# areacode-mcp

> Use this tool when you need to verify and gather intelligence on North American phone numbers, as it provides area code lookup, phone validation, and carrier information to help AI agents identify potential scams and determine local time and city/state coverage. It solves problems related to phone number validation, carrier identification, and scam detection, making it ideal for applications involving customer data verification and fraud prevention. It takes phone numbers as input and outputs detailed intelligence on the corresponding area code and phone number.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/riv-lc-areacode-mcp  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/riv-lc-areacode-mcp

## Description

Provides North American (NANP) area code and phone number intelligence for AI agents, including area code lookup, phone validation, carrier info, city/state coverage, local time, and scam context.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.69
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-08-31

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** ai-ml
- **Updated:** 2026-08-31

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/x5tgl2qc55)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/riv-lc/areacode-mcp>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "riv-lc-areacode-mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/riv-lc-areacode-mcp` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/riv-lc-areacode-mcp/pull`

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