Bring Sms Gateway
to OpenAI Agents SDK
Learn how to connect TNZ Communications to OpenAI Agents SDK and start using 12 AI agent tools in minutes. Fully managed, enterprise secure, and ready to use without writing a single line of code.
What is the TNZ Communications MCP Server?
Empower your AI agent with access to the TNZ Group messaging gateway to automate your SMS, Voice, and Fax communications in New Zealand and globally.
What you can do
- Multichannel Messaging — Send SMS, automated voice calls (Text-to-Speech), and digital faxes programmatically.
- Delivery Oversight — Monitor the real-time status of sent messages and retrieve incoming SMS replies.
- Contact & Group Control — Manage your TNZ address book and organize contacts into groups for broadcast messaging.
- Operational Monitoring — Track your account credit balance and retrieve detailed messaging usage and cost reports.
How it works
1. Subscribe to this server
2. Enter your TNZ Auth Token from your dashboard
3. Start communicating from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client
Who is this for?
- Business Operations — Quickly send notifications and alerts to staff or customers via natural conversation.
- Marketing Teams — Automate SMS and Voice outreach sequences and track engagement results.
- Customer Support — Monitor and respond to incoming SMS replies without leaving your workspace.
Built-in capabilities (12)
Verify TNZ API connectivity
Add a new contact to TNZ
Check account credit balance
Check delivery status of a message
Retrieve usage and cost reports
List your contact groups
List saved message templates
List inbound SMS replies
List saved contacts in TNZ
Send a document as a fax
Send an SMS message
Send a voice call (Text-to-Speech)
Why OpenAI Agents SDK?
The OpenAI Agents SDK auto-discovers all 12 tools from TNZ Communications through native MCP integration. Build agents with built-in guardrails, tracing, and handoff patterns. chain multiple agents where one queries TNZ Communications, another analyzes results, and a third generates reports, all orchestrated through Vinkius.
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Native MCP integration via
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Built-in guardrails, tracing, and handoff patterns let you build production-grade agents without reinventing safety infrastructure
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Lightweight and composable: chain multiple agents and MCP servers in a single pipeline with minimal boilerplate
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First-party OpenAI support ensures optimal compatibility with GPT models for tool calling and structured output
TNZ Communications in OpenAI Agents SDK
TNZ Communications and 3,400+ other MCP servers. One platform. One governance layer.
Teams that connect TNZ Communications to OpenAI Agents SDK through Vinkius don't need to source, host, or maintain individual MCP servers. Every tool call runs inside a hardened runtime with credential isolation, DLP, and a signed audit chain.
Raw MCP | Vinkius | |
|---|---|---|
| Server catalog | Find and host yourself | 3,400+ managed |
| Infrastructure | Self-hosted | Sandboxed V8 isolates |
| Credential handling | Plaintext in config | Vault + runtime injection |
| Data loss prevention | None | Configurable DLP policies |
| Kill switch | None | Global instant shutdown |
| Financial circuit breakers | None | Per-server limits + alerts |
| Audit trail | None | Ed25519 signed logs |
| SIEM log streaming | None | Splunk, Datadog, Webhook |
| Honeytokens | None | Canary alerts on leak |
| Custom domains | Not applicable | DNS challenge verified |
| GDPR compliance | Manual effort | Automated purge + export |
Why teams choose Vinkius for TNZ Communications in OpenAI Agents SDK
The TNZ Communications MCP Server runs on Vinkius-managed infrastructure inside AWS — a purpose-built runtime with per-request V8 isolates, Ed25519 signed audit chains, and sub-40ms cold starts. All 12 tools execute in hardened sandboxes optimized for native MCP execution.
Your AI agents in OpenAI Agents SDK only access the data you authorize, with DLP that blocks sensitive information from ever reaching the model, kill switch for instant shutdown, and up to 60% token savings. Enterprise-grade infrastructure, zero maintenance.
* Every MCP server runs on Vinkius-managed infrastructure inside AWS - a purpose-built runtime with per-request V8 isolates, Ed25519 signed audit chains, and sub-40ms cold starts optimized for native MCP execution. See our infrastructure
How Vinkius secures
TNZ Communications for OpenAI Agents SDK
Every tool call from OpenAI Agents SDK to the TNZ Communications MCP Server is protected by DLP redaction, cryptographic audit chains, V8 sandbox isolation, kill switch, and financial circuit breakers.
Frequently asked questions
How do I get an Auth Token for TNZ?
Log in to your TNZ Dashboard, go to Users, select your user, and click the API tab to generate your unique Auth Token.
Can the agent send voice calls?
Yes, using the send_tts_voice_call tool, the agent can convert text into a high-quality voice call for your recipients.
Does this support sending faxes?
Absolutely. The send_digital_fax tool allow you to send documents or text as faxes directly from your agent.
How does the OpenAI Agents SDK connect to MCP?
Use MCPServerSse(url=...) to create a server connection. The SDK auto-discovers all tools and makes them available to your agent with full type information.
Can I use multiple MCP servers in one agent?
Yes. Pass a list of MCPServerSse instances to the agent constructor. The agent can use tools from all connected servers within a single run.
Does the SDK support streaming responses?
Yes. The SDK supports SSE and Streamable HTTP transports, both of which work natively with Vinkius.
MCPServerStreamableHttp not found
Ensure you have the latest version: pip install --upgrade openai-agents
Agent not calling tools
Make sure your prompt explicitly references the task the tools can help with.