This automation scenario allows you to connect SMS and Remember The Milk
It can be build using Ifttt, a no-code workflow automation tool. Ifttt allows you to create automated scripts using a simple drag-and-drop interface for non-technical users. This is a ready-made scenario, but it can be customized by adding more apps, actions, filters or branches.
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SMS and Remember The Milk can also be integrated using automation tools other than ifttt:
When this trigger fires in SMS
This Trigger fires every time you send any SMS to your IFTTT phone number.
Then this action happens in Remember The Milk
This action will create a new task.
This guide contains information on how to set up an automatic workflow that allows to Send an SMS to create a Remember The Milk task.
Part I
First, we need to connect SMS and Remember The Milk to IFTTT.
Create IFTTT account.
Create IFTTT account if you don't have one.
Connect SMS to IFTTT.
Give IFTTT access to your SMS account, using SMS credentials.
Connect Remember The Milk to IFTTT.
Give IFTTT access to your Remember The Milk account, using Remember The Milk credentials.
Part II
Next, we need to create a workflow automation scenario using graphical no-code web interface of IFTTT.
Set up a Trigger action for SMS
Choose the following trigger: Send IFTTT any SMS (This Trigger fires every time you send any SMS to your IFTTT phone number.).
Then set up an Action for Remember The Milk
Choose this action: Create a new task (This action will create a new task.).
Part III
Finally, we need to test this automation and publish it.
Customize data flow
Configure the data that is exchanged between SMS and Remember The Milk.
Test the workflow and turn it on for production use
Test your scenario and publish to production. Now you have an automatic workflow, that will Send an SMS to create a Remember The Milk task!
Triggers when a task is completed.
Triggers when a new task is added.
Triggers when a new task is added with the specified tag.
Triggers when a task is tagged with the specified tag.
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Send an SMS to a number. Notice that a successful action means that the SMS has been queued, not delivered.
This Action will send an SMS to your mobile phone.
Make a phone call to a number. Notice that a successful action means that the call has been queued, not completed. (Deprecated, no longer available for new customers)
Send an SMS to a number.
Send IFTTT a tagged SMS by adding a hashtag symbol anywhere in the message (e.g. #IFTTT).
This Trigger fires every time you send any SMS to your IFTTT phone number.
IFTTT helps to create applications connections with a simple statement: if this then that. For example: "Tweet your Instagrams as native photos on Twitter". You define a task by a trigger and an action.