2FA Code Finder

View 2FA codes from iMessage and Email (Apple Mail or Gmail) in Raycast.

Features

• Find 2FA codes in iMessage and Email messages
• Detect and open verification or sign-in links in emails directly
• Support for both Apple Mail and Gmail as email sources
• Configurable search window (minutes, hours, or days)
• Option to ignore already read messages
• Real-time code detection and updates

Setup

Basic Setup

1. By default, the extension uses Apple Mail as the email source, but you can change that to be Gmail OAuth
2. If you want to avoid the Mail app being opened, you can set "Enabled Sources" to "iMessage" only in the extension settings and only iMessage will be taken into account

Preferences

All preferences can be customized through Raycast Settings > Extensions > iMessage 2FA

Name	Description	Default Value	Required
Enabled Sources	Choose between iMessage, Email, or both	both	true
Email Source	Choose between Apple Mail or Gmail	applemail	true
Gmail OAuth Client ID	Client ID for Gmail authentication	-	Only if using Gmail
Default View	Default source to show when both are enabled	all	false
Search unit for 2FA	Time unit for searching messages (minutes/hours/days)	minutes	true
Search amount for 2FA	Number of units to look back for codes	5	true
Ignore already read messages	Skip messages that have been read	false	false

Using Gmail (Optional)

The extension supports Gmail as an alternative to Apple Mail. The main advantage of using Gmail is that it doesn't require the Apple Mail app to be running in the background.

To use Gmail:

1. In the extension preferences, change the "Email Source" to "Gmail"
2. Set up a Gmail OAuth Client ID (see below)
3. Enter your OAuth Client ID in the extension preferences

How to get a Gmail OAuth Client ID

For now you need to create your own OAuth Client ID to be able to use this extension. Getting a production enabled OAuth Client ID is complicated but is planned in the future.

⚠️ The following description can change over time. Make sure to obtain an OAuth key and not an API key! You can search on Google or YouTube to get a better process description like e.g. this blog post.

• Goto Google Developers Console

  Make sure that you logged in with the Google Account which will be associated with your new OAuth key

• Create a project and named it e.g. Raycast

  This step take some seconds until the project is created.

• Enable the Gmail API

  1. Click here
  2. Press the Enable button

• Enable OAuth

  1. Click here
  2. Click on OAuth consent screen on the left side
  3. Check External and click Create
  4. In App Name type Raycast
  5. In User Support Mail type your own email address
  6. In Developer Contact Info type your own email address
  7. Press Save and Continue
  8. Goto to Test Users and add the email address you wanna manage via Raycast
  9. Click on Credentials on the left side
  10. Click on the Create Credentials on the top (blue text)
  11. Press OAuth client ID
  12. In Application Type choose iOS
  13. In Name type Raycast
  14. In Bundle ID type com.raycast
  15. Press Create
  16. Now copy and paste the shown Client ID into the Preferences of this extension