Text your team automatically when a sensor reading is unusual

Checks your database every minute for outlier readings and texts your team the moment one appears.

How the work actually flows

A straight line. Runs once per each new outlier reading.

Pattern: Sequence (1) ยท Multiple Instances with a priori Run-Time Knowledge (14)

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Starts itAn outside serviceRuns once per itemA record or sheetResultPayoff
Build size
Standard

A mid-size build with several tools working together.

Business functions
Messaging & NotificationsSpreadsheet & Database Ops
Connects
PostgresTwilio

The problem it solves

Unusual readings can slip by unnoticed if someone has to keep refreshing a dashboard or scrolling through logs. You need to know right away when something is off, not hours later.

Who it fits

An operations or facilities team monitoring equipment for outliers.

How it works

  1. Checks your database every minute for outlier readings that have not been alerted
  2. Formats a text message for each new outlier found
  3. Sends the alert by SMS to a chosen phone number
  4. Marks the reading as notified so you are not texted twice
What you get

Unusual readings your team hears about immediately

The moment a sensor reading looks unusual, your team gets a text alert so equipment issues surface right away.

What you get

An SMS text alert sent to the right person the moment an outlier appears.

What you need

A Postgres database and a Twilio account.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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