Agent Phone Plan / MCP server

Phone call MCP server: let your coding tool place calls and send texts

Bland's hosted MCP server lets Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Gemini CLI, Claude Code, and Codex place calls and send texts.

Then $29.99/month. US and Canada. Fair use applies.

Unlimited talk

Unlimited text

One dedicated number

One concurrent call

What is a phone call MCP server?

The short answer

A phone call MCP server gives an AI tool a set of phone tools it can use through the Model Context Protocol. Bland's hosted MCP server lets your coding tool place calls and send texts from your Bland account.
Your AI asks to use a tool, you approve it, and Bland handles the call or text and returns the result.

How Bland's server works

It's a remote, streamable-HTTP server at https://api.bland.ai/v1/mcp. Every client uses the same URL.
Most clients send your API key in an Authorization: Bearer header. ChatGPT, Claude Code, and Claude Desktop can sign in with Bland instead.

Who it's for

Built for 1 AI doing 1 everyday task at a time, like checking a store's opening hours or confirming a delivery window.
Need several calls at once or high call volume? Bland's Build or Scale plans cover that instead.

How it works in 3 steps

1. Subscribe to the Agent Phone Plan

Open Billing & Plans in your Bland dashboard and choose the Agent Phone Plan. A dedicated US local number is added to your account automatically.

2. Add the MCP server to your tool

Copy your API key from your Bland dashboard settings. Add https://api.bland.ai/v1/mcp and the header Authorization: Bearer YOUR_BLAND_API_KEY to your tool's MCP config. Restart or reload the tool so the Bland tools show up.

3. Run a safe test call to your own phone

Ask your tool to call your own cell number, say it's a test, then end the call. Approve the call when your tool asks, and check that it reports back how the call went.

What your AI can do once it can call

Quick calls while you work

Check a store's opening hours before you head out.
Ask a restaurant about a table for 2 tonight and report back what they said.

Errands that need a follow-up

Request a new time for an appointment and tell you which options they offered.
Ask a hotel about late checkout and text you the answer.

Texts and incoming calls on the plan

Send texts from your number and reply to incoming texts toward the goal you set.
Receive calls on your number. If a call is already live, a new incoming call hears a busy message.

What you need before you connect

A Bland account and API key

Create a Bland account and copy your API key from the dashboard settings page.
Keep the key in an environment variable or your tool's secret storage. Never commit it to a repo.

A tool that supports remote MCP servers

Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Gemini CLI, Claude Code, and Codex all have a documented setup.
Other clients can connect if they support a streamable-HTTP MCP server with a header, or through the mcp-remote stdio bridge (Node.js 22+).

The Agent Phone Plan for a number and texting

The plan adds a dedicated number, texting, and incoming calls.
Without it, trying it for free covers outbound calls only.

Add Bland's MCP server to your tool

Cursor

Use the one-click install link in Bland's Cursor docs, then open Cursor Settings , MCP and replace YOUR_BLAND_API_KEY with your real key.
Or add a bland entry with the URL and Authorization header to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (every project) or .cursor/mcp.json (project), then restart Cursor.

VS Code

Use the one-click install link, or add a bland server of type http with the Bland URL to .vscode/mcp.json.
VS Code asks for your key on first use and stores it securely, so it never lands in the config file.

Windsurf and Gemini CLI

Windsurf (Cascade agent): add serverUrl and the Authorization header to ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json. If you use Devin Local, follow its MCP config guide with the same URL and header.
Gemini CLI: add httpUrl and the header under mcpServers in ~/.gemini/settings.json, then run /mcp to check the server.

Claude Code and Codex

Claude Code: run claude mcp add --transport http bland https://api.bland.ai/v1/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer $BLAND_API_KEY", or add it without the header and run claude mcp login bland to sign in with Bland.
Codex: add [mcp_servers.bland] with url = "https://api.bland.ai/v1/mcp" and bearer_token_env_var = "BLAND_API_KEY" to ~/.codex/config.toml, set BLAND_API_KEY, then restart Codex.

ChatGPT connector URL

https://api.bland.ai/v1/mcp

Claude Code

export BLAND_API_KEY="org_..."
claude mcp add --transport http bland https://api.bland.ai/v1/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $BLAND_API_KEY"

Codex, ~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.bland]
url = "https://api.bland.ai/v1/mcp"
bearer_token_env_var = "BLAND_API_KEY"

Cursor, ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bland": {
      "url": "https://api.bland.ai/v1/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_BLAND_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code, .vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "bland-api-key",
      "description": "Bland API key",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "bland": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.bland.ai/v1/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${input:bland-api-key}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Keep approvals on, then run a safe test call

Keep tool-approval prompts on

Tools that place calls have real-world effects. Keep your tool's approval prompts on for the Bland server instead of auto-approving everything.
Bland marks these tools as destructive and requires an explicit confirmation, so well-behaved clients ask before a call goes out.

Safe test call to your own phone

Ask your tool: call my cell number, say this is a test from my assistant, then end the call.
Approve it, answer, and check that your tool reports back how the call ended.

Try this next

Ask your tool to call a local restaurant, ask about a table for 4 on Friday at 7, and text you what they said.
Or have it confirm a delivery window and report back.

Supported apps and how they connect

ChatGPT, Claude Code, and Claude Desktop

ChatGPT: add Bland's MCP URL (https://api.bland.ai/v1/mcp) as a connector, then sign in with Bland when ChatGPT opens it.
Claude Code and Claude Desktop: connect the Bland MCP server with a Bland API key (Authorization: Bearer header) or sign in with Bland.

Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, and Gemini CLI

Codex: add Bland's MCP server to ~/.codex/config.toml and read the key from the BLAND_API_KEY environment variable. Bland sign-in isn't available for Codex yet. Sign in with Bland will apply once dynamic client registration is available. Until then, Codex uses an API key.
Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, and Gemini CLI: add the Bland MCP server URL and an API key header in each tool's own MCP config.

Grok Bot and Meta Muse

Grok Bot: wallet-assisted setup, or the manual MCP route with your API key.
Meta Muse: connects through Bland's REST API with a secure credential flow, not MCP.

Your own agent

Custom agents connect through Bland's REST API or the hosted MCP server, using an API key from your Bland dashboard settings.
Bland isn't affiliated with the companies behind these apps; it connects through each app's supported tools.

What the MCP server adds

Place calls and send texts

Once a client is connected, it can ask Bland to place a call or send a text, then report the result back in the chat. Codex phone call MCP.

One URL for every client

Bland hosts the server at https://api.bland.ai/v1/mcp. ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, VS Code, and Codex all use that URL. Claude phone calls.

One task at a time

The plan is built for 1 AI doing 1 everyday task at a time, like checking opening hours or confirming a delivery window. ChatGPT phone calls.

Agent Phone Plan pricing and fair-use limits

$14.99 for the first month (50% off), then $29.99/month. The first-month price applies once per account owner. No trial. Your card is charged when you approve, and you can cancel from the billing page. 1 dedicated US local number, with unlimited calling and texting to US and Canada numbers, subject to fair use: 1 call at a time (counted across your account, inbound and outbound), 20 calls an hour, 50 calls a day, 1,000 call minutes a day, 60 minutes max per outbound call, 20 texts an hour, and 100 texts a day. Calls and texts to numbers outside the US and Canada are blocked on this plan. Cancel in Billing and Plans. Cancellation takes effect immediately. See AI phone number cost.

Read the plan details

Agent Phone Plan

$14.99USD / first month

Then $29.99/month. First month price applies once per account owner.

Unlimited US + Canada voice minutes
Unlimited US + Canada SMS
One included US local number
One active call, inbound or outbound

Unlimited means fair use: one call at a time, 20 calls/hour, 50/day, 1,000 call minutes/day, 60 minutes max per outbound call, 20 texts/hour, 100/day, US and Canada only. See plan limits.
Charged when you approve. There is no trial. Cancel in Billing and Plans. Cancellation takes effect immediately.

Questions

What's the difference between the Agent Phone Plan and trying it for free?

The Agent Phone Plan ($14.99 for the first month, then $29.99/month) gives your AI a dedicated US local number to make and receive calls and send and receive texts, with unlimited US and Canada calling and texting, subject to fair use: 1 call at a time (counted across your account, inbound and outbound), 20 calls an hour, 50 calls a day, 1,000 call minutes a day, 60 minutes max per outbound call, 20 texts an hour, and 100 texts a day. You can try it for free. That try covers outbound calls only, from a shared Bland number: no dedicated number, no texting, no incoming calls.

Do I need to install or host the server myself?

No. Bland hosts it at https://api.bland.ai/v1/mcp. You add the URL and your credentials to your client's MCP settings, and there's nothing to run locally.

Which coding tools work with it?

Bland documents setup for Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Gemini CLI, Claude Code, and Codex, plus ChatGPT and Claude Desktop. Most use an API key header. ChatGPT, Claude Code, and Claude Desktop can sign in with Bland instead.

Why should I keep tool-approval prompts on?

Placing a call or sending a text has real-world effects. Approval prompts let you check each call before it goes out.

What does it cost after the first month?

$29.99/month. The $14.99 first-month price applies once per account owner. There's no trial, and your card is charged when you approve.

What happens if 2 calls come in at once?

The plan allows 1 call at a time across your account, inbound and outbound. If a call is already live, a new incoming call hears a busy message, and a new outbound call is rejected until the first one ends.

Where can it call and text?

US and Canada numbers only. Calls and texts to other countries are blocked on this plan.

Connect your tool to Bland

Works with

Claude

Codex

Muse

Grok Bot

ChatGPT, Claude, Codex, Muse, and Grok Bot are trademarks of their respective owners. Bland isn't affiliated with, partnered with, or endorsed by Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta, or xAI.