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Morning voice calls and SMS for appointment reminders

med specificsAdded 2026-10-14
Business
Appointment-based small business (n8n builder)
Task
Each morning pulls today's appointments from Google Calendar, places reminder calls, then sends a follow-up text
Result
Says it saves time and keeps reminders consistent; no numbers
Tools
  • n8n
  • Google Calendar
  • Retell AI
  • Twilio
Setup
  1. Scheduled trigger → Calendar → Retell AI call → delay → Twilio SMS
Source
dev.to ↗
Specifics rating
med specifics high = concrete numbers/quotes; med = partial; low = qualitative

Results as reported by the source; not independently verified.

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