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Bland AI

Bland AI is a conversational AI platform for building, operating, and evaluating voice agents, calls, messaging, and related communications workflows.

Verdict

Bland AI lets your team manage AI phone agents and conversational pathways directly from Switchy Projects. @mention it to inspect call history, check account balance, organize pathway folders, or query knowledge bases without opening the Bland dashboard. Support teams use it to audit recent calls during incident reviews; ops teams pull contact lists and pathway configs when planning new automations. The MCP surfaces read-only account details and organizational data — it won't place calls or modify live agents, so you'll still handle call execution in Bland's UI.

Common use cases

  • Audit call logs during support escalations
  • Export contact lists for campaign planning
  • Review pathway configs before launch
  • Check account balance before bulk calls
  • Search knowledge bases for training content

Integration

Vendor
Bland AI
Category
other
Auth
API_KEY
Tools
10
Composio slug
bland_ai

Tools

  • Create Pathway Folder

    Create an empty pathway folder, optionally nested under an existing folder, without running calls or agents.

  • Delete Pathway Folder
    destructive

    Delete an empty pathway folder by ID; folders containing pathways or subfolders must be emptied first.

  • Get Account Details

    Return the connected Bland AI account's status, call count, balance, and refill settings without changing the account.

  • List Calls

    Search the connected account's existing inbound and outbound call history without placing or modifying calls.

  • List Contacts

    Return organization contacts and their identifiers and memory records one page at a time.

  • List Knowledge Bases

    Return one page of the connected Bland AI organization's knowledge bases, including processing status, source details, and file metadata.

  • List Pathway Folders

    Return all pathway folders and their parent relationships from Bland's US regional pathway service.

  • List Pathways

    Return all conversational pathways, including their names, descriptions, nodes, and edges.

  • List Tools

    Search and page through the active or draft tools configured for Bland agents.

  • Rename Pathway Folder

    Rename an existing pathway folder without moving or changing any pathways inside it.

Setup

Setup guide

  1. 11. Open your Switchy workspace and navigate to Settings → Integrations → Browse MCP Servers. 2. Search for Bland AI and click Connect. 3. You'll be prompted to paste an API key — generate one in your Bland AI dashboard under Settings → API Keys with read permissions for calls, pathways, contacts, and knowledge bases. 4. Paste the key into Switchy and click Authorize. 5. Switchy confirms the connection by fetching your account details. 6. Open any Project, type '@Bland AI list recent calls' in the chat, and verify the MCP returns your call history. 7. If the response is empty or errors, revisit Settings → Integrations to check the API key hasn't expired or been revoked.

What teammates see: by default, memories from Bland AI are scoped to the Project (PROJECT visibility) - you can mark any memory PRIVATE or share it ORG-wide.

Works well with

Top models

Compatibility data appears once enough Projects have used this MCP together with a given model.

How Switchy teams use it

Not enough Projects yet to publish anonymised usage stats (we require ≥ 50 Projects per week).

Starter prompts

Recent Call Summary

@Bland AI list the most recent 20 calls, then summarize call outcomes, average duration, and flag any calls with errors or low sentiment scores.

Pathway Inventory

@Bland AI list all pathways and show their names, descriptions, and node counts in a table so we can review our active conversational flows.

Account Health Check

@Bland AI get account details and tell me current balance, total calls this month, and whether auto-refill is enabled.

Contact Export Prep

@Bland AI list contacts and include their identifiers and any stored memory records, then export as CSV for our outreach campaign.

Knowledge Base Audit

@Bland AI list knowledge bases and display their names, source types, file counts, and processing status so we can confirm training data is up to date.

Example outputs

Illustrative - representative of the model's voice and quality, not literal recordings.

Prompt

@bland-ai list all calls from the past 7 days and show me which ones had a successful transfer

Output

Found 23 calls in the past week. 8 calls successfully transferred to a human agent, 12 completed without transfer, and 3 were dropped before completion. The highest transfer rate occurred on Tuesday afternoon (5 of 7 calls). Most successful transfers happened when the caller asked for billing questions or technical support beyond the agent's scope. Average call duration before transfer was 2.3 minutes.

Notes

This example showcases the call history search capability. The MCP returns structured call metadata including outcomes and transfer events. Note that call recordings and transcripts are not included in the list response — you'd need separate tool calls to retrieve those. API key must have read access to call logs.

Prompt

@bland-ai create a new pathway folder called 'Q1 Sales Campaigns' under the existing 'Outbound' folder

Output

Created pathway folder 'Q1 Sales Campaigns' with ID pf_8k2m9n4p. The folder is now nested under 'Outbound' (pf_3j7h5k1m) and ready to organize pathways. The folder is currently empty — you can move existing pathways into it or create new ones directly inside. Folder appears in the US regional pathway service and is visible to all team members with pathway access.

Notes

This demonstrates the organizational tooling for conversational pathways. The MCP confirms the folder creation and returns its ID for subsequent operations. Remember that Bland AI requires folders to be empty before deletion, so plan your hierarchy carefully. This is a write operation that immediately affects your account structure.

Prompt

@bland-ai check my account balance and tell me if I have enough credits to run 500 outbound calls this week

Output

Your Bland AI account currently has 1,247 call credits remaining with auto-refill enabled at 200 credits. Based on your average call duration of 3.2 minutes and current per-minute rate, 500 calls would consume approximately 1,600 credits. You're 353 credits short. However, with auto-refill triggering twice during the week (at current usage pace), you should have sufficient credits by mid-week. Consider manually adding credits if you need to front-load the campaign.

Notes

This example pairs the account details tool with AI reasoning to answer a planning question. The MCP provides raw account data (balance, refill settings, call history stats), and the AI performs the capacity calculation. Useful for budget forecasting before launching campaigns. Requires API key with account-level read permissions.

Use-case deep-dives

Outbound sales call logging

When Bland AI fits a 2-person SDR team doing cold outreach

A two-person SDR team running 40 cold calls a day needs a shared view of what happened on each dial. The List Calls tool pulls transcripts and outcomes into Switchy so both reps see who picked up, who asked for a callback, and who hung up in five seconds. The Get Account Details tool surfaces your monthly balance so you know when to top up credits before a big push. This works if your reps are already comfortable with Bland's voice agent setup and you just need the call history in one place. If you're still experimenting with scripts or pathway logic, you'll spend more time in Bland's own dashboard than in Switchy. Buy this integration when your call volume is steady and you want the team to review outcomes together without switching tabs.

Customer support knowledge base sync

Why support teams use this MCP to audit AI agent training data

A four-person support team runs a Bland voice agent that answers tier-one questions about shipping and returns. The List Knowledge Bases tool shows which PDFs and help articles the agent is trained on, plus their processing status. When a customer complains the bot gave outdated info, the team pulls the knowledge base list into Switchy, spots the stale file, and flags it for refresh. The List Contacts tool surfaces which customers have called before and what the agent remembered from past conversations. This scenario works if you already have a Bland agent live and you need a quick audit layer. If you're still building the knowledge base or the agent isn't deployed, you'll get more value from Bland's native interface. Use this integration when your agent is in production and you want the team to spot training gaps fast.

Conversational pathway version control

When pathway folders help a product team test call flows

A three-person product team is A/B testing two versions of a sales qualification flow in Bland. The Create Pathway Folder and List Pathways tools let them organize test variants in Switchy without cluttering Bland's main workspace. One folder holds the control flow, another holds the experimental branch with an extra objection-handling node. The team reviews node-by-node logic in Switchy during sprint planning, then pushes changes back to Bland when they pick a winner. This works if your team is iterating on call scripts weekly and you want a shared changelog. If you only have one pathway or you rarely touch the flow, the folder overhead isn't worth it. Buy this integration when you're running multiple pathway experiments and you need the team to compare versions side by side.

Frequently asked

What does the Bland AI MCP let me do in Switchy?

It connects your Bland AI account so you can browse call history, manage conversational pathways, inspect knowledge bases, and check account balance—all from Switchy's chat interface. You're not placing live calls through the MCP; you're auditing and organizing the infrastructure behind your voice agents. Think of it as a read-heavy dashboard for teams that already run Bland campaigns.

Do I need admin access to connect Bland AI?

You need an API key from your Bland AI account, which typically requires admin or developer permissions to generate. The key grants access to call logs, pathways, contacts, and billing details, so only connect it if you're comfortable exposing that data to your Switchy workspace. If you're not the account owner, ask whoever manages your Bland subscription to provision the key.

Can the MCP trigger outbound calls or modify live agents?

No. The tools are read-only or organizational—listing calls, creating pathway folders, deleting empty folders. You can't place calls, update agent scripts, or change voice settings through this MCP. For campaign execution, use Bland's web dashboard or their full API. This integration is for teams who want to inspect and tidy their Bland setup without leaving Switchy.

Why use this instead of logging into Bland's dashboard?

If you're already in Switchy coordinating customer ops or support workflows, pulling call transcripts or checking pathway structure in the same chat saves context-switching. You can also pipe Bland data into prompts alongside Slack threads or CRM records. The dashboard is still faster for bulk edits; this MCP shines when you need quick lookups during a conversation.

Who on the team should connect the Bland AI MCP?

Whoever owns your voice-agent infrastructure—usually a product manager, ops lead, or developer who already has Bland API access. Because the connection exposes call history and account balance, don't share the Switchy workspace with people who shouldn't see that data. If multiple people need access, consider a dedicated Switchy workspace for voice-ops tasks.

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