Send SMS/MMS, manage contacts, and read campaigns, messages and media on SimpleTexting. Hosted by usefulapi: connect it to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client.
Turn on the SimpleTexting connector, then ask in plain words. The AI picks the tools.
For marketing and support staff who text customers with SimpleTexting.
The AI lists inbound and outbound messages and opens one to read its text, direction, status and time.
The AI does a dry run of a message body and shows the segment count, whether it goes as SMS or MMS, and the estimated cost. Nothing is sent.
The AI checks the text with a dry run, then sends an SMS or MMS to the phone number you give.
Changes dataThe AI finds a contact by id or phone number and reads profile fields, list memberships and custom fields. It can change the fields you name.
Changes dataThe AI lists immediate campaigns by number, state, list or start date and opens one to read its message, recipients and status.
The AI lists the account's MMS media items and opens one to read its URL and metadata.
The login page asks for your SimpleTexting API token.
Find it in SimpleTexting → Settings → API. Your token is used only to call the API on your behalf and to derive a private account id; it is never shown to anyone.
Team and Enterprise: an Owner adds the connector for the organization first.
No Add custom MCP server option? It depends on your account or workspace settings: see OpenAI's guide.
Run this command, then run /mcp in Claude Code to log in:
Add to Cursor or add this to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"simpletexting": {
"url": "https://simpletexting.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
} Add to VS Code or add this to .vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"simpletexting": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://simpletexting.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
} Run these commands. The second one opens the login page:
Windsurf, Cline, Zed and other MCP clients: add this URL as a remote MCP server (Streamable HTTP). The client then opens the login page in your browser.
Add only the URL. Do not add an Authorization header or an API key to the client config. The server signs you in with OAuth: the login page asks for your SimpleTexting API token. If the config has such a header, remove it: some clients then send that header instead of the login token, and every call fails with 401.
Claude or ChatGPT can test a SimpleTexting message for segments, SMS or MMS and estimated cost without sending it. Sending is a separate step.
21 September 2026| Plan | Price | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 50 tool calls / month |
| Proper user | $9/mo · $90/yr | 10,000 tool calls / month |
| Pro+per user | $39/mo · $390/yr | 100,000 tool calls / month |
Each paid plan covers this SimpleTexting server only. Ask your AI to run simpletexting_upgrade and choose Pro or Pro+, billed monthly or yearly (it returns a Stripe Checkout link). If you already have Pro, ask to change it to Pro+. The change requires your confirmation, keeps your billing interval and charges the price difference for the rest of the period immediately. Cancel any time with simpletexting_cancel_subscription: your paid plan continues to the end of the paid period, with no refund for the current period, and asking to resume the same plan with simpletexting_upgrade before then undoes the cancel. Or write to [email protected].
simpletexting_list_contactssimpletexting_get_contactsimpletexting_list_campaignssimpletexting_get_campaignsimpletexting_list_messagessimpletexting_get_messagesimpletexting_list_mediasimpletexting_get_mediasimpletexting_evaluate_messagesimpletexting_send_messagesimpletexting_update_contactsimpletexting_usage_statussimpletexting_request_featuresimpletexting_upgradesimpletexting_cancel_subscriptionReview recent message history. Check segments and cost of a text before sending. Send a text message to a customer. Look up or update a contact. Review sent campaigns and their recipients. Find an MMS media item. See what you can do for the details.
No. usefulapi is an independent service. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by SimpleTexting. The server calls the SimpleTexting API with your own SimpleTexting access, so it sees only the data that your account can see.
Yes. In Claude, add this server's URL as a custom connector. In ChatGPT, add it as a custom MCP server in Plugins. Then log in once. Cursor, VS Code, Claude Code and Codex work too. See the setup steps.
The login page asks for your SimpleTexting API token. See Before you connect for where to find it.
No. Add only the URL. Do not add an Authorization header or an API key to the client config. The server signs you in with OAuth: the login page asks for your SimpleTexting API token. If the config has such a header, remove it: some clients then send that header instead of the login token, and every call fails with 401.
The login stores them encrypted in the authorization grant of your connection. The server uses them to call the SimpleTexting API for you and to derive a private account id for usage metering. usefulapi does not show them on any page or in any reply. To stop all access, remove the connector and change or delete these credentials in SimpleTexting.
Yes, if you approve it. 2 of the 11 SimpleTexting tools can create or change data. The other 9 are marked read-only. Most MCP clients ask you to approve a tool call before it runs.
The Free plan gives 50 tool calls / month. Pro costs $9/mo or $90/yr, with 10,000 tool calls / month. Pro+ costs $39/mo or $390/yr, with 100,000 tool calls / month. Each subscription covers this SimpleTexting server only. Cancel any time: your paid plan then runs to the end of the paid period. Run simpletexting_usage_status to see how many calls you used.
Ask the AI to run simpletexting_upgrade and choose Pro or Pro+, billed monthly or yearly: it returns a Stripe Checkout link. If you already have Pro, ask to change it to Pro+. After you confirm, your existing subscription changes in place, keeps its billing interval and charges the price difference for the rest of the period immediately. To cancel, run simpletexting_cancel_subscription. Your paid plan continues to the end of the paid period.
Tell the AI what you wanted to do. It can send the request with simpletexting_request_feature. We store the text with the server name, the type of AI client and the tool you tried, not with your account, and read every request when we plan new tools. You can send up to 5 requests per day.
Any client that supports remote MCP servers (Streamable HTTP) with OAuth login: Claude (web and desktop), Claude Code, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf and others.
This is a Model Context Protocol endpoint — meant to be connected from an AI client, not opened in a browser. An invalid_token response at the URL is the auth gate working as designed; clients authenticate automatically.
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