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  • The recipients doc said phone numbers must be in international format. Local numbers and short codes also work for recipients in the sending SIM's country, and recipients with letters get a 400.
  • The README phone helper section now says when the helpers help: sending to more than one country and matching replies.

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    • Clarified how local numbers, short codes, and international numbers are routed based on the sending SIM’s country.
    • Documented that recipient values containing letters are rejected with an HTTP 400 response.

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The README and SendSmsRequest.recipients documentation now describe how local numbers, short codes, and international numbers are sent. The request documentation also notes that values containing letters are rejected with HTTP 400.

Changes: Recipient documentation

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Recipient format guidance
src/types.ts, README.md
The request documentation describes recipient formats and notes that values containing letters are rejected with HTTP 400. The README explains where local numbers and short codes reach recipients and recommends international format for cross-country sending or matching replies to stored numbers.

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Merge Risk: Low · previous review 7a4f5

The documentation overstates where short codes and international numbers can receive messages. These are bounded documentation issues; qualify the guidance to avoid misleading callers about carrier-dependent delivery.

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Review comments at @README.md:
- Line 183: Update the README guidance about local numbers and short codes to
remove the claim that short codes reach recipients across the whole country.
State that some short codes are carrier-specific and advise readers to confirm
carrier coverage before sending; preserve the surrounding guidance about local
numbers and international format.

Review comments at @src/types.ts:
- Around line 22-23: Reword the recipients documentation near the phone-number
and short-code description to present international format as a formatting rule,
not a guarantee of delivery to any country. Note that delivery abroad depends on
the sending SIM’s carrier and plan, while preserving the existing local-number
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* Phone numbers or short codes. International format (`+12025550123`)
* reaches any country. Local numbers and short codes reach recipients in

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

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rg -n -i -F -e 'carrier' -e 'international' -e 'sending SIM' -e 'country' -- README.md src/ || test "$?" -eq 1
rg -n -F -e 'recipients' -- README.md src/types.ts || test "$?" -eq 1
sed -n '15,35p' src/types.ts
sed -n '175,195p' README.md

Repository: textbee/textbee-js

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Web query:

textbee SMS gateway Android device SIM send international recipients carrier documentation

Result:

Sources consulted:
- Sending SMS | textbee.dev — https://textbee.dev/docs/sending-sms/sending-sms
- Send from a specific SIM | textbee.dev — https://textbee.dev/docs/sending-sms/choosing-a-sim
- Overview | textbee.dev — https://textbee.dev/docs/overview
- …and 26 more

Qualify the international delivery claim in the recipients doc.

The comment says international format "reaches any country." Messages leave through the sending phone's SIM and carrier, and the docs describe no alternate route. A carrier or plan that blocks a destination fails delivery even when the number is valid. Reword the claim as a format rule.

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--- "a/src/types.ts"
+++ "b/src/types.ts"
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@
   message: string
 
   /**
-   * Phone numbers or short codes. International format (`+12025550123`)
-   * reaches any country. Local numbers and short codes reach recipients in
-   * the sending SIM's country. Values with letters are rejected with 400.
+   * Phone numbers or short codes. Use international format (`+12025550123`)
+   * for recipients abroad. Delivery also depends on the sending SIM's carrier
+   * and plan. Local numbers and short codes reach recipients in the sending
+   * SIM's country. Values with letters are rejected with 400.
    */
   recipients: string[]
 
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Review comment at @src/types.ts around lines 22 - 23:
Reword the recipients documentation near the phone-number and short-code
description to present international format as a formatting rule, not a
guarantee of delivery to any country. Note that delivery abroad depends on the
sending SIM’s carrier and plan, while preserving the existing local-number and
short-code scope.

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