Automation library · Data collection

Airtable SMS sender - bulk text sender template for Airtable

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Airtable and Twilio. 10 steps, 2 branches: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

10 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
2Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
2Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 5Service 4

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

  1. 1Monitor Order Status ChangesAirtable triggerStarts it
  2. 2ConfigSetLogic
  3. 3Filter Pending NotificationsIfLogic
  4. 4Combine Config with Order DataMergeLogic
  5. 5Mark Notification as SendingAirtableService
  6. 6Prepare SMS ContentSetLogic
  7. 7Send Order Status SMSTwilioService
  8. 8Check SMS DeliveryIfLogic
  9. 9Mark Notification as SuccessAirtableService
  10. 10Mark Notification as FailedAirtableService

How it's built

Starts on
An event in a connected app
Steps
10, with 2 branches
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Airtable, Twilio
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Airtable and Twilio accounts. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on an event in a connected app.

Does it use AI?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 10 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

Before you run it

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 10 steps before you point it at anything that matters.