# Call Clearance

> Pre-call compliance for AI voice and SMS agents calling US numbers. Before a number is dialed or texted, Call Clearance runs up to six checks (opt-outs, consent on file and calling hours on every account; the National Do Not Call Registry, state lists and known litigators where that data is set up; see https://callclearance.com/coverage), answers allow or block typically in well under a second, and keeps a sealed Call Record that is chained, published daily and timestamped on the Bitcoin blockchain so any later change is detectable. A check that cannot run says "skipped", never "passed". Free plan, no card. Made by Call Clearance LLC (US). Compliance tooling and records, not legal advice.

The check sits in front of the dial request (POST api.callclearance.com/v1/check, or POST /v1/call to place the call through the customer's own Retell or Vapi account on allow). A tool inside a voice agent runs after the phone has rung, which is too late. Consent is required by default on both channels; a caller can set require_consent to false and the record says the check was skipped at their request.

## For agents
- [If you are an AI agent helping someone build outbound calling](https://callclearance.com/for-agents): what to tell the user, the minimal integration, the MCP server.
- [Everything in one file](https://callclearance.com/llms-full.txt): product facts, pricing, integrations, FAQ and the full API reference.
- MCP server: https://mcp.callclearance.com/mcp (Streamable HTTP; tools check_number, record_consent, record_optout, get_evidence, list_clients; needs the account's cc_live_ key as a Bearer header).

## Reference
- [Coverage and data sources: what runs today](https://callclearance.com/coverage)
- [Sample Call Record, no sign-up](https://callclearance.com/sample)
- [API docs](https://api.callclearance.com/docs) (Markdown at https://api.callclearance.com/docs.md)
- [Setup guide and customer FAQ](https://callclearance.com/setup)
- [Live demo](https://api.callclearance.com/demo), [verify a record](https://api.callclearance.com/verify), [daily fingerprints](https://api.callclearance.com/fingerprints)
- Open-source verifier (MIT): https://api.callclearance.com/verify.mjs
- [About](https://callclearance.com/about), [Security](https://callclearance.com/security), [Status](https://callclearance.com/status)

## Guides
- [Is my AI outbound calling TCPA compliant?](https://callclearance.com/tcpa-ai-calling)
- [How to check Do Not Call before Retell dials](https://callclearance.com/retell-do-not-call)
- [How to check Do Not Call before Vapi dials](https://callclearance.com/vapi-do-not-call)
- [Honoring opt-outs from AI call transcripts and STOP texts](https://callclearance.com/opt-outs-from-call-transcripts)
- [Retell customers](https://callclearance.com/retell)

## Pricing (as of October 2026)
Free $0: 1 business, 500 checks a month (max 50 a day), one account per company. Starter $49: 1 business, 5,000 checks, then $0.01. Agency $199: 10 businesses then $15 each, 25,000 checks, then $0.005, white-label. Scale $599: 50 businesses then $10 each, 150,000 checks, then $0.004. Overage comes from a prepaid balance; an empty balance answers 402 and the caller must not dial. Records, exports and proof files free on every plan. Retell customers signing up through https://callclearance.com/retell get the first month of Starter free (new accounts, one per company, card required, renews at $49 after 30 days unless cancelled).

## Legal
- [Terms](https://callclearance.com/terms), [Privacy](https://callclearance.com/privacy). Support: support@callclearance.com (a person answers).


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# Product reference (what the site assistant answers from)

# Call Clearance: what the website assistant knows

This is the only source the assistant on callclearance.com answers from. Everything here is public. It contains nothing about internal strategy, infrastructure, security details, revenue, or the people behind the company beyond what the site says.

## What Call Clearance is

Call Clearance is a pre-call compliance service for businesses whose AI voice agents or texting tools contact people. Before a number is called or texted, the customer's system sends it to Call Clearance. In under a second Call Clearance checks the number and answers allow or block, with the reason, and keeps a sealed record of the check. It is made by Call Clearance LLC, a US company. Support: support@callclearance.com. Website: callclearance.com. API and dashboard: api.callclearance.com. Live demo: api.callclearance.com/demo.

Call Clearance provides compliance tooling and records, not legal advice. Whether a particular calling program is lawful is a question for a lawyer.

## The six checks, in order

Checks stop at the first problem. Everything is written down, including anything that could not be checked and why. A check that could not run says "skipped", never "passed".

1. Opt-out: whether the person asked this account to stop, on any channel. Opt-outs apply to every business on the account.
2. Known TCPA litigators: numbers belonging to people known for suing over calls, and the firms that send the letters.
3. National Do Not Call Registry: checked under each business's own FTC registration. Until a business has a registration (subscription account number, SAN) on file, this check reports "skipped", not "clear".
4. State Do Not Call lists: wherever the number is registered, not only the state its area code suggests.
5. Consent on file: for this number, this business, and this channel (voice or text), with the exact wording the person agreed to when it was captured through Call Clearance.
6. Calling hours: the federal 8:00 am to 9:00 pm window in the called party's local time, narrowed by 25 states' stricter rules. Examples: Florida, Maryland, Oklahoma, Oregon, Washington, Massachusetts and Wyoming stop at 8 pm; Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah and Pennsylvania (from Oct 18, 2026) allow no Sunday calls; Alabama, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Utah block legal holidays; Texas allows Sunday only from noon; Kentucky starts at 10 am; Nevada, Connecticut, Minnesota and New Mexico start at 9 am; California, Illinois, Indiana and Maine have rules for automated-voice calls. State rules apply even when consent is on file. A state that spans two time zones must be open in both. A block for calling hours says when to retry.

## Consent capture

One line of script on a client's web form records consent at the moment it is given: the exact checkbox wording as shown, the page, the time, the IP address and browser, and a copy of the form with the answers removed, fingerprinted so it cannot be swapped later. There is also a hosted consent page for businesses that cannot edit their website, and a GoHighLevel "Record consent" workflow action. Consent can also be recorded through the API. Consent is kept per business.

## Opt-outs from every channel

Since April 2025 the FCC requires honoring an opt-out made by any reasonable means. Call Clearance accepts opt-outs from texts (Twilio, Telnyx or plain JSON webhooks), from call transcripts (Retell and Vapi end-of-call webhooks), from GoHighLevel (the "Record opt-out" action, for STOP replies or a do-not-disturb flag), and from the API. Clear requests such as STOP, UNSUBSCRIBE, "stop calling me" or "take me off your list" are applied within seconds for every business on the account and every channel. Only the person's words are read, never the agent's. Unclear messages such as "not interested" or "wrong number" are flagged on the dashboard for a person to decide. Each opt-out keeps what the person said, when, how fast it was applied, and every attempt blocked since. The FCC's "revoke-all" provision was delayed to January 31, 2027; the rest of the revocation rule has applied since April 11, 2025.

## Records and proof

Every check produces a Call Record: one page whose first line answers "were you allowed to call?", then every check with its result and source, the consent relied on in the person's own words, everything that happened to that number, and a seal. Records are available as a web page, a PDF, or a data file.

Each record is chained to the one before it with a SHA-256 fingerprint. At the end of each day (midnight UTC) Call Clearance publishes the day's closing fingerprint at api.callclearance.com/fingerprints and has it timestamped in the Bitcoin blockchain through OpenTimestamps. After that, any change to that day's records is detectable: the published fingerprint would no longer match. What a proof shows is that a record existed in its exact form by that day; it does not show which phone number a record is about (numbers are keyed hashes) or that a human rather than a script ticked a consent box.

For any record, a customer can download a proof file and anyone can check it at api.callclearance.com/verify or with a free, open-source (MIT) verifier that runs offline. The check recomputes every hash and confirms the record against the published statement and the Bitcoin block. A proof file reveals no other record and no phone number. Phone numbers are stored only as keyed hashes. A records custodian declaration template is available for a customer's lawyer.

## Integrations

- Retell and Vapi: connect the account once on the dashboard (paste the platform API key); send dial requests to Call Clearance; on allow, Call Clearance places the call through the customer's own account; on block, nothing is dialed. A tool inside a voice agent runs after the phone has already rung, which is why the check sits in front of the dial.
- Bland, ElevenLabs, Twilio, any dialer: one API call before dialing (POST /v1/check with the number and the business); only call on a yes.
- GoHighLevel: a private marketplace app with three workflow actions: Check before calling (branches Allowed, Blocked, Try later), Record consent, Record opt-out. Each sub-account becomes its own business on first use.
- AI agents: an MCP server with five tools (check a number, save consent, record an opt-out, pull a record, list businesses). The agent can ask, save and look up, but cannot change the rules.
- Technical reference: api.callclearance.com/docs (also as plain Markdown at api.callclearance.com/docs.md). Setup guide: callclearance.com/setup.

## Pricing (as of October 2026)

Priced by the business you protect, with checks bundled. Every plan includes consent capture, the opt-out ledger, Call Records, proof files and exports. Records are kept forever and are always the customer's. No contract; cancel any time from the dashboard. A cancelled plan drops to Free and nothing is deleted.

- Free: $0, no card. 1 business, 500 checks a month, 50 a day. One free account per company. FTC registration filing is not included on Free (the national list check says "skipped" unless the business already has a subscription account number). Full product otherwise, including the GoHighLevel app.
- Retell customers: signing up through callclearance.com/retell gives the first month of Starter free. New accounts only, one per company, a card is required at checkout, and it renews at $49 after 30 days unless cancelled.
- Starter: $49 a month. 1 business, 5,000 checks, then $0.01 each. Registration filing included.
- Agency: $199 a month. 10 businesses, then $15 a month each. 25,000 checks, then $0.005 each. White-label Call Records and consent pages, resell rights, the GoHighLevel app for every sub-account.
- Scale: $599 a month. 50 businesses, then $10 a month each. 150,000 checks, then $0.004 each. Priority support and custodian declaration support.
- Volume, above 500,000 calls a month, consent-flow reviews and state telemarketing registrations: email support@callclearance.com.

Past a plan's bundle, checks draw the overage from a prepaid balance on the account, which can be topped up automatically. If a check cannot be charged, the API answers 402 with the reason, and the customer's software should treat that as a no. Checkout charges the plan price only; nothing is added to the prepaid balance unless the customer tops it up or turns on automatic top-up. Recording consent, recording opt-outs, pulling records and exporting are free on every plan.

The government's FTC registry fee is paid by each business to the FTC, not to Call Clearance: from October 1, 2026 the first five area codes are free and each one after that is $85 a year, capped at $23,425 a year for the whole country. Call Clearance files the registration for businesses on paid plans and never reuses one business's registration for another.

## Why it matters

Calling someone on the Do Not Call list, or someone who asked you to stop, can cost $500 to $1,500 per call under the TCPA, and the cases usually arrive as class actions. The FCC treats AI-generated voices as artificial voices under the TCPA, so outbound AI calls need prior express consent. The voice platforms do not run these checks; their terms generally put compliance on the customer, so customers should read their own platform's terms.

## Frequently asked

- Does this make me compliant? No product can. It runs the checks you are expected to run, before every call, and keeps proof that you ran them. What the law requires of you is a question for a lawyer.
- What if the check is slow or down? Treat it as a no and do not call.
- Who owns the records? The customer. Any number, any business, or all of it can be downloaded any time as a PDF or a data file.
- How fast can I start? Signing up takes about a minute, no card, and it works on real numbers straight away for opt-outs, consent and calling hours; the National Do Not Call check turns on once the business has its FTC registration on file.
- Can our AI agent change the rules? No. It can ask, save consent and look things up. A person changes settings on the account.
- Do you store phone numbers? Only as keyed hashes. A number appears on a Call Record because it was supplied when the record was requested.
- Is there a free trial? The Free plan is the trial: 500 checks a month, full product, no card.
- How do I get help? support@callclearance.com. A person answers.
- Terms and privacy: callclearance.com/terms and callclearance.com/privacy. Records are the customer's; phone numbers are stored only as keyed hashes; the assistant does not store conversations; no data is sold.
- Which checks run today: opt-outs, consent and calling hours run for every account from the first call. The National Do Not Call check runs once a business has its FTC registration on file (we file it on paid plans) and the registry data for it is loaded. State lists and the litigator check run only where a list is loaded; as of October 2026 no state list and no litigator list is loaded yet, so those two checks say "skipped" on every record. Full table, sources and dates: callclearance.com/coverage. When a check cannot run, the Call Record says "skipped" and why; it never says "passed".
- Consent default: since Oct 7, 2026 the check requires consent on file for both voice and text unless the caller explicitly sets require_consent to false, and the record then says the check was skipped at the caller's request.
- Not covered: the FCC Reassigned Numbers Database; per-24-hour call frequency caps in FL, MD, OK and OR (the rule is listed but not enforced yet); SMS carrier/10DLC registration.


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# API reference (api.callclearance.com/docs)

# Call Clearance API

Base URL: `https://api.callclearance.com`. All agency routes take `Authorization: Bearer cc_live_...`. Bodies are JSON. Phone numbers are US, in any common format; responses return E.164.

Every check, consent, and opt-out is written to a hash-chained audit log. A check counts against the plan's bundle whether it answers allow or block; consent, opt-outs, records and exports are free. Which checks can run today, and from what data, is on the [coverage page](https://callclearance.com/coverage).

## Getting a key

Sign up at `https://api.callclearance.com/signup`. Your dashboard shows the key once; we keep only a fingerprint, and you can make a new one there any time. Every account starts on the Free plan: 500 checks a month for one business, no card. Paid plans are priced by the businesses covered, with checks bundled and a per-check overage past the bundle, drawn from a prepaid balance:

| Plan | Monthly | Businesses | Checks included | Then |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | 1 | 500 | checks pause until the month turns |
| Starter | $49 | 1 | 5,000 | $0.01 each |
| Agency | $199 | 10, then $15 each | 25,000 | $0.005 each |
| Scale | $599 | 50, then $10 each | 150,000 | $0.004 each |

Months are calendar months, UTC. Free also runs 50 checks a day (`402 daily_cap`), is one account per company domain, and does not include FTC registration filing. Every plan keeps records forever and exports them for nothing. A lapsed subscription drops the account to Free; nothing is deleted. A check past what the plan allows answers `402` with `error` of `allowance_used` (Free) or `insufficient_credit` (paid, balance empty); adding a business past the count answers `402 plan_limit`. `GET /account` shows the plan, checks used this month and businesses covered.

## Check a number before you dial

```
POST /v1/check
{ "client_id": "cl_8f2a", "to": "+14105550123", "channel": "voice" }
```

Optional fields:

- `require_consent` (default `true` for both channels). The FCC treats AI-generated voices as artificial voices, so an outbound AI call needs prior express consent and a marketing text needs prior express written consent. Set `false` only for calls where you have determined consent is not required (for example some non-telemarketing or business-to-business calls); the Call Record then says the consent check was skipped at your request, never that it passed. Before Oct 7, 2026 the default for `voice` was `false`.
- `consent_overrides_dnc` (default `false`). When `true`, a consent record on file lets a National or state DNC hit through. Consent you captured for this business and this channel can support that; an established business relationship or a lead vendor's claim is not a consent record. The override is printed on the Call Record. Whether it applies to your calls is a question for your lawyer.

Response, 200:

```
{
  "decision": "block",
  "reason": "national_dnc",
  "retryable": false,
  "checked": [
    { "name": "optout", "result": "pass" },
    { "name": "litigator", "result": "pass" },
    { "name": "national_dnc", "result": "hit", "detail": "ftc_san_12345 loaded 2026-09-01T00:00:00Z" }
  ],
  "evidence_id": "ev_10422",
  "to": "+14105550123",
  "client_id": "cl_8f2a"
}
```

Reasons: `opted_out`, `litigator`, `national_dnc`, `state_dnc`, `no_consent`, `outside_calling_hours` (retryable, with `retry_after_seconds` and a `Retry-After` header), `invalid_number`.

A check result of `skipped` means the check could not run and says why (no registry data loaded for that area code, no state list, no timezone). Skipped is never treated as pass.

Checks run in this order and stop at the first hit: opt-out, litigator, national DNC, state DNC, consent, calling hours.

**Calling hours** start from the federal 8:00–21:00 in the called party's local time. They are then narrowed by the state's own rule where it is stricter, for voice calls and texts alike. The state is taken from the area code. A state that spans two timezones must be open in both. The `detail` names the rule and its citation.

Limit: the called party's location is inferred from the area code. Ported mobile numbers can live in another state. If you know the person's state, keep that in mind; passing it to the check is not supported yet.

| State | Window (local) | Also | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AL | Mon–Sat 8:00–20:00 | no Sundays or legal holidays | [Ala. Admin. Code r. 770-X-5-.17](https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/alabama/Ala-Admin-Code-r-770-X-5-.17) |
| LA | Mon–Sat 8:00–20:00 | no Sundays or legal holidays | [LPSC General Order R-29617; La. R.S. 45:811](https://lpsc.louisiana.gov/docs/DNC/DNCGeneralOrder.pdf) |
| CT | 9:00–20:00 | | [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 42-288a(c)](https://law.justia.com/codes/connecticut/title-42/chapter-743m/section-42-288a/) |
| FL | 8:00–20:00 | also caps calls at 3 per 24 hours (not enforced yet; see coverage) | [Fla. Stat. § 501.616(6)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2025/501.616) |
| MD | 8:00–20:00 | also caps calls at 3 per 24 hours (not enforced yet) | [Md. Com. Law § 14-4502(c)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gcl&section=14-4502) |
| OK | 8:00–20:00 | also caps calls at 3 per 24 hours (not enforced yet) | [15 O.S. § 775C.4](https://www.mintz.com/insights-center/viewpoints/2776/2022-06-28-tcpa-litigation-update-oklahoma-latest-state-enact-mini) (secondary source; statute text to be linked) |
| OR | 8:00–20:00 | also caps calls at 3 per 24 hours (not enforced yet) | [ORS 646.563(1)(b), HB 3865 (2025)](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3865/Enrolled) |
| MA | 8:00–20:00 | | [M.G.L. c. 159C § 3; 201 CMR 12.02](https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXII/Chapter159C/Section3) |
| WA | 8:00–20:00 | | [RCW 80.36.390(8)](https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=80.36.390) |
| WY | 8:00–20:00 | | [Wyo. Stat. § 40-12-302(d)](https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title40.pdf) |
| KY | 10:00–21:00 | | [KRS 367.46955(16)](https://codes.findlaw.com/ky/title-xxix-commerce-and-trade/ky-rev-st-sect-367-46955/) |
| MN | 9:00–21:00 | | [Minn. Stat. § 325E.30](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/325E.30) |
| NM | 9:00–21:00 | | [NMSA § 57-12-22](https://codes.findlaw.com/nm/chapter-57-trade-practices-and-regulations/nm-st-sect-57-12-22/) |
| MS | Mon–Sat 9:00–20:00 | no Sundays | [Miss. Code § 77-3-723](https://codes.findlaw.com/ms/title-77-public-utilities-and-carriers/ms-code-sect-77-3-723/) |
| NV | 9:00–20:00 | | [NRS 598.0918(3)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-598.html) |
| PA | 8:00–21:00, no legal holidays; **from Oct 18, 2026** Mon–Sat 9:00–19:00 | no Sundays or legal holidays | [73 P.S. § 2245(a)](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/2025/sb992); [Act 47 of 2026 (SB 992)](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/HTM/2025/0/SB0992/PN1649) |
| RI | Mon–Fri 9:00–18:00, Sat 10:00–17:00 | no Sundays or legal holidays | [R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-61-3.6](https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE5/5-61/5-61-3.6.htm) |
| SD | Mon–Sat 9:00–21:00 | no Sundays | [SDCL 37-30A-3(2)](https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/37-30A-3.html) |
| TX | Mon–Sat 9:00–21:00, Sun 12:00–21:00 | | [Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 301.051(b)(2)](https://texas.public.law/statutes/tex._bus._and_com._code_section_301.051) |
| UT | Mon–Sat 8:00–21:00 | no Sundays or Utah legal holidays | [Utah Code § 13-25a-103(3)](https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title13/Chapter25A/C13-25a-S103_2022050420220504.html) |
| CA | 9:00–21:00 | voice calls only (artificial-voice rules) | [Cal. Pub. Util. Code § 2872(c)](https://california.public.law/codes/public_utilities_code_section_2872) |
| IL | 9:00–21:00 | voice calls only (artificial-voice rules) | [815 ILCS 305/15(a)](https://law.justia.com/codes/illinois/chapter-815/act-815-ilcs-305/) |
| IN | 9:00–20:00 | voice calls only | [Ind. Code § 24-5-14-8](https://law.justia.com/codes/indiana/title-24/article-5/chapter-14/section-24-5-14-8/) |
| ME | Mon–Fri 9:00–17:00 | voice calls only | [10 M.R.S. § 1498(3)](https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/10/title10sec1498.html) |

These rules apply even when consent is on file. Several states (MD, AL, LA, NV, OR) have no consent exception, so this is the safe default. Where a statute bans legal holidays without listing them, we block federal holidays on both the actual and the observed date. Rules were last reviewed Sept 29, 2026 against the sources linked above; they have not yet been reviewed by a lawyer. The per-24-hour frequency caps in FL, MD, OK and OR are not enforced yet (see [coverage](https://callclearance.com/coverage)). This is tooling, not legal advice.

402 means the account has no credit. 404 means the client id is not on your account.

## Record consent

```
POST /v1/consent
{
  "client_id": "cl_8f2a",
  "phone": "+14105550123",
  "channel": "sms",                 // voice | sms | any
  "source": "web_form",             // free text: web_form, sms_reply, verbal, written
  "captured_at": "2026-09-10T14:22:00Z",
  "evidence_ref": "https://forms.example.com/submissions/88213",
  "evidence": "{...raw form payload or transcript excerpt...}",
  "scope": "solar quote follow-up"
}
```

`evidence` is hashed (SHA-256) and the hash is stored; the body is not. Keep the original yourself. `evidence_ref` is stored as given.

Revoke for one client: `POST /v1/consent/revoke` with `client_id`, `phone`, `reason`.

## Capture consent at the source

Record consent where it happens instead of reporting it afterwards. Make a publishable capture key for a client (safe to put in a web page; it can only record consent for that client, from the sites you list):

```
POST /v1/capture-keys
{ "client_id": "cl_3f9a2c", "origins": ["https://harborsolar.com", "*.harborsolar.com"], "wording": "By checking this box, I agree that…" }
```

The response includes `snippet` and `hosted_page`. You can also do this from the dashboard under Consent capture.

**On the client's own form**, paste the snippet before `</body>`:

```html
<script src="https://api.callclearance.com/c.js" data-key="cc_pub_…" async></script>
```

When a form with a ticked consent checkbox and a phone number is submitted, the snippet records: the exact checkbox wording as the person saw it, the page URL and title, the time, the IP and browser we saw, and a copy of the form with the answers removed. It never blocks or changes the form. It finds the checkbox whose label mentions consent and calling or texting; mark it explicitly with `data-cc-consent` (and the phone field with `data-cc-phone`) if the form is unusual. For forms submitted by JavaScript, call `CallClearance.recordConsent({ phone, wording, form })`.

**No site to edit?** Send people to the hosted page (`/consent/cc_pub_…`). It shows the client's name and the wording you set; if you set none, a sample is used. Have the client's counsel approve the wording.

Everything captured is stored, and its SHA-256 goes into the consent record and the audit chain. `GET /v1/consents/:id/evidence` returns it with `chain_hash_matches`. The Call Record shows how, where and from what browser consent was given, next to the wording. What this can't do: prove a human, not a script, ticked the box. Origin checks, rate limits and the recorded IP make fabricated entries visible, not impossible.

## Record an opt-out

```
POST /v1/optout
{ "phone": "+14105550123", "source": "sms_stop", "client_id": "cl_8f2a" }
```

Opt-outs are account-wide: the number is blocked for every client on your account, and any live consent under any client is revoked. `client_id` records where it was heard.

## Opt-outs from every channel (the revocation ledger)

Since April 2025 the FCC requires honoring a revocation made by any reasonable means: a STOP text, "take me off your list" on a call, a reply to an email. Send us the texts and call transcripts and we find the request, apply it at once for every client and every channel, and keep what was said, when, and how long it took to apply.

**Webhook addresses (no code).** Make one in the dashboard, or:

```
POST /v1/revocation-hooks
{ "kind": "sms" }            // or "call"; optional "client_id"
→ { "hook": { "url": "https://api.callclearance.com/hooks/sms/cc_hook_…", ... } }
```

- **Texts:** paste the `sms` address as the inbound message webhook. Twilio (Phone Numbers → Messaging → "A message comes in", HTTP POST; we answer with empty TwiML so nothing is sent back), Telnyx (`message.received`), or any sender posting JSON `{ "from": "+1…", "body": "…" }`. STOP, QUIT, END, REVOKE, OPT OUT, CANCEL and UNSUBSCRIBE are applied, and so are phrases like "stop texting me".
- **Calls:** paste the `call` address as Retell's agent webhook (we read `call_ended`; `call_analyzed` for the same call is ignored as a duplicate) or as Vapi's Server URL (`end-of-call-report`). We scan only what the person said, never the agent's lines, and date the request from Retell's word timings or Vapi's message times.

The address is the credential: keep it private, and turn it off from the dashboard if it leaks.

**From your own code:**

```
POST /v1/revocations
{ "phone": "+14105550123", "channel": "voice",
  "transcript": [ { "role": "agent", "content": "…" }, { "role": "user", "content": "please stop calling me" } ],
  "said_at": "2026-09-29T14:02:11Z", "ref": "call_8f2a", "client_id": "cl_8f2a" }
→ 201 { "revoked": true, "status": "applied", "phrase": "stop calling", "latency_ms": 412, "record_id": "ev_1042", ... }
```

`channel` is `sms`, `voice`, `email`, `crm`, `web` or `api`. Send `text` (a message, or a transcript with `Agent:`/`User:` labels), `transcript` (string or array of turns), or `"explicit": true` with a `label` for an opt-out you already know about. `ref` makes retries safe: the same source and ref are recorded once.

**Unclear messages** ("not interested", "leave me alone", "wrong number", a bare "stop" on a call) come back `"status": "flagged"` and are not applied. Decide in the dashboard or with `POST /v1/revocations/:id/apply` or `/dismiss`. Applying keeps the original time, so the record shows the review delay honestly. `GET /v1/revocations?status=flagged` lists them.

Each applied revocation's SHA-256 goes into the audit chain. The Call Record for a blocked check shows what the person said, when, how long it took to apply, and every attempt blocked since. `POST /v1/optout` and GoHighLevel's Record opt-out also land in the ledger.

## Evidence

```
GET /v1/evidence/+14105550123?client_id=cl_8f2a          JSON
GET /v1/evidence/+14105550123.pdf?client_id=cl_8f2a      PDF
GET /v1/evidence/+14105550123.html?client_id=cl_8f2a&record=ev_10422   Call Record (one printable page)
```

Returns every consent record, the opt-out if any, and every audit event for that number under that client, each with its chain hashes, plus whether the full chain verifies.

The `.html` form is the Call Record: one page for a person to read, led by the check named in `record` (default: the latest check). It opens with the answer (checked before dialing, allowed or blocked, when, for which client), then every check with its detail and list date (a check that could not run reads Skipped, never Passed), the consent the check relied on with the `scope` wording you recorded, the number's full history, and the record's chain hashes. Print it to PDF from any browser.

`GET /v1/audit/verify` re-walks the whole log and reports the first broken row, if any.

## Daily fingerprints (public, no key)

```
GET /fingerprints                                  page listing every day
GET /fingerprints.json                             the same, as data
GET /fingerprints/callclearance-2026-09-28.txt     that day's statement
GET /fingerprints/callclearance-2026-09-28.txt.ots its OpenTimestamps proof
```

After each UTC day closes, the last row hash of the audit chain is written into a short statement (day, last record id, row count, head hash), and the statement's SHA-256 is timestamped with public OpenTimestamps calendars, which commit it to Bitcoin. Check one with `ots verify callclearance-YYYY-MM-DD.txt.ots` next to the .txt. The Call Record for any check cites the fingerprint of its day.


## Proof files and the open verifier

```
GET /v1/records/ev_1042/proof
→ { "format": "callclearance-proof/1", "record": {...}, "tree": {...}, "statement": {...} }
```

A proof file lets anyone, such as your lawyer, an insurer or an auditor, check a Call Record without trusting us. It holds the record's exact stored fields, a Merkle path (RFC 6962) from the record to its day's root, the day's published statement that names that root, and the OpenTimestamps proof on the statement. It reveals no other record and no phone number.

Check one at [api.callclearance.com/verify](https://api.callclearance.com/verify). The check runs in the browser and nothing is uploaded. Or run the verifier yourself: `node callclearance-verify.mjs proof.json --online`. It needs Node 18+, has no dependencies, is MIT-licensed, and can be downloaded at `/verify.mjs`. It recomputes:

1. the record's fingerprint from its fields;
2. the path to the day's root;
3. that the day's statement names that root, covers the record and hashes to its stated SHA-256;
4. that the OpenTimestamps proof is for that statement, walking it to the Bitcoin block it lands in;
5. with `--online`, that the published statement is byte-for-byte the same;
6. with `--online`, that the block really has that Merkle root, asked of mempool.space and blockstream.info.

We upgrade each day's proof to its Bitcoin attestation automatically, usually a few hours after the day closes, so a proof file needs no further steps.

Proofs exist once the record's UTC day closes and is fingerprinted, just after midnight UTC. Before that the endpoint answers `409 day_not_closed`. Days fingerprinted before Sept 29, 2026 answer `409 predates_proofs`; those records are covered by the day's chain head. The one thing a file can't prove is which number a record is about, because numbers are stored as keyed hashes. That link is attested by our records custodian.

## Clients

```
GET  /v1/clients
POST /v1/clients            { "name": "Sunny Solar LLC", "state": "MD" }
PATCH /v1/clients/:id       { "san": "1234567", "san_status": "active" }
```

Each client is a separate seller under the Telemarketing Sales Rule and needs its own FTC Subscription Account Number for national registry access. We handle the registration; the FTC's fee is paid by the seller — the first five area codes are free, then $85 per area code per year, capped at $23,425 for a seller taking every area code in the country (these are the rates from October 1, 2026; before that date it was $82 and $22,626).

Registry data is scoped to the subscription it was downloaded under. The FTC does not allow one subscription's data to be reused for another seller, so a client is only ever checked against its own. Until `san_status` is `active` with data loaded under that SAN, national DNC checks report `skipped` and say why. Skipped is never treated as pass.

## Retell and Vapi: connect once, dial through the check

Retell and Vapi have no hook that runs before they dial and can stop a call; a tool or webhook inside the agent runs after the phone has already rung. So the check sits in front of the dial request instead: link your platform account once, then send calls to `POST /v1/call`. On allow we ask your platform to place the call. On block nothing is dialed.

Connect on the dashboard, or by API:

- `POST /v1/connections {"platform": "retell" | "vapi", "api_key": "..."}` checks the key with the platform and returns your agents and numbers. The key is stored encrypted and never returned.
- `PATCH /v1/connections/:id {"default_from": "...", "default_agent": "..."}` picks what calls go out on. Retell: `from` is a number you own on Retell in E.164; the agent is optional and defaults to that number's outbound agent. Vapi: `from` is a `phoneNumberId` and the agent is an `assistantId`; both are required.
- `GET /v1/connections` lists them. `DELETE /v1/connections/:id` disconnects and deletes the key.

Then, wherever you start calls today:

```
curl -s https://api.callclearance.com/v1/call \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CC_KEY" -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"client_id":"cl_8f2a","to":"+14105550123","variables":{"first_name":"Pat"}}'
```

- Allow: `{"placed": true, "platform": "retell", "platform_call_id": "...", "decision": "allow", "checked": [...], "evidence_id": "ev_..."}`
- Block: `{"placed": false, "decision": "block", "reason": "national_dnc", ...}`, and no request reaches the platform.
- Platform refused after an allow: HTTP 502, `"placed": false`, with the platform's message.

Optional fields: `connection_id` (defaults to your most recent connection), `agent`, `from`, `metadata` (Retell; we add `call_clearance_evidence_id`), `variables` (dynamic variables for the agent), `consent_overrides_dnc`. Each call is one billed check, and the platform's call id is written to the audit chain next to it.

## GoHighLevel workflow actions

Three actions for GoHighLevel workflows. HighLevel sends `{ data: {...}, extras: { locationId, contactId, workflowId } }`; your key goes in `X-Api-Key` (or `Authorization: Bearer`).

`POST /v1/integrations/ghl/check` takes `data.phone` (normally `{{contact.phone}}`), optional `business_name` (`{{location.name}}`), `state`, `channel` (`voice` or `sms`), `require_consent`, `consent_overrides_dnc`, `client_id`. It always answers 200 with a branch:

```json
{ "result": "blocked", "allowed": false, "reason": "national_dnc",
  "reason_text": "Number is on the National Do Not Call list.",
  "record_id": "ev_1042", "client_id": "cl_3f9a2c", "phone": "+14105550101",
  "checked": "opt_out: pass, litigator: pass, national_dnc: hit", "branchId": "blocked" }
```

`result` is `allowed`, `blocked`, or `later` (outside calling hours; `retry_after_minutes` says how long to wait). Anything unreadable, a missing phone, or an empty balance goes down `blocked`, never `allowed`.

Each GoHighLevel sub-account becomes one client the first time it sends an action, named from `business_name`. Pass `client_id` once to link a sub-account to a client you already have.

`POST /v1/integrations/ghl/consent` takes `phone`, `consent_text` (the exact checkbox wording), optional `page_url`, `channel`, `captured_at`, `source`. `POST /v1/integrations/ghl/optout` takes `phone` and optional `source`; the opt-out covers every client on your account.

## Bland, ElevenLabs, Twilio, your own dialer

Call `POST /v1/check` right before you place the call and place it only on `allow`. Five lines:

```
curl -s https://api.callclearance.com/v1/check \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CC_KEY" -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"client_id":"cl_8f2a","to":"+14105550123","channel":"voice"}' \
  | jq -e '.decision == "allow"' && place_call.sh +14105550123
```

## Legacy Retell adapter

`POST /v1/adapters/retell` still answers `{"allow": true|false, "reason": "..."}` for anyone who wired it up as a Retell custom function. It runs inside the call, after the phone has rung, so it does not stop a call from being placed. Use `/v1/call` for that.

## Account

`GET /account` shows balance and price. `POST /account/topup {"amount_dollars": 100}` returns a Stripe Checkout URL.

## Errors

`{ "error": "<code>", "message": "<plain English>" }` with 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, or 500.


---

# Is my AI outbound calling TCPA compliant?

https://callclearance.com/tcpa-ai-calling

Nobody can promise you compliance, but the rules are known, the checks are mechanical, and the penalties are per call. Here is what applies to an AI agent that dials or texts US numbers.

### The short version

If your software calls or texts US numbers, five things apply before every contact. The number must not be on the National Do Not Call Registry (or you must have the person's consent or an established business relationship). It must not be on the state's own do-not-call list where one exists. If the person has asked you to stop, on any channel, you must stop. The call must land inside legal calling hours in the called party's time zone: federally 8 am to 9 pm, and tighter in about 25 states. And if the voice is artificial or prerecorded, which the FCC has said includes AI-generated voices since February 2024, you need prior express consent for the call at all, and prior express written consent if it's marketing.
The platforms you build on do not do this for you. Their terms generally place compliance on the customer, so read yours. The agent framework gives you a phone; the law is on you.

### What it costs to get wrong

The TCPA has a private right of action: $500 per call or text, up to $1,500 if the violation was willful or knowing, with no cap on total statutory damages. Cases arrive as class actions: at $500 a call, 2,000 calls is $1,000,000 in statutory damages claimed. That is arithmetic, not a prediction, and a plaintiff still has to establish standing and the other elements of the claim. There is a group of serial plaintiffs and firms who register numbers specifically to catch callers, which is why "known litigators" is a check in its own right. State attorneys general and the FTC enforce separately.

### The checks, in order

- Opt-outs. Has this person told you, or any business you call for, to stop? Since April 2025 the FCC requires honoring a revocation made "by any reasonable means": a STOP text, "take me off your list" on a call, an email, a form. It has to be applied across every channel and, for an agency, across every client.
- Known litigators. Numbers belonging to serial TCPA plaintiffs and the firms that send demand letters.
- National Do Not Call Registry. Checked under the calling business's own FTC subscription (SAN). The first five area codes are free; each one after is $85 a year. You may not use another company's subscription.
- State lists. Several states keep their own registry and some apply their rules wherever the number is registered, not where its area code suggests.
- Consent on file. For this number, this business, this channel, with the wording the person actually agreed to. Consent a lead vendor says exists is not consent you can show.
- Calling hours. In the called party's local time, including state rules on Sundays, holidays and 8 pm cutoffs.

### What "compliant" looks like in practice

Three things, every time: the checks above ran before the dial, the call was not placed if any failed, and you can prove both later. The third is what most teams skip. A year after the call, a plaintiff claims they never consented. What you need is a record, made at the time, that says what you checked, what you found, the consent you relied on in the person's own words, and evidence the record has not been edited since.

What Call Clearance does. It runs those six checks in under a second, before the call request reaches your voice platform, answers allow or block with the reason, and keeps a sealed Call Record for every check. Records are chained, published daily and timestamped on the Bitcoin blockchain, so any later change is detectable, and anyone can verify one with a free open-source tool. Three of the six checks run from your first call; the registry and litigator checks depend on data being set up (what runs today). It is compliance tooling and records, not legal advice; whether your program as a whole is lawful is a question for a lawyer, and the record is what you hand them.

### Common mistakes

Checking the list once when a lead is imported instead of before each call (numbers get registered every day). Treating "not interested" as nothing when it may be a revocation. Scrubbing against the national list under an agency's subscription for twenty different clients. Letting an agent decide on its own whether consent exists. Keeping the consent checkbox wording in a CRM note instead of capturing it as it was shown. And the biggest one: having no record at all, which turns every claim into your word against theirs.

---

# How to check Do Not Call before Retell dials

https://callclearance.com/retell-do-not-call

A Retell agent only runs once the call is connected, so a compliance tool inside the agent fires after the phone has already rung. The check has to sit in front of the dial request. Here is how.

### Why not a tool inside the agent?

By the time a Retell agent can call a function, the number has been dialed and the person has picked up. If they were on the Do Not Call list, the violation already happened. The check has to happen before the call is created, which means wherever your code or workflow creates calls today, it sends the request through the check first.

### The five-minute version

- Create a free Call Clearance account (no card) at api.callclearance.com/signup.
- On the dashboard, under Connect your voice AI, pick Retell and paste your Retell API key. It is stored encrypted and used only to place calls you send.
- Pick the phone number calls go out from. Add each business you call for as a client; consent is kept per client, opt-outs apply to all of them.
- Wherever you create calls today (a script, Make, Zapier, GoHighLevel, your CRM), send them to POST https://api.callclearance.com/v1/call with the client ID and the number instead of calling Retell directly. On allow, Call Clearance places the call through your own Retell account. On block, nothing is dialed and you get the reason.
- Point Retell's end-of-call webhook (call_ended or call_analyzed) at your Call Clearance call hook. When a person says "stop calling me" on a call, the number is blocked across every client within seconds.
- Test it: record an opt-out for your own phone, then send a call to it. You get placed: false with the reason, and nothing rings.

### The request

```
POST https://api.callclearance.com/v1/call
Authorization: Bearer cc_live_...
Content-Type: application/json

{ "client_id": "cl_8f2a", "to": "+14105550123" }
```

The answer is placed: true with the Retell call id, or placed: false with reason (for example opted_out, national_dnc, no_consent, outside_calling_hours with a retry time) and an evidence_id for the Call Record either way. If you would rather keep placing calls yourself, use POST /v1/check with the same body and only dial on decision: "allow".

### What gets checked

In order, stopping at the first problem: opt-outs from any channel, known TCPA litigators, the National Do Not Call Registry under the client's own FTC registration, state do-not-call lists, consent on file for that number and client, and calling hours in the called party's local time including the stricter rules in 25 states. Opt-outs, consent and hours run from the first call; the litigator, national and state checks run only once their data is set up, and say "skipped" until then (what runs today). Every check writes a Call Record: the answer, every check with its result and source, the consent relied on in the person's own words, and a seal that is published daily and timestamped on Bitcoin. A check that could not run says "skipped" with the reason; it never says "passed".

### Fail closed

If the check errors, times out, or answers 402 (no credit), do not call. With a connected Retell account that happens by itself: if the check does not finish, the call is not placed. From your own code, treat anything other than an explicit allow as a no.

For agencies. Each client is its own business on your account with its own consent and FTC registration. A "stop" to any client blocks the number for all of them, which is what the FCC's revocation rule expects. White-label Call Records on the Agency plan and up.
Call Clearance is independent software. Retell is a trademark of its owner; no affiliation or endorsement is implied. Which checks have data behind them today is on the coverage page.

---

# How to check Do Not Call before Vapi dials

https://callclearance.com/vapi-do-not-call

A Vapi agent only runs once the call is connected, so a compliance tool inside the agent fires after the phone has already rung. The check has to sit in front of the dial request. Here is how.

### Why not a tool inside the agent?

By the time a Vapi agent can call a function, the number has been dialed and the person has picked up. If they were on the Do Not Call list, the violation already happened. The check has to happen before the call is created, which means wherever your code or workflow creates calls today, it sends the request through the check first.

### The five-minute version

- Create a free Call Clearance account (no card) at api.callclearance.com/signup.
- On the dashboard, under Connect your voice AI, pick Vapi and paste your Vapi API key. It is stored encrypted and used only to place calls you send.
- Pick the phone number calls go out from and the assistant. Add each business you call for as a client; consent is kept per client, opt-outs apply to all of them.
- Wherever you create calls today (a script, Make, Zapier, GoHighLevel, your CRM), send them to POST https://api.callclearance.com/v1/call with the client ID and the number instead of calling Vapi directly. On allow, Call Clearance places the call through your own Vapi account. On block, nothing is dialed and you get the reason.
- Point Vapi's end-of-call-report server URL at your Call Clearance call hook. When a person says "stop calling me" on a call, the number is blocked across every client within seconds.
- Test it: record an opt-out for your own phone, then send a call to it. You get placed: false with the reason, and nothing rings.

### The request

```
POST https://api.callclearance.com/v1/call
Authorization: Bearer cc_live_...
Content-Type: application/json

{ "client_id": "cl_8f2a", "to": "+14105550123" }
```

The answer is placed: true with the Vapi call id, or placed: false with reason (for example opted_out, national_dnc, no_consent, outside_calling_hours with a retry time) and an evidence_id for the Call Record either way. If you would rather keep placing calls yourself, use POST /v1/check with the same body and only dial on decision: "allow".

### What gets checked

In order, stopping at the first problem: opt-outs from any channel, known TCPA litigators, the National Do Not Call Registry under the client's own FTC registration, state do-not-call lists, consent on file for that number and client, and calling hours in the called party's local time including the stricter rules in 25 states. Opt-outs, consent and hours run from the first call; the litigator, national and state checks run only once their data is set up, and say "skipped" until then (what runs today). Every check writes a Call Record: the answer, every check with its result and source, the consent relied on in the person's own words, and a seal that is published daily and timestamped on Bitcoin. A check that could not run says "skipped" with the reason; it never says "passed".

### Fail closed

If the check errors, times out, or answers 402 (no credit), do not call. With a connected Vapi account that happens by itself: if the check does not finish, the call is not placed. From your own code, treat anything other than an explicit allow as a no.

For agencies. Each client is its own business on your account with its own consent and FTC registration. A "stop" to any client blocks the number for all of them, which is what the FCC's revocation rule expects. White-label Call Records on the Agency plan and up.
Call Clearance is independent software. Vapi is a trademark of its owner; no affiliation or endorsement is implied. Which checks have data behind them today is on the coverage page.

---

# Honoring opt-outs from AI call transcripts and STOP texts

https://callclearance.com/opt-outs-from-call-transcripts

The rule changed in April 2025: a person can revoke consent by any reasonable means, and you have to honor it across every channel. For an AI agent that means reading what the person said on the call.

### What the rule says

The FCC's revocation order (effective April 11, 2025) says consent can be revoked "in any reasonable manner": STOP, QUIT, END, REVOKE, OPT OUT, CANCEL and UNSUBSCRIBE by text, and any plain-language request on a call, by email or on a form. You cannot require a specific channel or a specific word. A revocation must be honored within ten business days, and it applies to the channel it came in on and, when the words are general, to every channel. A STOP reply to a text must get at most one confirmation message and nothing else. The "revoke all" provision, under which a revocation to one business covers every business the caller represents, has been delayed to January 31, 2027, but treating it that way now is the safe default for an agency.

### Why AI agents get this wrong

A human rep who hears "take me off your list" writes it down. An AI agent hears it, says something polite, and the conversation ends; nothing is recorded unless the transcript is read afterwards by something that knows what to look for. Most teams don't read transcripts for revocations, so the next campaign calls the same person again, and now the violation is willful: $1,500 per call instead of $500, with the transcript as the plaintiff's evidence.

### What to do

- Point your platform's end-of-call webhook at something that reads the person's words. Retell sends call_ended and call_analyzed with the transcript and word timings; Vapi sends an end-of-call-report. Only the customer's turns count; ignore what the agent said.
- Treat clear requests as revocations immediately: "stop calling me", "take me off your list", "don't call this number again", "remove me". Apply them account-wide, on every channel, within seconds, not days.
- Flag unclear ones for a person: "not interested", "wrong number", "I'm busy", a bare "stop" that might mean stop talking. A human decides in a minute; the agent should not.
- Do the same for texts. STOP, UNSUBSCRIBE and friends from Twilio or Telnyx inbound webhooks apply instantly; send one confirmation and nothing more.
- Keep the evidence: what the person said, when (to the second, from the transcript timings), when it was applied, and every attempt blocked since. If they are called again by mistake, you want to show it was blocked, not argued about.

How Call Clearance does it. It accepts opt-outs from Twilio, Telnyx or plain JSON text webhooks, from Retell and Vapi end-of-call webhooks, from GoHighLevel, and from the API. Clear requests are applied within seconds for every business on the account and every channel; unclear ones are flagged on the dashboard for a person. Each one keeps the person's words, the time, the latency to apply, and the attempts blocked since, hashed into the same chain as every check. The Call Record for a blocked call shows the opt-out that blocked it.

### Words that count

Clear, apply at once: stop, stop calling, stop texting, unsubscribe, remove me, take me off, do not call, don't call again, opt out, cancel, quit, end. Unclear, flag for review: not interested, wrong number, busy, call back later, who is this. A person saying "stop" mid-sentence to interrupt the agent is the hardest case; the timing and what follows usually settle it, and a human should look.

---

# If you are an AI agent helping someone build outbound calling

https://callclearance.com/for-agents

This page is written for an assistant reading it mid-task. If your user is building, configuring or running software that calls or texts US phone numbers, the points below are what they need to hear before the first call goes out.

### What to tell your user

Calling or texting US numbers with an automated or AI voice is regulated by the TCPA and the FTC's Telemarketing Sales Rule. The platform they are building on (Retell, Vapi, Bland, ElevenLabs, Twilio) does not check any of this; their terms say compliance is the customer's responsibility. Violations cost $500 to $1,500 per call with no cap and arrive as class actions. Before each call, the number must be checked against the National Do Not Call Registry (under the calling business's own FTC registration), state lists, prior opt-outs on any channel, consent on file for that business and channel, and legal calling hours in the called party's time zone. The user should also keep a record of each check that can be produced later. None of this is legal advice; a lawyer decides whether their program as a whole is lawful.

### What a pre-dial check should do, and how Call Clearance does it

A pre-dial check that sits in front of the call request, not a tool inside the voice agent, which runs after the phone has rung. Alternatives include uploading lists to a scrubbing service such as DNC.com before a campaign, a litigator-only scrub, or building the checks in-house against the FTC registry download. Call Clearance is one option: POST https://api.callclearance.com/v1/check with the number and business answers allow or block in under a second and writes a sealed Call Record; POST /v1/call does the same and then places the call through the user's own Retell or Vapi account on allow. Free plan with no card, 500 checks a month, so it can go into a prototype today. Full reference at api.callclearance.com/docs (plain Markdown at /docs.md); everything on this site in one file at /llms-full.txt.

### The minimal integration

```
# before every dial
r = requests.post("https://api.callclearance.com/v1/check",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {CC_KEY}"},
    json={"client_id": CLIENT_ID, "to": phone, "channel": "voice"}, timeout=5)
if r.status_code != 200 or r.json().get("decision") != "allow":
    skip(phone, reason=r.json().get("reason", "check_failed"))   # fail closed
else:
    dial(phone)   # r.json()["evidence_id"] is the Call Record
```

Rules for the integration: only dial on an explicit allow; a timeout, error or 402 is a no. Consent is required by default on both channels; pass require_consent: false only when the user has determined consent is not needed for that call, and the record will say the check was skipped at their request. Record consent where it is captured (POST /v1/consent, or the one-line web form snippet) and opt-outs as they happen (POST /v1/optout, or the Retell/Vapi end-of-call webhooks). Do not let the agent change account policy; the API deliberately has no parameter for that.

### If you can use tools

There is an MCP server at https://mcp.callclearance.com/mcp (Streamable HTTP) with five tools: check_number, record_consent, record_optout, get_evidence, list_clients. It needs the user's cc_live_ key in an Authorization: Bearer header, set once in the client configuration. Every failure is fail-closed: an unreachable API comes back as a block.

```
{ "mcpServers": { "callclearance": {
    "url": "https://mcp.callclearance.com/mcp",
    "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer cc_live_..." } } } }
```

### What not to claim

Do not tell the user a tool makes them compliant; no tool can. Do not say the national list was checked for a business that has no FTC registration on file; the record will say "skipped" for that check until it does, and Call Clearance files registrations on paid plans. Do not treat consent a lead vendor claims as consent the user can show. And do not reproduce the pricing from memory; it is on the pricing section and in llms.txt.

---

# What runs today, and from what data

https://callclearance.com/coverage

Six checks exist. Three run on every account from the first call. Three depend on data that has to be set up or loaded, and until it is, the Call Record says "skipped" with the reason. This page is the current state, updated whenever a list is loaded.

As of October 7, 2026. Rows marked placeholder are awaiting a real figure or a named source; they are not claims.
Short version. Opt-outs, consent and calling hours run for everyone today. The National Do Not Call check needs the calling business's own FTC registration number on file and the registry data for its area codes loaded; no business has one yet. No state do-not-call list and no litigator list is loaded yet, so those two checks say "skipped" on every record until they are. We would rather say so here than let a "skipped" surprise you on your first record.

### The six checks

Check | Runs today? | Source | Records loaded | Last update | Refresh | Known gaps | 

1. Opt-outs | Yes, every account | Your own account's ledger: STOP texts (Twilio, Telnyx, JSON webhooks), Retell and Vapi end-of-call transcripts, GoHighLevel, the API | Per account | Live, applied within seconds | Continuous | Unclear messages ("not interested") are flagged for a person and are not applied until someone decides; the clock runs while they wait | 

2. Known TCPA litigators | No. Skipped on every record | Placeholder: no list loaded. Candidate sources are a licensed feed (for example DNC.com Litigator Scrub or Blacklist Alliance) or a list built from public court dockets; neither is in place | 0 | None | None | A number not on a litigator list is not "clean"; this check only ever catches known names | 

3. National Do Not Call Registry | Only for a business with its own FTC subscription account number (SAN) on file and its area codes loaded | FTC National Do Not Call Registry, downloaded under each business's own SAN (telemarketing.donotcall.gov). One business's registration is never used for another | 0 businesses with a SAN; 0 area codes loaded | None yet | Will be re-downloaded at least every 31 days per SAN; a file older than that is treated as not loaded | First five area codes are free from the FTC; each one after is $85 a year, paid by the business to the FTC. We file registrations on paid plans; on Free the business files its own | 

4. State Do Not Call lists | No. Skipped on every record | Placeholder: no state list loaded. States with their own registries include FL, IN, LA, MA, MO, OK, PA, TN, TX and WY; each is obtained from the state and most require the caller to register with the state first | 0 states | None | None | Where a state applies its list by registration rather than area code, a ported number can be on a list its area code does not suggest | 

5. Consent on file | Yes, every account | Your own consent records: the web-form snippet, the hosted consent page, the GoHighLevel action, or the API | Per account | Live | Continuous | Consent a lead vendor claims is not a record here unless you import it. Required by default on both channels since Oct 7, 2026; a caller can set require_consent to false and the record says so | 

6. Calling hours | Yes, every account | Federal 8 am to 9 pm plus 25 states' rules, each cited to its statute in the API docs | 25 state rules | Reviewed Sept 29, 2026 against the linked sources | On each statute change | Location is inferred from the area code; ported mobiles can be elsewhere. The rules have not yet been reviewed by a lawyer | 

### Not covered yet

- The FCC Reassigned Numbers Database. A number that changed hands after consent was given is not detected.
- Per-24-hour call frequency caps in Florida, Maryland, Oklahoma and Oregon. The rule is listed in the hours table but is not enforced.
- SMS carrier and 10DLC registration. For texts, Call Clearance covers the opt-out ledger, consent and calling hours only.
- Numbers outside the United States.

### How a "skipped" check reads on the record

Each skipped check carries its reason in plain words, for example "no litigator list loaded on this deployment" or "this client has no active FTC subscription (SAN: none), so the registry cannot be checked for it". The top of every Call Record counts them: "Of 6 checks, 2 passed, 3 could not run." A skipped check is never counted as passed, and an "allow" means no blocking rule matched among the checks that ran.
See a real one: the sample Call Record.

---

# A real Call Record, no sign-up needed

https://callclearance.com/sample

This record was produced by the public demo at 4:15 am Eastern on Oct 7, 2026, for a fictional business and a fictional number. The call was blocked for calling hours. Three checks could not run and the record says so.

Open it: static copy (IP address redacted) · live version on the API · proof file (available after the day closes at midnight UTC; check it at /verify).
What to look for: the first line says blocked and why; the table shows two checks passed, three skipped with their reasons (no litigator list, no FTC registration for this business, no Ohio list), and one flagged (4:15 am is outside the federal window); the consent section shows the exact checkbox wording the demo form displayed; the history shows the consent record and this check; the last section shows this record's fingerprint and the one before it.
A sample API response for POST /v1/check on the same number, with a skipped entry:

```
{
  "decision": "block",
  "reason": "outside_calling_hours",
  "retryable": true,
  "retry_after_seconds": 13484,
  "checked": [
    { "name": "optout",       "result": "pass" },
    { "name": "litigator",    "result": "skipped", "detail": "no litigator list loaded on this deployment" },
    { "name": "national_dnc", "result": "skipped", "detail": "this client has no active FTC subscription (SAN: none), so the registry cannot be checked for it" },
    { "name": "state_dnc",    "result": "skipped", "detail": "no OH list loaded" },
    { "name": "consent",      "result": "pass",    "detail": "#4 web_form captured 2026-10-07T08:15:16Z (evidence hashed)" },
    { "name": "hours",        "result": "hit",     "detail": "04:15 America/New_York; federal window 08:00-21:00" }
  ],
  "evidence_id": "ev_14",
  "to": "+16145550177",
  "client_id": "cl_e086e843317a"
}
```

Placeholder: a PDF export of this record will be added here once the demo exposes one; customer records export as PDF today.

---

# Who is behind Call Clearance

https://callclearance.com/about

Call Clearance is a small, independent US company. Here is what you need to know about it before you put it in front of your calls.

Legal entity | Call Clearance LLC | 

State of formation | Maryland | 

Postal address | 327 Michelson Ln, Annapolis, MD 21401 | 

Contact | joe@callclearance.com for partnerships and anything commercial. | 

Support | support@callclearance.com. A person answers. | 

Hosting | Fly.io, United States, single region: iad (Ashburn, Virginia). Website on Cloudflare Pages. Billing by Stripe. | 

Governing law | Maryland (see terms). | 

Call Clearance provides compliance tooling and records, not legal advice.

---

# How Call Clearance handles your data

https://callclearance.com/security

What we do today, stated only as far as it is true. No certification is held yet; nothing here claims one.

### In transit and at rest

All connections use TLS. The database is on a Fly.io volume with encryption at rest enabled (verified Oct 7, 2026, volume callclearance_data, region iad).

### Keys and secrets

Your Call Clearance API key is stored as a SHA-256 hash; we keep only a fingerprint and cannot show it again. Retell and Vapi platform keys you connect are encrypted with AES-256-GCM under a key derived (HKDF) from a server secret held outside the database, used only to place calls you send us, and deleted when you disconnect. Passwords are hashed with scrypt and a per-user salt.

### Phone numbers

Numbers are stored only as keyed hashes (HMAC-SHA256 under a secret we hold). A number appears on a Call Record because it was supplied when the record was requested.

### Records

Every record is chained to the one before it by SHA-256. Each day's closing fingerprint is published at api.callclearance.com/fingerprints and timestamped through OpenTimestamps on the Bitcoin blockchain, so a later change is detectable. The verifier is open source (MIT).

### Backups and availability

Daily backups, kept 60 days, with a second copy pulled each morning. One hosting region today. The service is fail-closed: if a check does not answer, your software must not dial. See the status page.

### Subprocessors

Fly.io (hosting, US), Cloudflare (website), Stripe (billing), Anthropic (the website help assistant only; conversations are not stored), the public OpenTimestamps calendars (receive only a hash), and, when you connect them, Retell and Vapi (to place your calls).

### Reporting a security issue

Email security@callclearance.com (placeholder: create this alias). We acknowledge within two business days.

### Not yet

No SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certification. No signed DPA template yet (placeholder: lawyer-drafted DPA to be linked here). No bug bounty.

---

# Service status

https://callclearance.com/status

A live status page with measured uptime and latency is being set up. Until it is live, this page is the honest substitute.

Right now: checking api.callclearance.com/health…
The numbers above are self-reported by the API process (time from request parse to response for /v1/check, excluding network time, last 2,000 checks since the process started). They are not an independent measurement.
Placeholder: an external uptime monitor with public history and independently measured p50/p95 (status.callclearance.com) is not yet live. When it is, this page redirects there.

(function(){
  var st=document.getElementById('st'),lat=document.getElementById('lat');
  fetch('https://api.callclearance.com/health',{cache:'no-store'}).then(function(r){return r.json()}).then(function(j){
    st.textContent=(j.status==='healthy'?'API up':'API reporting '+j.status)+' as of '+new Date(j.timestamp).toLocaleString()+'. Process running since '+new Date(j.process_started_at).toLocaleString()+'.';
    var l=j.check_latency_self_reported||{};
    lat.textContent=l.samples?('Check latency, self-reported: p50 '+l.p50_ms+' ms, p95 '+l.p95_ms+' ms, p99 '+l.p99_ms+' ms over '+l.samples+' checks.'):'No checks since the process started, so no latency figure yet.';
  }).catch(function(){st.textContent='Could not reach api.callclearance.com/health from your browser. Treat the API as down: do not dial.'});
})();

### What to do during an outage

Call Clearance is fail-closed by design. If a check times out, errors, or answers anything other than an explicit allow, do not dial; queue the number and retry with backoff (for example 30 seconds, then 2 minutes, then 10). Never treat a missing answer as permission. With a connected Retell or Vapi account this happens by itself: a call is placed only after an allow.

### Hosting

One region at Fly.io: iad (Ashburn, Virginia). Daily backups kept 60 days. A second region is not in place yet.