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<p dir="auto">Disciple.Tools uses notifications to let users know something happened on their records.  Notifications are normally sent through the web interface and over email.</p>
<p dir="auto">Notifications look like:</p>
<ul>
<li>You have been assigned contact John Doe</li>
<li><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/corsac" aria-label="Profile: Corsac">@<bdi>Corsac</bdi></a> mentioned you on contact John Doe saying: "Hey @Ahmed, we met with John yesterday and gave him a bible"</li>
<li><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/corsac" aria-label="Profile: Corsac">@<bdi>Corsac</bdi></a>, an update is requested on Mr O,Nubs.</li>
</ul>
<p dir="auto">Disciple.Tools is now able to send these notifications out using SMS text and WhatsApp messages! This functionality is built on and requires using the <a href="https://disciple.tools/plugins/disciple-tools-twilio/" rel="nofollow ugc">Disciple.Tools Twilio plugin</a>.</p>
<p dir="auto">A WhatsApp notification will look like this:</p>
<p dir="auto"><img src="/assets/uploads/files/1714137437397-e3fbdb8a-1ca6-4234-8ec2-29ea2651b620-image.png" alt="e3fbdb8a-1ca6-4234-8ec2-29ea2651b620-image.png" class=" img-fluid img-markdown" /></p>
<h2>Setup</h2>
<p dir="auto">To setup your instance to send SMS and WhatsApp notifications, you need to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Get a Twilio account and buy a number and create a messaging service</li>
<li>Setup a WhatsApp profile if you want to use WhatsApp</li>
<li>Install and configure the <a href="https://disciple.tools/plugins/disciple-tools-twilio/" rel="nofollow ugc">Disciple.Tools Twilio plugin</a></li>
</ul>
<p dir="auto">Users will need to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Add their phone number to the Work Phone field in their D.T profile settings for SMS messages</li>
<li>Add their WhatsApp number to the Work WhatsApp field in their D.T profile settings for WhatsApp messages</li>
<li>Enable which notifications they want to receive through each messaging channel</li>
</ul>
<p dir="auto">Please see the <a href="https://disciple.tools/docs/twilio/" rel="nofollow ugc">documentation</a> for help setting up and configuring it in Disciple.Tools.</p>
<p dir="auto"><img src="/assets/uploads/files/1714137527919-39153079-cfb0-474e-ad39-6ce85e3c32d0-image.png" alt="39153079-cfb0-474e-ad39-6ce85e3c32d0-image.png" class=" img-fluid img-markdown" /></p>
<h2>Community</h2>
<p dir="auto">Love these new features? Please <a href="https://give.disciple.tools/" rel="nofollow ugc">join us with a financial gift</a>.</p>
<p dir="auto">Follow progress and share ideas in the Disciple.Tools community: <a href="https://community.disciple.tools/category/18/twilio-sms-whatsapp">https://community.disciple.tools/category/18/twilio-sms-whatsapp</a></p>
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