Trigger: SMS Sent

This trigger will fire when an outgoing SMS has been successfully sent. You can restrict the trigger so it will only fire when an SMS is sent to a specific contact and/or contains specific text.

Options

Select Contacts - Choose specific contacts from your contact list. You can select multiple contacts or exclude selected contacts.
Select Number - Enter a specific phone number (supports wildcards and Magic Text)
Any Number - Trigger for SMS sent to any recipient

Content Matching Options

Any Content - Trigger for any SMS content
Matches - Only trigger when the SMS text exactly matches the specified text
Contains - Trigger when the SMS contains the specified text anywhere in the message
Excludes - Trigger when the SMS does NOT contain the specified text

Advanced Options

Enable Regex - Use regular expressions for advanced pattern matching on SMS content
Ignore Case - Case-insensitive matching (enabled by default, not available with regex)
Enable Regex for Phone Number - Use regular expressions for phone number matching
Exclude Number - Exclude the specified number instead of matching it
Exclude Contacts - Exclude the selected contacts instead of matching them

Requirements

READ_SMS permission
READ_CONTACTS permission

Examples

Example 1: Log sent messages

Keep a log of all sent SMS messages:

Triggers

SMS Sent: Any Number - Any Content

Actions

Log to file: "SMS Sent to {sms_number}: {sms_message}"

Notes

This trigger works by monitoring the SMS outbox/sent folder, not by intercepting the send action
There may be a brief delay between sending the SMS and the trigger firing
The trigger detects when an SMS has been successfully sent, not when it is being composed
A background service is started to monitor the SMS database for changes
On some devices or with certain SMS apps, detection may not work reliably

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