# smsmode MCP by usefulapi (remote · smsmode.usefulapi.io)

Read smsmode balance, messages, replies, campaigns and usage; send SMS to up to 10 numbers.

- Trust score: 64/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-16

## Components

- remote · `smsmode.usefulapi.io`: 64/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-smsmode/smsmode.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-smsmode/smsmode)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://smsmode.usefulapi.io/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `required`
- Version: `1.0.0`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-10-16.

- **Endpoint Security**: 78/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - Authorisation is enforced on tool calls, advertised via RFC 9728 protected-resource metadata. Discovery is public, which costs nothing: no tool can be invoked without a token.
  - HTTPS enforcement could not be verified: the plaintext port redirected somewhere other than https, so enforcement is unproven.
  - HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
  - The authorisation server offers only Dynamic Client Registration (RFC 7591), which MCP 2026-07-28 deprecated in favour of Client ID Metadata Documents.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 0/100
  - Transport check failed: declared streamable-http, but the endpoint redirected instead of responding directly.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 79/100
  - 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 2123 tokens (~163/item across 13 items; 13 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 13/100
  - Stability observed for 4 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - All 1 tool(s) whose name or description implies an irreversible operation declare an MCP destructiveHint annotation.
  - An AI judge read all 14 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 60/100
  - Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the smsmode MCP by usefulapi server?

smsmode MCP by usefulapi is a hosted endpoint at https://smsmode.usefulapi.io/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http io-usefulapi-smsmode 'https://smsmode.usefulapi.io/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-usefulapi-smsmode": {
      "url": "https://smsmode.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "io-usefulapi-smsmode": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://smsmode.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.io-usefulapi-smsmode]
url = "https://smsmode.usefulapi.io/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "io-usefulapi-smsmode": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://smsmode.usefulapi.io/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add io-usefulapi-smsmode --url 'https://smsmode.usefulapi.io/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  io-usefulapi-smsmode:
    url: "https://smsmode.usefulapi.io/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "io-usefulapi-smsmode": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://smsmode.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add io-usefulapi-smsmode -t streamable-http -u 'https://smsmode.usefulapi.io/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-usefulapi-smsmode": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://smsmode.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-10-16 (score 64, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 10 to 13. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 3 days of observed history at the previous scan, 4 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-14 (score 63, +3)

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [functional] The server now declares the “prompts” capability
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: 100
- [functional] New prompt “getting_started”
- [functional] Server version: 1.0.0 → 1.1.0

### 2026-10-13 (score 60, 0)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-12 (score 60)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (13)

### `smsmode_get_balance` (~81 tokens)

Get the account balance

The credit balance of the connected smsmode account (and sub-organisations an administrator key can see): amount and currency (negative = owed on a POST_PAY account), payment type (PRE_PAY / POST_PAY), state, monthly consumption and its limit. Good first call; check it before sending SMS. GET /commons/v1/organisations.

### `smsmode_get_organisation` (~60 tokens)

Get an organisation

Full details of one organisation: contacts, addresses, company information, balance, monthly limit and consumption. GET /commons/v1/organisations/{id}.

Input parameters:

- `organisation_id` (string, required): Organisation id (from smsmode_get_balance).

### `smsmode_list_channels` (~136 tokens)

List channels

List messaging channels (SMS or RCS; flow TRANSACTIONAL / MARKETING / OTP) with default sender, daily and monthly limits and consumption. A channel id is needed to scope messages or consumption to one channel. GET /commons/v1/channels.

Input parameters:

- `flow` (string): Channel flow.
- `name` (string): Channel name filter.
- `page` (integer): Page number, 1-based (default 1). Use next_page from the previous reply.
- `page_size` (integer): Results per page, 1-100 (default 10).
- `type` (string): Channel type.

### `smsmode_get_channel` (~59 tokens)

Get a channel

Details of one channel: type, flow, default sender ID and authorized sender IDs, limits and consumption. GET /commons/v1/channels/{id}.

Input parameters:

- `channel_id` (string, required): Channel id (from smsmode_list_channels).

### `smsmode_list_consumptions` (~208 tokens)

List consumption statistics

Sent-message counts and money spent per month or per day (price amount and currency), optionally for one channel. Default: monthly, the last 3 months. GET /commons/v1/consumptions.

Input parameters:

- `channel_id` (string): Only this channel (from smsmode_list_channels).
- `channel_type` (string): SMS (default) or RCS.
- `end_date` (string): Last day, yyyy-mm-dd (default today).
- `flow` (string): Only this channel flow.
- `page` (integer): Page number, 1-based (default 1). Use next_page from the previous reply.
- `page_size` (integer): Results per page, 1-100 (default 10).
- `period_type` (string): MONTH (default) or DAY.
- `sort_by_start_date` (string): Order by start date.
- `start_date` (string): First day, yyyy-mm-dd (default 3 months ago).

### `smsmode_get_consumption` (~112 tokens)

Get a consumption with its breakdown

One consumption record broken down by country (mcc) or network (mccMnc) with quantity and price per sub-item, optionally with delivery statuses. GET /commons/v1/consumptions/{id}.

Input parameters:

- `consumption_id` (string, required): Consumption id (from smsmode_list_consumptions).
- `detail_statuses` (boolean): Include delivery statuses per sub-item.
- `group_by` (string): mccMnc = per network (default), mcc = per country.

### `smsmode_lookup_number` (~90 tokens)

Look up a phone number's network

Country and mobile network (mcc/mnc, operator) of a phone number. Only for customers with a premium smsmode subscription and, for now, only French numbers (403 otherwise). GET /commons/v1/lookup/{msisdn}.

Input parameters:

- `phone_number` (string, required): Phone number in international format, e.g. 33600000000 or +33600000000.

### `smsmode_list_messages` (~308 tokens)

List sent and received messages

Messages with delivery status (SCHEDULED, ENROUTE, DELIVERED, UNDELIVERABLE, UNDELIVERED; status.detail names the cause), recipient, sender, text, parts and price. Default window: the last 10 days. Filter by direction (MT = sent, MO = replies received), recipient, your reference, channel or campaign. Paged: pass next_page as page. GET /sms/v1/messages.

Input parameters:

- `campaign_id` (string): Only this campaign (from smsmode_list_campaigns).
- `channel_id` (string): Only this channel.
- `direction` (string): MT = sent messages (default), MO = incoming replies.
- `end_date` (string): Window end (default now)
- `origin_message_id` (string): Only replies to this message (direction MO is set automatically).
- `page` (integer): Page number, 1-based (default 1). Use next_page from the previous reply.
- `page_size` (integer): Results per page, 1-100 (default 10).
- `ref_client` (string): Only messages tagged with this reference.
- `sort_by_sent_date` (string): Order by sent date.
- `start_date` (string): Window start (yyyy-mm-dd or yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss; default 10 days ago)
- `to` (string): Only messages to/from this number (international digits, e.g. 33610203040).

### `smsmode_get_message` (~80 tokens)

Get a message and its delivery status

One message: delivery status and detail, delivery date, recipient network, text, parts and price. GET /sms/v1/messages/{id}.

Input parameters:

- `channel_id` (string): The channel the message was sent through (optional).
- `message_id` (string, required): Message id (from smsmode_send_sms or smsmode_list_messages).

### `smsmode_list_campaigns` (~172 tokens)

List SMS campaigns

Existing SMS campaigns (grouped sends) with status SCHEDULED / ONGOING / ENDED, quantity, price and per-status delivery counts. Read only: this server does not send campaigns. GET /sms/v1/campaigns.

Input parameters:

- `channel_id` (string): Only this channel.
- `end_date` (string): Window end (default now)
- `page` (integer): Page number, 1-based (default 1). Use next_page from the previous reply.
- `page_size` (integer): Results per page, 1-100 (default 10).
- `ref_client` (string): Only campaigns tagged with this reference.
- `start_date` (string): Window start (default 10 days ago)
- `status` (string): Only campaigns in this state.

### `smsmode_get_campaign` (~73 tokens)

Get an SMS campaign

One campaign: state, period, recipients count, text, price and delivery counts per status. Use smsmode_list_messages with campaign_id for its individual messages. GET /sms/v1/campaigns/{id}.

Input parameters:

- `campaign_id` (string, required): Campaign id (from smsmode_list_campaigns).

### `smsmode_send_sms` (~440 tokens)

Send an SMS to 1-10 recipients

WRITE, SPENDS CREDIT: sends one SMS text to 1 to 10 recipients (one message each, a batch of unit messages) and texts REAL people immediately, or at send_at. Cost: every message is charged to the account at its destination's price per SMS part (GSM7: 160 characters for 1 part, 306 for 2, 459 for 3...; UNICODE: 70, 134, 201...); the accept reply returns each message's id and status (the price may only appear later on smsmode_get_message / smsmode_list_messages; total_price is given when present). A batch can partly fail: failures lists the refused numbers, which are not charged. A message is never retried: after a timeout or error, check smsmode_list_messages (ref_client) before sending again. Max 10 recipients, no campaigns or lists. Check smsmode_get_balance first. POST /sms/v1/messages.

Input parameters:

- `encoding` (string): GSM7 (default) or UNICODE (needed for emoji and non-Latin scripts; max 670 characters).
- `from` (string): Sender ID (max 11 characters; must be authorized for the account, else smsmode refuses). Default: the channel's sender.
- `ref_client` (string): Your reference tag (3-140 characters) to find these messages later.
- `send_at` (string): Schedule: a future date and time yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss (a time is required; at least a few minutes ahead; smsmode's local time). Omit to send now.
- `stop` (boolean): Append the legal 'STOP' unsubscribe mention (required for marketing messages with a custom sender in France).
- `text` (string, required): The SMS text (max 1530 characters GSM7 / 670 UNICODE; longer texts are split in parts and each part is charged).
- `to` (array, required): 1-10 recipient phone numbers in international format with country code, e.g. 33610203040 or +33610203040.

### `smsmode_cancel_scheduled_message` (~87 tokens)

Cancel a scheduled message

WRITE: cancels ONE message that is still scheduled (status SCHEDULED, sent with send_at) so it is not sent; smsmode refuses messages already sent. Cannot be undone. DELETE /sms/v1/messages/{id}.

Input parameters:

- `message_id` (string, required): Id of the scheduled message (from smsmode_send_sms or smsmode_list_messages).

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-smsmode/smsmode#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-10-16: 64
- 2026-10-15: 63
- 2026-10-14: 63
- 2026-10-13: 60
- 2026-10-12: 60

## Common questions

### What is the smsmode MCP by usefulapi server?

smsmode MCP by usefulapi is listed in the public MCP registry as io.usefulapi/smsmode. Read smsmode balance, messages, replies, campaigns and usage; send SMS to up to 10 numbers. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://smsmode.usefulapi.io/mcp).

### Is the smsmode MCP by usefulapi server safe to use?

smsmode MCP by usefulapi scores 64 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the smsmode MCP by usefulapi server expose?

smsmode MCP by usefulapi exposes 13 tools: smsmode_get_balance, smsmode_get_organisation, smsmode_list_channels, smsmode_get_channel, smsmode_list_consumptions, and 8 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,906 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the smsmode MCP by usefulapi server require authentication?

Yes. smsmode MCP by usefulapi asked us for credentials when we connected, so you will need to authorise it in your MCP client before it can do anything.

### Is the smsmode MCP by usefulapi server still maintained?

smsmode MCP by usefulapi is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 16 October 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://smsmode.usefulapi.io/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/m190/usefulapi-mcp
- Website: https://usefulapi.io/smsmode/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-smsmode/smsmode.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-smsmode/smsmode.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-smsmode/smsmode