MCP server for virtual phone number verification — SMS activations for AI agents via Claude, Cursor, VS Code Copilot
MCP server for virtual phone number verification — SMS activations for AI agents via Claude, Cursor, VS Code Copilot. The mcp mcp server wraps that behind the Model Context Protocol, so an assistant can use it through 6 defined tools rather than through you.
Platfone provides virtual phone numbers for account verification, testing, and automation workflows. The Platfone MCP server enables AI agents to obtain temporary numbers and receive SMS messages from MCP-compatible clients like Claude, VS Code Copilot, Codex, etc.
Everything the assistant can do here goes through one of these:
get_balance — Check account balance: total, reserved, and available fundscheck_price — Check pricing and availability for a country + service pair before orderingorder_number — Order a virtual phone number. Accepts names ("Israel") or IDs ("il"). Returns activation_id + phonecheck_sms — Poll activation state. Returns SMS code when received, or current status with polling instructionsretry_activation — Request another SMS on the same number. Free of chargecancel_activation — Cancel an active activation before SMS is received. Refunds reserved amountYou will need one environment variable: PLATFONE_API_KEY. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.
Installation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at @platfone/mcp on npm and it is fetched when the client starts. The copy-paste blocks for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are further down this page.
Plenty of developer tooling servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. MCP's toolset — get_balance, check_price, order_number and 3 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by platfone-com; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
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| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| get_balance | Check account balance: total, reserved, and available funds. |
| check_price | Check pricing and availability for a country + service pair before ordering. |
| order_number | Order a virtual phone number. Accepts names ("Israel") or IDs ("il"). Returns activation_id + phone. |
| check_sms | Poll activation state. Returns SMS code when received, or current status with polling instructions. |
| retry_activation | Request another SMS on the same number. Free of charge. |
| cancel_activation | Cancel an active activation before SMS is received. Refunds reserved amount. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"platfone-com": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@platfone/mcp"],
"env": {
"PLATFONE_API_KEY": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| PLATFONE_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
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