Send and track Text-Em-All broadcasts, texts and contact lists. Hosted by usefulapi — connect from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client.
Team and Enterprise: an Owner adds the connector for the organization first.
Run this command, then run /mcp in Claude Code to log in:
Add to Cursor or add this to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"text-em-all": {
"url": "https://text-em-all.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
}Add to VS Code or add this to .vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"text-em-all": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://text-em-all.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
}Other MCP clients (Windsurf, Cline, Zed and more): add the URL as a remote MCP server (Streamable HTTP). The client then opens the login page in your browser. Do not add an Authorization header: see Before you connect.
The login page asks for your Text-Em-All application key, Text-Em-All secret key and Text-Em-All user token.
Text-Em-All issues all three values. Find them in Settings → API. They are used only to call the API on your behalf and to derive a private account id.
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 Text-Em-All application key, Text-Em-All secret key and Text-Em-All user 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.
Turn on the Text-Em-All connector, then ask in plain words. The AI picks the tools.
| Tool | Type | What it does |
|---|---|---|
get_account | read | Get account settings Fetch your Text-Em-All account settings — company/billing info plus credit balances (AvailableCallUnits, CallBalance) used for sending. Text-Em-All API: GET /v1/account. Use this first to confirm your credentials work. |
list_broadcasts | read | List broadcasts List broadcasts (text + voice campaigns) as a paged Feed { Size, Items:[...], Previous, Next }. Text-Em-All API: GET /v1/broadcasts. Filter with equals-style `params` (e.g. BroadcastStatus=Complete) and order with `sortby`. For date-range operators (StartDate~gte~2024-01-01) use the textemall_request escape hatch. |
get_broadcast | read | Get a broadcast Fetch a single broadcast by id, including its status and summary. Text-Em-All API: GET /v1/broadcasts/{id}. |
get_broadcast_details | read | Get broadcast delivery details Fetch per-contact delivery details/results for a broadcast (who was reached, delivery status). Text-Em-All API: GET /v1/broadcasts/{id}/details. |
list_text_numbers | read | List text numbers List the toll-free text (SMS) numbers on your account as a Feed. Each TextNumber has a TextNumberID you need to send a 1:1 conversation text (see send_text_message). Text-Em-All API: GET /v1/textnumbers. |
list_lists | read | List contact lists List saved contact lists (groups you can broadcast to) as a Feed; each List has a ListID/ListName. Text-Em-All API: GET /v1/lists. NOTE: inferred from the API's List model — if your account/endpoint differs, use the textemall_request escape hatch. |
get_authorization_token | read | Get a user authorization token Exchange a Text-Em-All account username + PIN/password for that user's authorization token (the value you set as TEXTEMALL_AUTH_TOKEN). Text-Em-All API: POST /v1/user/login. Signed with your App/Secret key only (no user token yet). Returns { AuthToken }. Use this once to bootstrap; store the token in config thereafter. |
get_conversations_sso_url | read | Get a single-sign-on conversations URL Generate a single-sign-on URL to the Text-Em-All conversations UI (open in a browser/iframe). Optionally scope it to one conversation thread by passing a toll-free textNumber + the other phoneNumber. Text-Em-All API: POST /v1/singlesignon/conversations. Returns { Url }. No account data is changed. |
textemall_request | read | Raw read request Power-user escape hatch: GET any Text-Em-All API path not wrapped by a dedicated tool. READ-ONLY — only GET is allowed. Pass the FULL API path after the origin, starting with a slash, INCLUDING any query string, e.g. "/v1/broadcasts?StartDate~gte~2024-01-01&sortby=-StartDate" or "/v1/textnumbers". Returns the parsed JSON. |
create_broadcast | write | Send a broadcast MUTATES Text-Em-All data AND SENDS MESSAGES (spends account credits): creates + sends a broadcast to the given contacts. Text-Em-All API: POST /v1/broadcasts. Set broadcastType to 'SMS' (a text broadcast — provide textMessage) or 'Announcement' (a voice broadcast — provide voiceText for text-to-speech, or a pre-recorded AudioID via `fields.Audio`). Contacts is a list of { primaryPhone, firstName?, lastName?, notes? }. Extra documented fields (CallerID, TextNumberID, Lists, RetryTimes, CallThrottle, MaxMessageLength, StartDate, CheckCallingWindow) go through `fields` (PascalCase). Returns the created broadcast. |
send_text_message | write | Send a conversation text MUTATES Text-Em-All data AND SENDS A TEXT (spends credits): sends a 1:1 conversation text message immediately from one of your toll-free text numbers to a single contact. Text-Em-All API: POST /v1/conversations. You need a textNumberId (from list_text_numbers). Returns the conversation. |
create_draft_broadcast | write | Create a draft broadcast MUTATES Text-Em-All data (creates a DRAFT — does NOT send anything): stages a broadcast with the given contacts and returns a single-sign-on URL to finish + send it in the Text-Em-All UI. Safer than create_broadcast when a human should review before sending. Text-Em-All API: POST /v1/draftbroadcasts. Returns { SingleSignOnUrl, ... }. |
add_account_user | write | Add an account user MUTATES Text-Em-All data: adds a new user to your account (a master user can do this). Text-Em-All API: POST /v1/account/users. Provide the user's fields via `fields` using the API's PascalCase names (e.g. UserName, FirstName, LastName, EmailAddress, Permissions). Returns the created user. |
update_account_user | write | Update an account user MUTATES Text-Em-All data: updates an existing account user. Text-Em-All API: PUT /v1/account/users/{user_id}. Provide the fields to change via `fields` (PascalCase, e.g. FirstName, LastName, EmailAddress, Permissions). The user_id is never sent in the body. Returns the updated user. |
text_em_all_usage_status | Usage status (free-tier meter) Report the caller's current free-tier usage this month: calls used, monthly limit, remaining, and whether the cap is reached. Read-only; does not count against the meter. | |
text_em_all_request_feature | Request a missing feature Tell usefulapi that the user needs something the Text-Em-All tools cannot do yet (a missing tool, field or filter). Call it only when the user asks for something none of the tools can do, and tell the user that you send the request. Do not call it for errors or for normal requests. Do not include personal data, credentials or customer records. Stored with the product name and the client type (for example Claude or Cursor), without the user's account. At most 5 requests per day. Does not count against the meter. | |
text_em_all_upgrade | Upgrade to Pro (unlimited) Subscribe to the Pro plan for UNLIMITED Text-Em-All tool calls (the free tier caps monthly usage). Choose monthly ($9/month) or yearly ($90/year — 2 months free) billing. Returns a Stripe Checkout link to open in your browser; after payment your account upgrades automatically. Does not count against the meter. | |
text_em_all_cancel_subscription | Cancel the Pro subscription Cancel the caller's Text-Em-All Pro subscription at the end of the paid period (no refund for the current period; unlimited calls continue until then, then the free tier applies). Requires confirm: true. Run text_em_all_upgrade later to undo the cancel before the period ends. Does not count against the meter. |
| Plan | Price | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 100 tool calls / month |
| Pro | $9/mo · $90/yr | Unlimited |
Pro covers this Text-Em-All server only. Subscribe with text_em_all_upgrade (it returns a Stripe Checkout link). Cancel any time with text_em_all_cancel_subscription: Pro continues to the end of the paid period, with no refund for the current period, and running text_em_all_upgrade before then undoes the cancel. Or write to [email protected].
No. usefulapi is an independent service. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Text-Em-All. The server calls the Text-Em-All API with your own Text-Em-All access, so it sees only the data that your account can see.
The login page asks for your Text-Em-All application key, Text-Em-All secret key and Text-Em-All user token. See Before you connect for where to find them.
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 Text-Em-All application key, Text-Em-All secret key and Text-Em-All user 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 Text-Em-All 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 Text-Em-All.
Yes, if you approve it. 5 of the 14 Text-Em-All 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 100 tool calls / month. Pro costs $9/mo or $90/yr, with unlimited tool calls, for this Text-Em-All server only. Run text_em_all_usage_status to see how many calls you used.
Ask the AI to run text_em_all_upgrade: it returns a Stripe Checkout link. To cancel, run text_em_all_cancel_subscription. Pro continues to the end of the paid period.
Tell the AI what you wanted to do. It can send the request with text_em_all_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, 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.