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areacode-mcp

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areacode-mcp

North American (NANP) area-code & phone-number intelligence for AI agents.

An MCP server that gives Claude, Cursor, and other agents a small, trusted reference for US & Canada phone numbering — area codes, NANP validation, local time, city/state coverage, overlays, and scam/spoofing context. Backed by areacode.fyi, which publishes directly from the official NANPA numbering database. Every result includes a canonical areacode.fyi URL and the source date.

Scope. This is area-code-level reference and education — not a carrier/identity API. It does not return a caller's identity, exact location, or live/ported carrier, and caller ID can be spoofed, so a number's area code never proves who is calling. For caller identity you need a carrier-grade (LRN/HLR) provider.

Install

Run it with npx (no install needed) — add it to your client's MCP config.

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json) / Cursor (~/.cursor/mcp.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "areacode": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@riv-lc/areacode-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

That's it — restart your client and the tools below are available.

Related MCP server: meeting-mcp

Tools

Tool

What it does

lookup_area_code

Country, state/province, cities, time zone, current local time, overlays, nearby codes

lookup_phone_number

Parse/validate a NANP number → area code, region, local time, E.164

lookup_carrier

Assigned carrier, line type (wireless/landline), and rate center for a number's NPA-NXX block (block-allocation data, not live/ported; major-metro coverage)

area_codes_for_city

Area codes serving a city (optionally disambiguated by state)

area_codes_for_state

Every area code in a US state or Canadian province

is_scam_area_code

Whether an area code is associated with scams + spoofing context

check_number_reputation

Unverified, crowd-sourced community signal (low / mid / high) for a number

explain_area_code_topic

Source-backed explainers: neighbor spoofing, overlays vs splits, toll-free, area-code-vs-country-code, temporary numbers

Example prompts

  • "A lead entered phone number +1 702-555-0199. Where are they likely located and what time is it there?"

  • "I got a call from 469 — is that area code suspicious?"

  • "Which area codes cover Las Vegas?"

  • "Normalize this list of US/Canada numbers and flag any that are invalid or toll-free."

  • "Explain neighbor spoofing for a help-center article."

Configuration

Env var

Default

Purpose

AREACODE_API_BASE

https://areacode.fyi

Point at a different host (e.g. a self-hosted or staging API)

Data & sourcing

Tools call the public https://areacode.fyi/api/v1 JSON API, which reads the same dataset the site renders — sourced from the official North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA) database and refreshed monthly. Each response carries source, canonical_url, and data_date so answers can cite where the data came from.

The check_number_reputation signal is unverified and crowd-sourced (low = people looked the number up; mid/high = it has user reports). It is never proof that a specific number is fraudulent.

License

MIT © Reindex Ventures. Built for areacode.fyi.

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