# `io.usefulapi/textline` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.usefulapi/textline
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.usefulapi/textline
- Version: 1.7.3 (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 2026-10-21T19:23:38.231Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Textline MCP by usefulapi
Read Textline conversations, contacts and reports; send a text, add notes, resolve or transfer.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:42:05.351Z over streamable-http.

**23 tools: 2 can delete or cancel things, 1 do something that can't be undone, 5 change things and 15 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 2 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 1 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 5 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 15 | allow |

## Findings

- **warn** Annotations that disagree with the tool in `textline_report_posts` ([annotation-conflict](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#annotation-conflict))

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "textline_report_posts" read-only (readOnlyHint: true), and its own name, description or input give the class "write".

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true,"destructiveHint":false,"idempotentHint":true,"openWorldHint":true}; The name "textline_report_posts" says "post": a word for a change.
```


## Deletes or cancels (2)

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

### `textline_send_message`

- The name "textline_send_message" says "send": a word for sending, and what is sent cannot be taken back.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
SENDS A REAL SMS/MMS to ONE contact from your Textline number — the customer receives it immediately and it cannot be unsent; it consumes message credits. Address it by conversation_uuid or by phone_number (+ optional department). Confirm the recipient and text with the user first. One recipient per call; no bulk sends. POST /api/conversation/{uuid}.json or POST /api/conversations.json.
```

### `textline_update_customer`

- The name "textline_update_customer" says "update": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
WRITE: update a contact's name, email, notes, tags (add, remove or replace) or custom fields (by custom-field UUID from textline_list_custom_fields). Overwrites the fields you pass; sends nothing to the contact. PUT /api/customer/{uuid}.json.
```

## Can't be undone (1)

Sends, pays, publishes or merges: once done, it cannot be taken back. Claude Code: ask.

### `textline_transfer_conversation`

- The name "textline_transfer_conversation" says "transfer": a word for a change that another call does not undo.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
WRITE: assign a conversation to another agent of the same department, by agent UUID or email (one of them). Nothing is sent to the customer. POST /api/conversation/{uuid}/transfer.json.
```

## Changes things (5)

Creates or changes something that can be changed back. Claude Code: ask.

### `textline_add_whisper`

- The name "textline_add_whisper" says "add": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
WRITE: add an internal whisper (a note only your agents see, never sent to the customer) to a conversation, by conversation_uuid or phone_number. POST /api/conversation/{uuid}.json or POST /api/conversations.json with a whisper.
```

### `textline_create_customer`

- The name "textline_create_customer" says "create": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
WRITE: add a contact (customer) to the Textline address book. Sends nothing to the contact. POST /api/customers.json.
```

### `textline_report_conversations`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Reporting API: list a department's conversations filtered by created/updated time, resolved, archived or blocked, with total_records. To get the next page pass the returned next.search_uuid, next.page and next.page_size exactly (the same filters are kept). Then use textline_report_posts per conversation. GET /api/reporting/conversations.json.
```

### `textline_report_posts`

- The name "textline_report_posts" says "post": a word for a change.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Reporting API: list all posts (messages, whispers) of one conversation with creator, thread, first-response flags, filtered by created time, with total_records. To get the next page pass the returned next.search_uuid, next.page and next.page_size exactly. GET /api/reporting/conversation/{uuid}/posts.json.
```

### `textline_resolve_conversation`

- The name "textline_resolve_conversation" says "resolve": a word for reading.
- The description's first verb is "write": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
WRITE: mark a conversation resolved (closed), optionally with a disposition from textline_list_dispositions. Nothing is sent to the customer. POST /api/conversation/{uuid}/resolve.json.
```

## Only reads (15)

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

### `textline_get_agent`

- The name "textline_get_agent" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Retrieve one agent (user) by UUID or email: name, permission level, availability (on_call) and departments. GET /api/users.json.
```

### `textline_get_conversation`

- The name "textline_get_conversation" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Retrieve one conversation and its posts (messages in and out, internal whispers, resolve/transfer events), newest page first. Page with page/page_size or with before_uuid/after_uuid (a post uuid). GET /api/conversation/{uuid}.json.
```

### `textline_get_conversation_by_phone`

- The name "textline_get_conversation_by_phone" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Retrieve the conversation with a phone number (in a department) and its posts (messages). GET /api/conversations.json?phone_number=….
```

### `textline_get_customer`

- The name "textline_get_customer" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Retrieve one contact (customer) from the address book by UUID. GET /api/customer/{uuid}.json.
```

### `textline_get_customer_by_phone`

- The name "textline_get_customer_by_phone" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Retrieve one contact (customer) from the address book by phone number. GET /api/customers.json?phone_number=….
```

### `textline_get_organization`

- The name "textline_get_organization" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Retrieve the organization (account) name, optionally with its departments and agents. GET /api/organization.json.
```

### `textline_list_agents`

- The name "textline_list_agents" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the agents (users) in the organization: name, email, UUID, permission level, availability and department UUIDs. GET /api/organization.json?include_users=1.
```

### `textline_list_conversations`

- The name "textline_list_conversations" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List conversations (one per contact) in a department of the Textline shared inbox, with the contact and resolved status. Optional keyword search. GET /api/conversations.json.
```

### `textline_list_custom_fields`

- The name "textline_list_custom_fields" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the address book's custom fields (name, data type, UUID). Use the UUIDs with textline_update_customer. GET /api/address_book/custom_fields.json.
```

### `textline_list_customers`

- The name "textline_list_customers" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List or search contacts (customers) in the Textline address book: name, phone, email, tags, notes, custom fields, consent and reachability. GET /api/customers.json.
```

### `textline_list_departments`

- The name "textline_list_departments" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the departments (groups / inbox phone lines) the token's agent can see: name, UUID, phone number, type (sms, facebook, smart_sms) and member agent UUIDs. GET /api/groups.json.
```

### `textline_list_dispositions`

- The name "textline_list_dispositions" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the dispositions (resolution reasons) set up in the account, optionally for one department. Use a UUID with textline_resolve_conversation. GET /api/dispositions.json.
```

### `textline_list_saved_searches`

- The name "textline_list_saved_searches" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the address book's saved searches (contact segments) with name, description and UUID. GET /api/address_book/saved_searches.json.
```

### `textline_list_survey_responses`

- The name "textline_list_survey_responses" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the responses to one survey (ratings, follow-up text, contact, tags). Default: the last 30 days. GET /api/survey/{uuid}/responses.json.
```

### `textline_list_surveys`

- The name "textline_list_surveys" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List surveys (NPS, CSAT, custom) with their type and UUID. GET /api/surveys.json.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `textline`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__textline__textline_list_conversations",
      "mcp__textline__textline_get_conversation",
      "mcp__textline__textline_get_conversation_by_phone",
      "mcp__textline__textline_list_customers",
      "mcp__textline__textline_get_customer",
      "mcp__textline__textline_get_customer_by_phone",
      "mcp__textline__textline_list_custom_fields",
      "mcp__textline__textline_list_saved_searches",
      "mcp__textline__textline_get_organization",
      "mcp__textline__textline_list_departments",
      "mcp__textline__textline_list_agents",
      "mcp__textline__textline_get_agent",
      "mcp__textline__textline_list_dispositions",
      "mcp__textline__textline_list_surveys",
      "mcp__textline__textline_list_survey_responses"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__textline__textline_report_conversations",
      "mcp__textline__textline_report_posts",
      "mcp__textline__textline_add_whisper",
      "mcp__textline__textline_resolve_conversation",
      "mcp__textline__textline_transfer_conversation",
      "mcp__textline__textline_create_customer"
    ],
    "deny": [
      "mcp__textline__textline_send_message",
      "mcp__textline__textline_update_customer"
    ]
  }
}
```
