# create-phone-number

Walks your agent through planning, provisioning and routing Vapi phone numbers, from a draft payload to a live API call.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 941 installs · ★ 67
- Author: vapi
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/VapiAI/skills/tree/HEAD/create-phone-number/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/create-phone-number

## What it does

The skill turns a vague request about phone numbers into a sequence: pick the transport path, resolve the assistant or squad for routing, check what numbers already exist, build the request, then run it. By default the agent hands back a plan or payload and leaves live data alone until you ask for the mutation. Right before anything chargeable it must show the provider, the area code or owned number, the route, and get your confirmation.

Inside are a seven-step procedure and two reference files: `references/provider-api-procedures.md` with examples for Vapi-hosted, Twilio, Vonage, Telnyx and BYO carriers, plus `references/api-examples.md` with TypeScript, Python and cURL code. Carrier passwords and API secrets never get requested in chat. Imports use an existing `credentialId`; where the public schema demands raw secrets, they come from local environment variables and stay out of payload files and request logs.

Live operations need internet access and `VAPI_API_KEY` — without the key the agent stops at the planning stage. Free Vapi numbers serve US national use, cap at five per account, and dial outbound only to `+1`; international calling needs an imported carrier number or SIP. One more thing to know: the public OpenAPI takes `numberDesiredAreaCode` but exposes no endpoint listing which codes are available, so fulfilment is never guaranteed. The agent says so instead of picking a code for you.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add VapiAI/skills --skill create-phone-number -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add VapiAI/skills --skill create-phone-number -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add VapiAI/skills --skill create-phone-number -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install VapiAI/skills create-phone-number
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/create-phone-number/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add VapiAI/skills --skill create-phone-number -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/VapiAI/skills --path create-phone-number
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add VapiAI/skills --skill create-phone-number -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/VapiAI/skills/tree/HEAD/create-phone-number/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- draft a payload for a new Vapi number with a chosen area code
- import an owned Twilio, Vonage or Telnyx number via credentialId
- attach a number to one assistant or squad without wiping existing settings
- tell a carrier-side failure apart from a Vapi routing misconfiguration
- update an existing route without sending response-only fields back

## Example prompts
- Draft a plan for a Vapi number with area code 415 routed to the support assistant
- Show me the payload for importing my Twilio number, don't create anything yet
- Check `GET /phone-number` for duplicates and suggest a route

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: create-phone-number
description: Plan, provision, import, route, update, and verify Vapi phone numbers through the public API. Use for Vapi-hosted US PSTN numbers, explicitly requested SIP addresses, Twilio/Vonage/Telnyx or BYO carrier numbers, secure credential handling, assistant or squad routing, area-code requests, outbound limitations, and phone-provider troubleshooting.
license: MIT
compatibility: Internet access and VAPI_API_KEY are required only for live Vapi API operations.
metadata:
  author: vapi
  version: "2.0"
---

# Vapi Phone Number Setup

Default to a payload or implementation plan. Provision, import, route, or release a number only when the user explicitly requests the live mutation. Require a final explicit confirmation immediately before provisioning or another potentially chargeable action.

## Security and Source Rules

- Never ask for carrier passwords, auth tokens, API keys, API secrets, or private keys in chat.
- Use an existing Vapi `credentialId` for provider imports when the current public schema supports it. If a required credential does not exist, stop and state that API prerequisite.
- If the public API requires raw carrier secrets and exposes no credential-based alternative, source them from local environment variables without displaying them, writing them to payload files, or logging the request body.
- Verify provider fields against the current [Create Phone Number API](https://docs.vapi.ai/api-reference/phone-numbers/create) or public OpenAPI schema.
- Never invent phone numbers, SIP realms, credentials, resource IDs, area-code availability, or routing destinations.

## Procedure

1. Determine the execution mode.
   - Return a payload or plan when the user asks for a draft or does not clearly authorize a live mutation.
   - For a live request, confirm that `VAPI_API_KEY` is set without printing it.

2. Choose the transport path.
   - For a nontechnical request for an ordinary number, prefer the documented Vapi-hosted US PSTN path.
   - Use SIP only when the user explicitly asks for SIP. Require an exact supported SIP URI from the user or current public API documentation; if it is unavailable, stop and state the missing prerequisite. Do not invent a regional realm.
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