Twilio Sms

Twilio SMS Skill

Send, check, and list SMS messages using the Twilio API.

Setup

1. Go to twilio.com/console
2. Copy Account SID and Auth Token
3. Buy or use a trial phone number

export TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID="ACxxx..."
export TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN="xxx..."
export TWILIO_FROM_NUMBER="+1234567890"

Send an SMS

curl -s -X POST "https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/$TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID/Messages.json" \
  -u "$TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID:$TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN" \
  -d "From=$TWILIO_FROM_NUMBER" \
  -d "To=+60123456789" \
  -d "Body=Hello from ZeptoClaw!" \
  | jq '{sid, status, to, body}'

Check Message Status

MSG_SID="SMxxx..."
curl -s "https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/$TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID/Messages/$MSG_SID.json" \
  -u "$TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID:$TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN" \
  | jq '{sid, status, to, dateSent: .date_sent, errorCode: .error_code}'

List Recent Messages

curl -s "https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/$TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID/Messages.json?PageSize=10" \
  -u "$TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID:$TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN" \
  | jq '.messages[] | {sid, from, to, body, status, date_sent}'

Tips

• Phone numbers must be E.164 format: +[country code][number]
• Malaysia country code: +60 (e.g. +60123456789)
• Trial accounts can only send to verified numbers
• Status values: queued, sent, delivered, failed, undelivered
• Rate limit: 1 message/second per number (higher with toll-free/short codes)
• Uses Basic Auth (-u SID:token) not Bearer tokens