Branded Test Agents

When you register an RCS campaign, you receive a branded test agent while awaiting carrier approval. This agent carries your company’s branding (logo, colors, hero image) and lets you develop and test full RCS functionality with whitelisted devices before going live.

How branded test agents work

Branded test agents have the same RCS capabilities as production agents — the only difference is that they can only message whitelisted phone numbers.

FeatureSupported
Text messages (up to 3,000 chars)Yes
Media messages (up to 100 MB)Yes
Card carousels (up to 10 cards)Yes
All button types (openUrl, trigger, call, requestUserLocation, scheduleEvent, sendLocation)Yes
Quick replies (up to 10)Yes
Up to 4 buttons per cardYes
Fallback to SMS/MMSYes

Limits

LimitValue
Test agents per account5
Cooldown after creation before whitelisting2 minutes
RecipientsWhitelisted numbers only
Logo imageJPEG/PNG, max 50 KB
Hero imageJPEG/PNG, max 200 KB

Whitelisting flow

  1. Whitelist a phone number for your test agent.
  2. The recipient receives an invite from “RBM Tester Management” and taps “Make me a tester”.
  3. Once accepted, messages can be exchanged between your agent and that number.

Transitioning to production

Once your RCS campaign is approved by carriers, your branded test agent is promoted to a live production agent. All webhook configurations transfer automatically — no migration or additional setup is required.