--- title: "Connect Twilio and Waitwhile - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Call\" fires in Twilio, your agent runs \"Add customer note\" in Waitwhile, or \"New customer\" in Waitwhile to \"Update Message\" in Twilio." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/twilio-to-waitwhile" --- # Connect Twilio and Waitwhile When **New Call** fires in [Twilio](https://apiant.ai/connections/twilio), your agent runs **Add customer note** in [Waitwhile](https://apiant.ai/connections/waitwhile), or **New customer** in Waitwhile to **Update Message** in Twilio. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Twilio **4** triggers Twilio **11** actions Waitwhile **1** trigger Waitwhile **19** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Twilio and Waitwhile to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Twilio and Waitwhile can do together ### From Twilio to Waitwhile - When **New Call** in Twilio then **Add customer note** in Waitwhile - When **New Incoming Call** in Twilio then **Create Customer** in Waitwhile ### From Waitwhile to Twilio - When **New customer** in Waitwhile then **Update Message** in Twilio - When **New customer** in Waitwhile then **Schedule Message** in Twilio Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with Twilio and Waitwhile ## Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 30 actions - Trigger **New Call** Polls for voice calls on your Twilio account. - Trigger **New Incoming Call** Fires instantly when the selected Twilio phone number receives a call. - Trigger **New Message Received** Polls for inbound SMS/MMS messages received by your Twilio account. - Trigger **New SMS received** Fires instantly when the selected Twilio phone number receives an SMS/MMS. Activating the automation points the number's incoming-message webhook at this automation; deactivating clears it. - Action **Delete Message** Deletes a message from your Twilio account's message logs. - Action **Find available phone numbers by criteria** Returns up to 50 phone numbers available to buy in a country that match the specified criteria (area code, pattern, capabilities, location). - Action **Get Call** Retrieves details of a single voice call by its Call SID. - Action **Get Message** Retrieves a single SMS/MMS message by its Message SID. - Action **List Calls** Lists voice calls on the account, optionally filtered by To, From, or status. - Action **List Messages** Lists SMS/MMS messages on the account, optionally filtered by To, From, or date sent. - Action **List Phone Numbers** Lists the Twilio phone numbers (incoming phone numbers) owned by your account. - Action **Lookup Phone Number** Looks up details (carrier, line type, caller name) for a phone number via the Twilio Lookup v2 API. - Action **Schedule Message** Schedules an SMS or MMS message to be sent later through one of your Messaging Services. A scheduled message can be canceled with Update Message until it is sent. - Action **Update Message** Updates a Twilio Message: replaces or redacts its text, or cancels a scheduled message that has not been sent yet. - Action **Update Phone Number** Update settings (voice/SMS URLs, friendly name) of an owned incoming phone number. - Trigger **New customer** Triggered when a new customer is created in Waitwhile. - Action **Add customer note** Adds a note entry to a Waitwhile customer, optionally tied to a location or visit. - Action **Add location** Creates a new Waitwhile location, optionally copying users, resources, services, data fields and labels from an existing location, and returns the new location record. - Action **Add resource** Creates a resource, such as a staff member or room, at one or more Waitwhile locations and returns the new resource. - Action **Add service** Creates a new service in Waitwhile and makes it available at the locations you choose. Returns the service that was created. - Action **Create Customer** Creates a customer in Waitwhile from their name and contact details, and returns the new customer record. - Action **Create or Update a Visit** Creates a new visit at a Waitwhile location, or updates an existing visit when its id is supplied, and returns the resulting visit. - Action **Delete a Visit** Deletes a visit by its ID. - Action **Delete customer** Deletes a Waitwhile customer by ID. - Action **Fetch Customer** Returns one Waitwhile customer by id, including contact details, tags, locations, last visit information and metadata. - Action **Fetch Location** Returns a single Waitwhile location, with its address, hours, contact details and settings, by its id or short name. - Action **Fetch Resource** Returns one Waitwhile resource, such as a staff member or room, with its availability settings, locations and supported services. - Action **Fetch Service** Returns one Waitwhile service with its name, price, duration, availability settings, hours and locations. - Action **Fetch Visit** Returns a single Waitwhile visit by its id, including the customer's details, its state, timing and any custom data fields. - Action **Find User** Returns up to 100 Waitwhile users whose email address starts with the text you provide. - Action **Find visits by criteria** Returns the visits that match the criteria you specify, such as location, state, tag, customer, service, resource or date range. - Action **List booking slots** Returns the booking slots for a location within a date range, with the capacity, booked spots and available spots of each slot. - Action **Search for Customer** Returns the customers whose name, phone, email or customer identifier starts with the search text, optionally narrowed by location, visit state, tag or date range. - Action **Search for User** Returns the Waitwhile users whose email address starts with the text you provide, up to 100 users. - Action **Update customer** Updates an existing Waitwhile customer's name, contact details, tags, locations or metadata, and returns the updated customer. ## Each app on its own - [ **Twilio** Cloud communications platform for sending SMS/MMS messages, making and managing voice calls, and looking up...](https://apiant.ai/connections/twilio) - [ **Waitwhile** Waitwhile is a leading waitlist and scheduling service that helps you improve your lines and create a...](https://apiant.ai/connections/waitwhile) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Twilio - [ **Twilio to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-waitwhile) - [ **Google Sheets to Waitwhile** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-waitwhile) - [ **Gmail to Waitwhile** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-waitwhile) - [ **Google Calendar to Waitwhile** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-waitwhile) Questions ## Twilio and Waitwhile, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Twilio? Any of Twilio's 4 triggers in the catalog, including New Call, New Incoming Call, New Message Received and New SMS received. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Waitwhile when something happens in Twilio? Any of Waitwhile's 19 actions, including Create Customer, Create or Update a Visit, Update customer and Add customer note. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Waitwhile to Twilio? Yes. When something happens in Waitwhile, your agent can act in Twilio too. This page covers both directions: Waitwhile's triggers and Twilio's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Twilio or Waitwhile? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use Twilio and Waitwhile without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.