first person whose name is "John Smith"
  get value of every email of p
end tell'

# Get a specific contact's phone
osascript -e 'tell application "Contacts"
  set p to first person whose name is "John Smith"
  get value of every phone of p
end tell'

# Count contacts
osascript -e 'tell application "Contacts" to count every person'

# Search by email
osascript -e 'tell application "Contacts"
  set results to (every person whose value of emails contains "john@")
  get name of results
end tell'

Guidelines

  • Always search by partial name (uses contains) to be flexible
  • Return name, email, and phone by default
  • If multiple matches, list all and let the user pick
  • Contacts app does not need to be running — AppleScript handles it
  • Never store contact details in memory files for privacy
  • If asked "what's [name]'s number?", search contacts first, then memory

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