SMS hook to trigger a scenario, like an email hook?

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I’d love to be able to send a text to trigger a scenario, and have the scenario process the content of the text. Is there a way to do this?

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@narthur you could look into using some kind of VOIP service which allows you to receive SMS messages and has an API.
Don’t know any service at this moment, but then you could use this as a trigger and do something in your scenario.

Why would you want a SMS if I may ask?

~Bjorn

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I’d like a simple way to log free-form notes from my phone and have that trigger things as well as be stored in Google Sheets. SMS seemed like the most natural way to do that from an ease-of-use standpoint.

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You could have a Twilio (or equivalent) number and set up a webhook for the event “text received”.

You could also try to have a really simple form on Jotform. That would be easier to set-up and you could do a lot more down the road. I am recommending Jotform because with their mobile app you can submit entries even you are offline.

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