About SelfPing

SelfPing is an API that sends a text message to your own phone. One endpoint, one key, and no recipient field: a key can only text the phone number that created it. It exists because getting a single SMS out of your own code should not require a Twilio account, a brand registration and a week of carrier paperwork.

Who runs it

SelfPing is built and operated by Brett Schneider, an independent software engineer in Austin, Texas, as a sole proprietor. There is no company behind it and no sales team. The person who answers a support message is the person who wrote the code.

How it works

You sign in with your phone number, generate an API key on the dashboard, and POST a message to the send endpoint. SelfPing delivers it as an SMS from a verified toll-free number. Every plan is a monthly allowance of texts that refills on the 1st, with no per-message or overage billing. Coding agents can use the same key through the MCP server or a completion hook, so a long run can text you when it finishes.

Reach us

Use the contact form, which is itself built on SelfPing and texts the operator directly. Feature requests go to the public board. The full developer reference lives at /docs.