# connector-twilio

A skill that wires an agent to Twilio Messaging through the twilio-client mops package. Experimental: no call has been verified against live Twilio yet.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 11200 installs · ★ 2
- Author: caffeinelabs
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/caffeinelabs/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/connector-twilio/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/connector-twilio

## What it does

The skill points the agent at the Twilio REST API through typed `twilio-client` bindings instead of hand-rolled `ic.http_request` calls to `api.twilio.com`. The package ships 35 API modules covering Messaging v1 and the v2010 messaging path: Account, Message, Media, IncomingPhoneNumber and its variants, AvailablePhoneNumber, and the A2P registries. Voice, recordings, conferences, queues, SIP and usage records are not in the package.

The author is blunt about the state of it: no call has ever left this client. The write path used to discard its arguments and post an empty body; the wire format now matches Twilio's docs, but structurally correct is not verified. Treat the first successful send as the acceptance test. Every message is billed, so a failed experiment is not free.

Credentials go in through an admin-gated setter checked against `AccessControl.hasPermission(state, caller, #admin)` and stay in the canister. Use an API Key (`SK…` plus its Secret) in production, since it can be revoked; the Auth Token is the account and belongs in dev only. The Account SID (`AC…`) is still required — it sits in the URL path of every v2010 operation. A US-bound production number also needs A2P 10DLC registration, which means fees and weeks of lead time, so settle which number sends before writing code.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add caffeinelabs/skills --skill connector-twilio -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/connector-twilio/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/connector-twilio/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add caffeinelabs/skills --skill connector-twilio -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/connector-twilio/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add caffeinelabs/skills --skill connector-twilio -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/connector-twilio/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install caffeinelabs/skills connector-twilio
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/connector-twilio/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add caffeinelabs/skills --skill connector-twilio -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/caffeinelabs/skills --path skills/connector-twilio
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/connector-twilio/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add caffeinelabs/skills --skill connector-twilio -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/caffeinelabs/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/connector-twilio/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- send an SMS from a Caffeine canister through the Twilio REST API
- check delivery status and error code with `fetchMessage`
- find and buy a number with the SMS capability
- register a brand and campaign for US A2P 10DLC
- run toll-free number verification

## Example prompts
- Send an SMS through Twilio from my Messaging Service number
- Show the delivery status of the last message
- Set up an MMS with an image URL

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: connector-twilio
description: >-
  EXPERIMENTAL, NOT YET VERIFIED AGAINST LIVE TWILIO, and it spends real money —
  every message is billed, and a US-bound production number additionally needs
  A2P 10DLC registration (fees, weeks of lead time). Say both things to the user
  before building. That said, if a Caffeine build does send SMS or MMS, or
  configures Twilio messaging, from a canister, the `twilio-client` mops package
  (Twilio REST API) with a canister-held HTTP Basic credential is the only
  supported path. Hand-rolling `ic.http_request` calls to `api.twilio.com` or
  `messaging.twilio.com` is a FORBIDDEN anti-pattern — it bypasses the typed
  bindings, the per-operation host routing, the Basic-Auth header construction,
  and above all the non-replicated outcall default that stops one `send` from
  becoming ~13 billed messages. Load this skill whenever the user, spec, or any
  prior task mentions SMS, MMS, "text message", "send a text", phone numbers,
  Twilio, a Messaging Service, A2P 10DLC, toll-free verification, short codes, or
  an alphanumeric sender — and BEFORE writing any code that touches a Twilio
  endpoint.
version: 0.1.4
caffeineai-subscription: [none]
compatibility:
  mops:
    twilio-client: "~0.2.0"
    caffeineai-authorization: "~1.0.1"
---

# Twilio Connector (experimental)

Send SMS / MMS and configure Twilio messaging from a Caffeine canister.

> ⚠️ **Experimental (`twilio-client@0.2.1`) — no call has ever been made from this
> client.** Its write path could work at all only recently: before, every write
> discarded its arguments and posted an empty body. The wire format now matches
> what Twilio documents (form-encoded body, percent-encoded values, optional
> fields omitted) and all 118 files typecheck, but *structurally correct* is not
> *verified*. Treat the first successful send as the acceptance
> test, and do not present Twilio to a user as a fully supported platform feature
> until one has happened. Sends cost money, so a failed experiment is not free.

> **Scope — the package is the messaging surface only.** `twilio-client` is
> pruned to **35 API modules** (all of Messaging v1 plus the v2010 messaging path:
> Account, Message, Media, IncomingPhoneNumber and its variants,
> AvailablePhoneNumber, the A2P registries). Voice/calls, recordings, conferences,
> queues, applications, SIP and usage records are **not in the package** — if a
```
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