SMS-Send Text, Send Email Block

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Hello,
This is a simple agent using only the “Send Text” and “Send Email” block. The agent runs perfect with no errors when i do a manual run however, when i set up a schedule to run every morning at 6:30 am, it does not run. Am i missing something? Do i need to integrate with Zapier to run from a schedule?

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Hi @Keith1,

Thanks for the post!

Could you share a remix link to the Agent? Open the Agent, click on its name at the top of the page → Remixing → Enabled

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That will let me create a copy of your Agent to check what might be causing the issue.

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Good Morning Alex,

I appreciate your assistance. I am new at this but eager to learn. So i am receiving emails but i am not getting the SMS.

https://app.mindstudio.ai/agents/message-to-my-phone-ebd6057d/remix

Any assistance would be appreciated.
Thank You
Keith

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Hi @Keith1,

Thanks for sharing the remix link!

It seems like the Send SMS block doesn’t have the phone number selected yet. Here’s how to fix this:

  1. Click on the Send SMS block
  2. Select your phone number in the Account field
  3. Publish the Agent

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Hey Alex,

Sorry for the silly oversight. I am new to this so I am trying to remember terminology, the various functions and what input is required for each so I really appreciate your help.

I am not sure if this is the proper etiquette however if its not too much trouble, I have been trying to set up an agent called “Master Coordinator AI Agent” to work with Zapier in order to automate a workflow for my youtube channels and could use some guidance. I am currently working with Zapier support and it would be great if you could provide some input to ensure proper integration. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.
Keith

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Hi @Keith1,

Could you share a bit more detail on what seems to be the issue?

In the meantime, here are a couple of docs that might help:

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Good Morning Alex,
I reviewed the docs and definitely helped increase my knowledge base but a lot of this still seems foreign to me. I just need to keep getting exposed to the lingo and concepts in order to learn.
So after some thought of automating and integrating 2 Zaps, I decided to start simple and get 1 task figured out and completed to just learn the basics before taking on complex workflows.
Question, can MindStudio by itself review my google doc in my drive, based on a trigger column take a video (description, hash tags) and thumbnail and upload it to YouTube or does it need Zapier integration for this task?

If mindstudio can do it by itself, then at this point, i don’t need to figure out the integration issue and just get this task done with Mind Studio for the quick fix. I definitely want to learn the integration however, at this point i just need a solution for the task.

Issue: Zapier POST webhook (Step 4) is not connecting when testing with MindStudio-https://v1.mindstudio-api.com/developer/v2/agents/run
Type Load is JSON. It seems like I don’t have the proper setup in Mindstudio to integrate.
So once the Zap in Zapier gathers the text file, it is supposed to communicate with Mind Studio for the next step (Run Python) to send to Eleven Labs for text to audio conversion. Hope this gives you a better idea of the issue.

Cheers,
Keith

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Hi @Keith1,

Thanks for the details.

MindStudio Agents can’t upload videos directly to YouTube yet, so using Zapier could be a good workaround.

Can you share a bit more about your setup? I’d like to confirm I’m understanding the flow correctly:

  1. Zap triggers when a new Google Doc with matching details is created
  2. The Zap sends those details to a MindStudio Agent
  3. The Agent runs a function, generates the audio with a Text to Speech block, and returns it to Zapier
  4. Zapier publishes the recording to YouTube
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Good Morning Alex,

So there’s 2 parts (Zap 1 and Zap 2) to this workflow.

The workflow that has the integration issue is with Zap 1 which is uploading to Eleven Labs. Zap 2 is the uploading of the final product onto YouTube but I believe Zapier will be able to do this on its own.

Here’s the workflow for Zap1:

  1. I have a google sheet in “My google drive” that has columns set up with titles such as “Status”, “Name of video”, “Name of Thumbnail”, “Tags” etc…" that the Zap monitors once all of the fields are filled in. The trigger (scheduled date/time) is the “Status” column .When the word “Approved” is entered in this field, that is the green light to allow the Zap to locate the script file in my google drive/folder (scripts).
  2. The next step Zap (webhook) is supposed to connect with MindStudio to coordinate a function. This is where I am not exactly sure what Mindstudio is specifically tasked to do other than something to do with the script. MindStudio receives the information, does something with it and I guess return the output (JSON) to Zapier that allows Zapier to run a Python script which then Zapier sends to Eleven Labs for conversion into Audio.
  3. Zapier gets the Audio file from Eleven Labs (Webhook) and then uploads it back into my google drive designated folder.

Hope this helps,

Cheers
Keith

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Hi @Keith1,

Thanks for the clarification. Could you share why you’re not using the Text to Speech block in MindStudio? I’m asking because MindStudio already integrates with ElevenLabs, so generating the audio directly in MindStudio may be easier.

Here’s how you can have Zapier trigger your MindStudio Agent.

Zapier
Add a MindStudio action:

Setup tab

Configure tab

  • App ID: select your Agent
  • Variables: define the variable name that matches a Launch Variable in your Agent, then map the data from a previous Zap step

MindStudio

  1. Create an Agent
  2. In the Start block, add a Launch Variable, like inputData, to receive data from Zapier
  3. Add any blocks you need, like Text to Speech for ElevenLabs audio
  4. Add a Zapier Webhook block to trigger another Zap with the output

Let me know how it goes!

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Hi Alex,

I think i have it set up but we will see if it works Tuesday 0900

Cheers
Keith