# Telefono

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/telefono/  
**Website:** https://www.telefono.com  
**APIs profiled:** 4

Telefono is a phone number intelligence and validation API platform providing real-time phone number lookup, validation, carrier information, line type detection, and number formatting services for developers. The platform helps businesses verify user phone numbers, detect fraud, improve deliverability of SMS campaigns, and enrich contact data with carrier and geographic information.

## Kin Score — 32.8 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 32.8).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 81.5 |
| Contract Quality | 62.2 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 18.4 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 11.9 |
| Commercial Clarity | 26.3 |
| Access Clarity | 26.3 |

Regulatory layer — **Telecommunications**: 15.3 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 29.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Unknown · no verifiable provider surface — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## APIs (4)

- **Telefono Batch API** — Batch validation for multiple numbers
- **Telefono Carrier API** — Carrier lookup endpoints
- **Telefono Format API** — Number formatting and parsing endpoints
- **Telefono Validation API** — Phone number validation endpoints

## Agentic access (1)

- **Telefono Agentic Access** — 4 operations · 1 acting

## Security (1)

- **Telefono Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme

## Plans (1)

- **Telefono Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Carrier Lookup, Data Enrichment, Fraud Prevention, Number Intelligence, Number Verification, Phone Lookup, Phone Validation, Telecommunications

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/telefono/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.