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Appointment Reminder System

SMS reminders that cut no-shows.

AutomationsAgent: claude
Integrated Services
Twilio
Required Configuration

This use case works best with the following environment variables, which are injected into your sandbox at runtime:

TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SIDTWILIO_AUTH_TOKENTWILIO_PHONE_NUMBER
Prompt
Build an appointment reminder system for a service business (clinic, salon, consultancy): 1. Appointments in SQLite: client, phone, service, datetime (seed 10 across the next week) 2. Reminder policy as data: 24 hours before and 2 hours before, with per-client opt-out 3. Send SMS reminders via Twilio with confirm/cancel reply handling (YES confirms, NO cancels and frees the slot) 4. Dashboard: upcoming appointments with reminder status (scheduled, sent, confirmed, cancelled), plus a no-show risk flag for unconfirmed slots 5. A dry-run mode that logs messages instead of sending, so the system demos safely without burning credits Use the Twilio Node SDK. Default to dry-run until real credentials are added.
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Why this exists

Every no-show is a paid-for slot that earns nothing, and the fix is old news: remind people before the appointment. The catch is the tools that do it bill per message or per seat, and route your client list through their platform. For a clinic or salon, that is a tax on every text. This blueprint builds it as your own code on your own Twilio account, so the only cost per text is what the carrier charges.

What the agent builds

An appointment reminder system backed by SQLite, seeded with ten appointments across next week so the dashboard has life on load. The reminder policy lives as data: 24 hours and 2 hours before, with a per-client opt-out. Reminders go out over SMS via the Twilio Node SDK, with reply handling: YES confirms, NO cancels and frees the slot. The dashboard lists upcoming appointments with each reminder's status, scheduled, sent, confirmed, or cancelled, and flags unconfirmed slots as no-show risks.

It ships in dry-run mode by default: messages are logged, not sent, so it demos safely until real credentials are in. You watch the agent scaffold the project, build the schema, seed the data, and confirm the dashboard renders before handing you a live preview. The code lands on a branch in your repository with a pull request ready.

Make it yours

The first version is a base you steer with plain follow-up messages:

  • "Add an email reminder alongside the text."
  • "Send a follow-up to anyone who never confirmed."
  • "Let clients reschedule by replying with a new time."
  • "Add a weekly report of confirmed versus no-shows."

Each follow-up wakes the same repository and the agent continues on its own code.

FAQ

Do I need to know how to code? No. You describe what you want; the agent writes the schema, reminder logic, and dashboard, then ships it to your repository.

Will it text people by accident? No. It defaults to dry-run and only logs messages until you add real Twilio credentials and switch it on.

Where does my client list live? In your own SQLite database, in your repository, tied to your Twilio account. No third-party platform in the middle.

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