# `io.usefulapi/africas-talking` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.usefulapi/africas-talking
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.usefulapi/africas-talking
- Version: 1.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: io.usefulapi (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/m190/usefulapi-mcp
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-24T17:17:38.830Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Africa's Talking MCP by usefulapi
Read Africa's Talking balance, incoming SMS, transactions; send SMS, airtime, data and voice calls.
```

Scanned 2026-10-24T16:19:22.881Z over streamable-http.

**10 tools: 4 can delete or cancel things and 6 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 4 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 0 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 6 | allow |

## Exfil surface

30 private-data -> untrusted-input -> outbound paths in this server alone. Denying 1 private-data tool breaks every one: `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_fetch_messages`.

| Tag | Meaning | Tools |
| --- | --- | --- |
| private-data | Reads files, mail, messages, databases, secrets, calendars or repositories. | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_fetch_messages` |
| untrusted-input | Brings in text someone else can write: web pages, inbound email, messages, issues and comments. | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_fetch_messages` `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_find_airtime_transaction` `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_find_mobile_data_transaction` `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_get_balance` `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_get_mobile_data_wallet_balance` `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_get_voice_queue_status` `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_make_voice_call` `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_airtime` `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_mobile_data` `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_sms` |
| outbound | Can carry data to people or systems: it sends, posts or publishes, or takes a recipient, channel or URL. | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_airtime` `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_mobile_data` `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_sms` |

| Private data | Untrusted input | Outbound |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_fetch_messages` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_fetch_messages` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_airtime` |
| `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_fetch_messages` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_fetch_messages` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_mobile_data` |
| `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_fetch_messages` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_fetch_messages` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_sms` |
| `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_fetch_messages` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_find_airtime_transaction` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_airtime` |
| `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_fetch_messages` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_find_airtime_transaction` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_mobile_data` |
| `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_fetch_messages` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_find_airtime_transaction` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_sms` |
| `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_fetch_messages` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_find_mobile_data_transaction` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_airtime` |
| `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_fetch_messages` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_find_mobile_data_transaction` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_mobile_data` |
| `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_fetch_messages` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_find_mobile_data_transaction` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_sms` |
| `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_fetch_messages` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_get_balance` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_airtime` |
| `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_fetch_messages` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_get_balance` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_mobile_data` |
| `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_fetch_messages` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_get_balance` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_sms` |
| `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_fetch_messages` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_get_mobile_data_wallet_balance` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_airtime` |
| `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_fetch_messages` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_get_mobile_data_wallet_balance` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_mobile_data` |
| `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_fetch_messages` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_get_mobile_data_wallet_balance` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_sms` |
| `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_fetch_messages` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_get_voice_queue_status` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_airtime` |
| `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_fetch_messages` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_get_voice_queue_status` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_mobile_data` |
| `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_fetch_messages` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_get_voice_queue_status` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_sms` |
| `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_fetch_messages` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_make_voice_call` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_airtime` |
| `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_fetch_messages` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_make_voice_call` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_mobile_data` |
| `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_fetch_messages` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_make_voice_call` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_sms` |
| `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_fetch_messages` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_airtime` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_airtime` |
| `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_fetch_messages` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_airtime` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_mobile_data` |
| `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_fetch_messages` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_airtime` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_sms` |
| `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_fetch_messages` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_mobile_data` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_airtime` |
| `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_fetch_messages` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_mobile_data` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_mobile_data` |
| `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_fetch_messages` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_mobile_data` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_sms` |
| `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_fetch_messages` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_sms` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_airtime` |
| `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_fetch_messages` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_sms` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_mobile_data` |
| `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_fetch_messages` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_sms` | `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_sms` |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Deletes or cancels (4)

Removes, cancels or revokes something. Claude Code: deny.

### `africastalking_make_voice_call`

- The name "africastalking_make_voice_call" says "call": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
WRITE: place an outbound voice call from one of your Africa's Talking numbers to up to 10 phone numbers. The call is billed and rings real phones; what is said is decided by the voice callback URL configured for the number in the dashboard. Needs confirm=true after the user approved the numbers. Live apps only (the sandbox has no voice service). Returns a per-number queue status. POST voice /call.
```

### `africastalking_send_airtime`

- The name "africastalking_send_airtime" says "send": a word for sending, and what is sent cannot be taken back.
- The description says "cannot be reversed".
- The input addresses people (input.recipients): what it sends cannot be taken back.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.
- Tag outbound: The name "africastalking_send_airtime" says "send": it sends or publishes something to other people.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
WRITE: top up mobile airtime for up to 25 phone numbers. Spends account credit immediately and cannot be reversed. Needs confirm=true after the user approved each number and amount. Amounts are in the given ISO currency (e.g. KES, UGX, TZS). Pass an idempotency_key to make a retry safe. Returns per-number status and requestId (use africastalking_find_airtime_transaction to follow up). POST /version1/airtime/send.
```

### `africastalking_send_mobile_data`

- The name "africastalking_send_mobile_data" says "send": a word for sending, and what is sent cannot be taken back.
- The description says "cannot be reversed".
- The input addresses people (input.recipients): what it sends cannot be taken back.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.
- Tag outbound: The name "africastalking_send_mobile_data" says "send": it sends or publishes something to other people.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
WRITE: send mobile data bundles to up to 25 phone numbers from your Africa's Talking data wallet. Spends wallet credit and cannot be reversed. Needs confirm=true after the user approved each number and bundle. product_name is your data product (created in the Africa's Talking dashboard). Pass an idempotency_key to make a retry safe. Returns per-number status and transactionId (see africastalking_find_mobile_data_transaction). POST bundles /mobile/data/request.
```

### `africastalking_send_sms`

- The name "africastalking_send_sms" says "send": a word for sending, and what is sent cannot be taken back.
- The input addresses people (input.to): what it sends cannot be taken back.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.
- Tag outbound: The name "africastalking_send_sms" says "send": it sends or publishes something to other people.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
WRITE: send one text message to up to 100 phone numbers. Spends account credit and delivers to real phones (the sandbox app only reaches the simulator). Needs confirm=true after the user approved the recipients and text. Returns the vendor's per-recipient status (statusCode 101 = sent), message ids and cost. Never retried. POST /version1/messaging.
```

## Only reads (6)

Looks things up and changes nothing. Claude Code: allow.

### `africastalking_fetch_messages`

- The name "africastalking_fetch_messages" says "fetch": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The name "africastalking_fetch_messages" says "fetch" and "message": it reads messages.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data. The name "africastalking_fetch_messages" says "fetch" and "message": it reads messages, which other people can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch incoming SMS received on your shortcodes/numbers, oldest first, in batches (default 25 per call). Pass last_received_id (0 for the first call, then `next_last_received_id` from the previous reply) to move through them; `has_more` stays true while a call returns messages, so keep calling until `count` is 0. Optional shortcode and keyword filters. GET /version1/messaging.
```

### `africastalking_find_airtime_transaction`

- The name "africastalking_find_airtime_transaction" says "find": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Look up an airtime transaction by its transaction id (the requestId / ATPid_... from a send reply): status, amount, destination and discount. GET /query/transaction/find.
```

### `africastalking_find_mobile_data_transaction`

- The name "africastalking_find_mobile_data_transaction" says "find": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data. The description's first sentence says "reply": it reads comments, which other people can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Look up a mobile data transaction by its transactionId (from a send reply): status, product, destination and cost. GET bundles /query/transaction/find.
```

### `africastalking_get_balance`

- The name "africastalking_get_balance" says "get": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
The Africa's Talking app balance (SMS/airtime wallet), e.g. {"balance": "KES 1250.0000"}. The sandbox app has no balance. GET /version1/user.
```

### `africastalking_get_mobile_data_wallet_balance`

- The name "africastalking_get_mobile_data_wallet_balance" says "get": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
The balance of the mobile data wallet, e.g. {"status": "Success", "balance": "KES 500.0000"}. GET bundles /query/wallet/balance.
```

### `africastalking_get_voice_queue_status`

- The name "africastalking_get_voice_queue_status" says "get": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Number of outbound calls currently queued on each of your voice numbers. Live apps only. POST voice /queueStatus (a read: nothing is changed).
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `africas-talking`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_get_balance",
      "mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_fetch_messages",
      "mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_find_airtime_transaction",
      "mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_find_mobile_data_transaction",
      "mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_get_mobile_data_wallet_balance",
      "mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_get_voice_queue_status"
    ],
    "ask": [],
    "deny": [
      "mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_sms",
      "mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_airtime",
      "mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_mobile_data",
      "mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_make_voice_call"
    ]
  }
}
```

Capability tags behind the rules (a read tagged outbound is asked about):

- `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_get_balance`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_fetch_messages`: private-data, untrusted-input
- `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_sms`: untrusted-input, outbound
- `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_airtime`: untrusted-input, outbound
- `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_find_airtime_transaction`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_send_mobile_data`: untrusted-input, outbound
- `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_find_mobile_data_transaction`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_get_mobile_data_wallet_balance`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_make_voice_call`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__africas-talking__africastalking_get_voice_queue_status`: untrusted-input