Automations

Toggle-on system templates and build your own custom flows.

13 articles
Basics3 / 3
Automations overview
The Automations hub — system templates you can toggle on, and a full builder for custom flows.
Viewing automation runs and step timelines
See every automation that fired, drill into a single run, and debug a failed step.
Organizing automations into folders
Group system and custom automations into folders on the manage page.
System templates4 / 4
System templates catalog
Every pre-built SMS and email that ships with Run a Call, when each fires, and its dependencies.
Enabling SMS-based automations
SMS templates need the Messaging addon and A2P registration — here's how to turn them on.
Membership renewal and dunning emails
The five membership lifecycle emails Run a Call sends on your behalf.
Overdue invoice reminders
The 7-day / 14-day / 30-day overdue SMS ladder and how to enable it.
Building custom automations6 / 6
Building a custom automation
A walkthrough of the automation builder — trigger, steps, publish.
Automation triggers catalog
Every event that can start a custom automation — customer, job, appointment, invoice, membership, webhook.
Automation actions catalog
Send SMS, send email, read/write customer, job, invoice, membership, or call a webhook.
Filters, paths, and delays
Only continue when a condition is true, split into branches, or wait between steps.
Triggering automations from an inbound webhook
Give any outside system a URL that fires an automation when it POSTs JSON.
Variables and step outputs in messages
Personalize SMS and email with {{customer.first_name}}, trigger data, and outputs from earlier steps.