How Grok Bot signs up for its own Bland number

Bland describes a headless onboarding process that lets Grok Bot create a new Bland account, obtain an AI phone number, and retrieve an API key within one conversation, provided Stripe Link is connected and its CLI is available. The user must supply a six-digit SMS verification code, approve the first-month payment through Link, and choose a U.S. area code unless any available number is acceptable; existing Bland accounts must instead use a separate account-linking flow. The paid process uses Bland’s onboarding endpoints and requires a Stripe Link shared payment token or Link CLI payment challenge response, as virtual cards are not accepted, with the Agent Phone Plan costing $14.99 for the first month and $29.99 monthly thereafter. Sessions expire after 10 minutes, though code verification extends the window once, and unavailable area codes are detected before a verification text is sent. If provisioning is delayed, the account can retry number assignment after payment without an additional charge, while a free-credit option initially uses a shared Bland number and later directs users to add a card for texting or a dedicated number.

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