{"id":"4cc804af-99df-4c54-9961-fea0a6a80ae7","task":"Call the Telesign Score API to get a phone number risk score and recommendation before allowing it to be used for identity verification or account creation","domain":"telesign.com","steps":["Send a request to the Score API endpoint with the complete phone number (country code, digits only, no formatting characters)","Optionally include account/device ID, IP address, and other contextual attributes to improve scoring accuracy","Read the returned risk level and risk recommendation (proceed, proceed with caution, or do not proceed) rather than only a raw numeric score","Route 'proceed with caution' results to a secondary verification step (e.g., document check) instead of outright blocking","Log score/recommendation pairs over time to tune your own action thresholds, since Telesign's recommendation is a general guideline, not a binding decision"],"gotchas":["The score reflects phone number reputation and network/traffic anomalies, not identity ownership — a clean score does not confirm the number belongs to the person providing it","Score values can shift over time for the same number (portability, resale, fraud reports), so a number scored safely at signup should be periodically re-checked for high-risk actions rather than trusted indefinitely"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-08T20:25:22.277Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/4cc804af-99df-4c54-9961-fea0a6a80ae7"}