maxcli

name	maxcli
description	Use when user wants to read, search, send, or monitor personal MAX Messenger messages through the maxcli CLI. Trigger on MAX messenger personal account tasks, direct chats, chat history, contact resolution, sending messages, and agent automation over a user account. This is for personal MAX accounts, not the official MAX Bot API.

maxcli

CLI skill for personal MAX Messenger automation through maxcli.

Install

Install this skill from GitHub:

npx skills add dapi/max-cli --skill maxcli --agent '*' -g -y

Install CLI from the repository:

cd ~/code/max-cli
python3 -m pip install -e .

Authenticate once:

maxcli auth [phone]

auth asks for the MAX code and, if enabled, a hidden 2FA password prompt. Tokens are stored outside the repo in ~/.config/maxcli/config.json.

Execution Rules

• Use maxcli for personal MAX account access. Do not use the official Bot API unless the user explicitly asks for bot integration.
• Run MAX commands sequentially. The transport is based on unofficial internal APIs and can be brittle under concurrent sessions.
• Prefer --json for agent workflows.
• Never print, paste, commit, or expose tokens from ~/.config/maxcli/config.json.
• If maxcli is not found, run cd ~/code/max-cli && python3 -m pip install -e ..
• If authentication is missing, ask the user to run maxcli auth <phone> locally when a 2FA password is required.
• If command shape is uncertain, verify it with maxcli <command> --help.
• MAX internal APIs are unstable. If a command fails at handshake/auth level, inspect the error before retrying repeatedly.

Core Commands

Account

maxcli me --json
maxcli chats list --limit 50 --json
maxcli chats search "project name" --limit 20 --json
maxcli token-path
maxcli token-clear
maxcli token-clear --remote

Resolve Direct Chats

maxcli resolve --phone [phone] --json
maxcli resolve --user-id <user_id> --json
maxcli resolve --chat-id <chat_id> --json

Use chat_id from resolve for later send, history, or listen commands.

Find Named Chats

maxcli chats search "Papado AI company OS" --json
maxcli chats search "Papado" --limit 20 --fetch-pages 10 --json
maxcli chats list --limit 50 --json

Use chats search before guessing chat ids. Increase --fetch-pages when the chat is older than the initial sync window.

Send Text

maxcli send --chat-id <chat_id> "Hello" --json
maxcli send --phone [phone] "Hello" --json
maxcli send --chat-id <chat_id> --file ./report.pdf "See attached" --json
maxcli send --chat-id <chat_id> --file ./image.png --json
maxcli send --chat-id <chat_id> --file ./a.txt --file ./b.txt --json
maxcli send --chat-id <chat_id> --stdin --json < message.txt
maxcli send --chat-id <chat_id> --reply-id <message_id> "Reply text" --json
maxcli send --chat-id <chat_id> --silent "Quiet text" --json

Read History

maxcli history --chat-id <chat_id> --limit 20 --json
maxcli history --phone [phone] --limit 20 --json
maxcli history --user-id <user_id> --limit 20 --json

Use the attaches[].index value from JSON output for downloads.

Download Attachments

maxcli download --chat-id <chat_id> --message-id <message_id> --attach-index 0 --output ./downloads/ --json
maxcli download --chat-id <chat_id> --message-id <message_id> --attach-index 0 --output ./file.pdf --force --json

The command searches recent history for the message id. Increase --limit if the message is older than the default lookup window.

Listen

maxcli listen --json
maxcli listen --chat-id <chat_id> --json

Stop listening with Ctrl+C.

Current Boundaries

• maxcli currently supports direct chat resolution by phone, user id, or known chat id.
• Named chat search/listing is available through maxcli chats search and maxcli chats list.
• File attachments are supported for send, JSON metadata inspection, and downloads where MAX exposes a retrievable URL. Reactions, editing, deleting, groups, and full-text search are not stable public surfaces yet unless the CLI exposes them.