VS Code phone calls: the agent in your editor gets a US number of its own

Quick answer

• VS Code phone calls are calls the AI agent in your editor places from its own dedicated US local number, through Bland's MCP server and the Agent Phone Plan.
• MCP (Model Context Protocol) is an open standard for connecting an AI agent to outside tools. With the plan, the same number also sends and receives texts and takes calls.

Who it's for

• Developers who already work with an AI agent in VS Code and would rather hand it the errand that needs a phone than pick up the phone themselves.
• It's built for one agent running one person's errands, one call at a time.

What it isn't

• It isn't a business line or a dialer for campaigns. More calls at once need Bland's Build plan, on the pricing page.
• Unlimited calls and texts go to US and Canada numbers, and your first plan purchase adds $10 of international calling credits for calls elsewhere.

Step 1: subscribe to the Agent Phone Plan

Subscribe to the Agent Phone Plan: $9.99 for the first month (once per account owner), then $19.99 a month. You approve it when it starts, and it renews monthly on the card on file until cancelled. Your agent gets one dedicated US local number for calls and texts, in and out.

Step 2: add Bland's MCP server to VS Code

In VS Code, add Bland's MCP server with an API key: the server URL is https://api.bland.ai/v1/mcp, and your full-access Bland API key goes in the Authorization header. Bland's server doesn't ask for confirmation itself, so keep your client's tool-approval prompts on.

Step 3: run a safe test call to your own phone

Ask the agent in VS Code to call your own phone first and then text you a short hello. Listen to how it sounds, and save its number as a contact before it calls anyone else.

Request a table

• Between commits, ask your agent to call a restaurant and request a table for four on Friday at 7.
• Your agent asks, then reports back with a transcript and summary. The restaurant decides, so outcomes are not promised.

Ask for a quote

• Have your agent call a moving company and ask what a one-bedroom move across town would cost.
• You get the answer back in the editor, in the company's own words, without sitting on hold.

Ask whether a store has it in stock

• Send your agent to ask a hardware store whether a part is on the shelf today.
• Your agent can follow up by text from the same number, and Bland answers any reply toward the goal you gave it.

Two values to connect

Bland gives key-based coding clients like VS Code the same two values: the server URL and an Authorization header carrying your full-access API key. MCP server for phone calls and SMS.

The transcript comes back

After a call, your agent can fetch its transcript and summary over the same connection, so the result lands where you're already working. Phone number API for AI agents.

A number that texts and answers

Texting starts with the plan, because your agent needs a number of its own to text from. People can also call or text that number back, and your agent can take the call. AI agent inbound calls.