# twilio-compliance-traffic

This skill guides Twilio messaging and voice traffic through consent, quiet-hour, deletion, payment, and healthcare compliance checks.

- skill · `type=skill` · Codex, ChatGPT · ★ 7604
- Author: Twilio · official OpenAI repository
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/openai/plugins/tree/HEAD/plugins/twilio-developer-kit/skills/twilio-compliance-traffic/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-08
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/twilio-compliance-traffic

## What it does

The skill helps an agent review live Twilio traffic against communication rules. It covers consent for SMS and voice, local quiet hours, Do Not Call handling, GDPR deletion requests, call recording, and card-payment flows that use the `<Pay>` verb.

Its guidance also covers PHI minimization, recording access, debt-collection disclosures, attempt limits, WhatsApp templates, and consent records. HIPAA work requires a BAA with Twilio. PCI Mode applies to the whole account and cannot be reversed, so a separate sub-account may be needed for a single payment use case.

Your application must enforce quiet hours and FDCPA attempt limits because Twilio does not do that for you. It must infer the recipient’s time zone and track calls; the skill points to `twilio-lookup-phone-intelligence` for carrier and region data.

## Install

### Codex (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/plugins --skill twilio-compliance-traffic -a codex
```

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

### Claude Code

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/plugins --skill twilio-compliance-traffic -a claude-code
```

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

### Cursor

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install openai/plugins twilio-compliance-traffic
```

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

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/openai/plugins --path plugins/twilio-developer-kit/skills/twilio-compliance-traffic
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### 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/openai/plugins/tree/HEAD/plugins/twilio-developer-kit/skills/twilio-compliance-traffic/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- check consent before sending marketing SMS
- apply local-time limits to voice calls
- remove customer data across connected systems
- keep card numbers out of recordings and transcripts
- count debt-collection call attempts over a rolling window

## Example prompts
- Review this SMS flow for TCPA and GDPR consent issues.
- Rewrite this payment call to use `<Pay>` without recording card numbers.
- Check this debt-collection flow for quiet hours, the Mini-Miranda disclosure, and attempt limits.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: twilio-compliance-traffic
description: >
  Rules you must follow for Twilio messaging and voice traffic. Covers
  TCPA (consent tiers, quiet hours, DNC), GDPR (EU consent, right to
  deletion), PCI DSS (payment recording, Pay verb), HIPAA (BAA, PHI),
  FDCPA (debt collection limits), CAN-SPAM, WhatsApp policies,
  SHAKEN/STIR, and consent management patterns. Use this skill proactively
  when developers have working traffic to ensure they follow the rules.
---

## Overview

Compliance failures block sends, get numbers suspended, and expose your customer to legal liability. This skill covers the **ongoing rules** that apply to live traffic — what you can send, when, and to whom.

**Lifecycle:** Choose numbers (`twilio-numbers-senders`) → Register them (`twilio-compliance-onboarding`) → Follow traffic rules (this skill) → Secure everything (`twilio-security-hardening`)

For registrations required before traffic works (A2P 10DLC, toll-free verification, WhatsApp/RCS sender approval, voice trust programs), see `twilio-compliance-onboarding`.

---

## TCPA (Telephone Consumer Protection Act)

Applies to all US voice calls and SMS.

### Consent Requirements

| Communication type | Consent required | Notes |
|-------------------|-----------------|-------|
| Informational SMS (order updates) | Prior express consent | Providing phone number during transaction usually qualifies |
| Marketing SMS | Prior express written consent | Must be clear and conspicuous, separate from T&C |
| Manual voice calls | None for existing business relationship | 18-month window |
| Autodialed / prerecorded voice | Prior express consent (informational) or written (marketing) | AI voice agents typically count as autodialed and must disclose who is calling |
| Emergency / fraud alerts | No consent required | Must be genuinely urgent |

### Quiet Hours

- **8:00 AM – 9:00 PM** in the recipient's local time zone
- Applies to telemarketing and non-emergency calls
- Your application must determine the recipient's time zone — Twilio does not enforce this
- Use `twilio-lookup-phone-intelligence` to determine carrier/region for time zone inference

### Do Not Call

- Maintain an internal Do Not Call list
- Honor opt-outs within 10 business days (best practice: immediately)
- Scrub against the National Do Not Call Registry for telemarketing

---

## GDPR (EU/EEA)

### Consent for Communications

| Basis | When it applies | Requirements |
|-------|----------------|-------------|
| Explicit consent | Marketing messages, new customer outreach | Must be freely given, specific, informed, unambiguous. Pre-checked boxes do NOT qualify. |
| Legitimate interest | Transactional messages, existing customer relationship | Requires documented balancing test. Must offer opt-out. |
| Contractual necessity | Order confirmations, shipping updates | Directly related to contract performance |

### Right to Deletion

Applies to ALL data stored by your application via Twilio:
- Call recordings and transcripts
- SMS/messaging logs
- Conversation Memory observations and profiles
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