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fix(send_sms): accept local numbers and short codes
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fix(send_sms): keep line breaks and drop a bracketed trunk zero
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion README.md
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Expand Up @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ npm install -g @textbee/mcp

### send_sms

Send an SMS to one or more recipients (E.164 format, for example `+15550100123`). The sending phone is chosen automatically: your default device, otherwise the enabled device with the most recent heartbeat. Optional `device_id`, `sim_subscription_id`, and `scheduled_at`. Returns an `sms_batch_id` for delivery checks when the account uses the SMS queue.
Send an SMS to one or more phone numbers or short codes. International format with the country code (for example `+15550100123`) works everywhere. Local numbers and short codes only reach recipients in the sending phone's country. The sending phone is chosen automatically: your default device, otherwise the enabled device with the most recent heartbeat. Optional `device_id`, `sim_subscription_id`, and `scheduled_at`. Returns an `sms_batch_id` for delivery checks when the account uses the SMS queue.

### get_messages

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39 changes: 30 additions & 9 deletions src/tools.ts
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import { McpServer } from '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/mcp.js'
import { Textbee, countSmsSegments, isValidE164 } from '@textbee/sdk'
import { Textbee, countSmsSegments } from '@textbee/sdk'
import { z } from 'zod'
import { TEXTBEE_DEFAULT_BASE_URL, VERSION, stderrLogger } from './config.js'
import { sendDedupeKey } from './dedupe.js'
Expand All @@ -13,15 +13,35 @@ import type {
ToolResult,
} from './types.js'

// Formatting people type inside a number. Phones ignore it, so it is removed.
// Line breaks are kept so two numbers on two lines fail instead of joining.
const RECIPIENT_FORMATTING = /[ \t\u00a0.\-()]/g
// "+44 (0)20 7946 0018": the bracketed national trunk zero is not dialled in
// international format.
const OPTIONAL_TRUNK_ZERO = /^(\+\d{1,3})\s*\(0\)/
// International numbers, local numbers and short codes. 15 is the E.164 maximum.
const RECIPIENT_PATTERN = /^\+?\d{3,15}$/

function normalizeRecipient(value: string): string {
return value.trim().replace(OPTIONAL_TRUNK_ZERO, '$1').replace(RECIPIENT_FORMATTING, '')
}

function isValidRecipient(value: string): boolean {
return RECIPIENT_PATTERN.test(normalizeRecipient(value))
}

const INSTRUCTIONS =
'textbee sends and reads SMS through the user\'s own Android phone. Sends cost the user ' +
'real messages against their plan quota, so confirm the recipient before sending to a ' +
'number the user has not named, and never retry a send that may have already succeeded. ' +
'Reads are account-wide and need no device id.'

const SEND_SMS_DESCRIPTION =
'Send an SMS through the user\'s own textbee account and Android phone. Recipients must ' +
'be in international E.164 format such as +15550100123. The sending phone is chosen ' +
'Send an SMS through the user\'s own textbee account and Android phone. Recipients are ' +
'phone numbers or short codes. Prefer international format with the country code, such ' +
'as +15550100123. Local numbers and short codes are sent as given and only reach ' +
'recipients in the sending phone\'s country. Sender names such as MYBANK cannot ' +
'receive SMS. The sending phone is chosen ' +
'automatically: the account default device, otherwise the enabled device with the most ' +
'recent heartbeat. Only pass device_id when the user explicitly names a phone; ids come ' +
'from list_devices. Sending costs the user a real message against their textbee plan ' +
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.min(1)
.max(1000)
.describe(
'Phone numbers in international E.164 format including the country code, for ' +
'example ["+15550100123"]. Each recipient counts as one message. The plan caps ' +
'Phone numbers or short codes. Prefer international format with the country code, ' +
'for example ["+15550100123"]. Use a local number or short code only when the user ' +
'gives one. Each recipient counts as one message. The plan caps ' +
'how many recipients one send may have; the server rejects the send beyond it.',
),
device_id: z
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scheduled_at?: string
}

const invalid = input.recipients.filter((r) => !isValidE164(r.trim()))
const invalid = input.recipients.filter((r) => !isValidRecipient(r))
if (invalid.length > 0) {
return {
isError: true,
content: [
{
type: 'text',
text:
`Not sent. These recipients are not valid E.164 numbers: ${invalid.join(', ')}. ` +
'Use the international format with a country code and no spaces, for example +15550100123.',
`Not sent. These recipients are not phone numbers or short codes: ${invalid.join(', ')}. ` +
'Use 3 to 15 digits with an optional leading +, for example +15550100123.',
},
],
}
}

const recipients = input.recipients.map((r) => r.trim())
const recipients = input.recipients.map(normalizeRecipient)

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Minor · Data Integrity & Integration · Quick win

Supported by static analysis

Script executed:

cat src/dedupe.ts
rg -n 'sendDedupeKey|deviceId|simSubscriptionId|dedupe' src

Repository: textbee/textbee-mcp

Length of output: 2667

Script executed:

set -e
printf '%s\n' '--- head src/tools.ts relevant block ---'
nl -ba src/tools.ts | sed -n '190,315p'
printf '%s\n' '--- base vs head dedupe and send handler ---'
git diff --unified=80 096e732c05b3cb9311c91f27c72b4c102490b205 56eb4ec8d6bfe4fce003f641b558deee08e62d01 -- src/dedupe.ts src/tools.ts
printf '%s\n' '--- base src/dedupe.ts ---'
git show 096e732c05b3cb9311c91f27c72b4c102490b205:src/dedupe.ts

Repository: textbee/textbee-mcp

Length of output: 20402

Make deduplication sender-aware for local recipients.

sendDedupeKey does not include the effective device or SIM. Therefore, the same local number or short code can collide across devices, even though the local destination can depend on the sending phone’s country. The second send can return the first send’s result without calling sendSms. Include the effective device and SIM in the key, or bypass deduplication for ambiguous local recipients. The PR expands this existing collision from E.164 recipients to local numbers and short codes.

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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
minimal, and validate.

Review comment at @src/tools.ts at line 232:
Update sendDedupeKey construction for recipients normalized by
normalizeRecipient so local numbers and short codes are distinguished by the
effective sending device and SIM, or bypass deduplication for ambiguous local
recipients. Preserve existing deduplication behavior for destinations whose
identity is unambiguous.

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const deviceId = input.device_id?.trim() || undefined

const dedupeKey = opts.sendDedupe
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expect(text).not.toContain('sms_batch_id: ')
})

it('rejects invalid E.164 before any network call', async () => {
it('rejects sender names and impossible lengths before any network call', async () => {
const result = await tool('send_sms').handler(
{ message: 'hi', recipients: ['+15550100123', '0912345678'] },
{ message: 'hi', recipients: ['+15550100123', 'MYBANK', '12'] },
{},
)
expect(result.isError).toBe(true)
expect(resultText(result)).toContain('MYBANK, 12')
expect(fetchMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
})

it('sends local numbers and short codes without formatting', async () => {
fetchMock.mockResolvedValue(
jsonResponse(200, { data: { successCount: 4, failureCount: 0 } }),
)
await tool('send_sms').handler(
{
message: 'hi',
recipients: ['(555) 555-0123', '605', ' +15550100123 ', '+44 (0)20 7946 0018'],
},
{},
)
const [, init] = fetchMock.mock.calls[0] as [URL, RequestInit]
expect(JSON.parse(init.body as string).recipients).toEqual([
'5555550123',
'605',
'+15550100123',
'+442079460018',
])
})

it('does not join two numbers split by a line break', async () => {
const result = await tool('send_sms').handler(
{ message: 'hi', recipients: ['5550100\n5550101'] },
{},
)
expect(result.isError).toBe(true)
expect(resultText(result)).toContain('0912345678')
expect(fetchMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
})

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