AutomationHome Assistant Home Assistant - Send SMS with Twilio Updated July 27 2025
First, add the Twilio integration:
https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/twilio/


Next, add these to your configuration.yaml file and then restart HA:

Copy to Clipboard twilio: # Get the following items from: https://console.twilio.com/ account_sid: abcdabcdabcdabcd # Change this to your Twilio account SID auth_token: abcdabcdabcdabcd # Change this to your Twilio Auth Token notify: - name: TwilioSMS platform: twilio_sms from_number: '+12345678901' # Change this to be your Twilio SMS phone number



Here is an example Automation that will send a SMS alert.
Copy to Clipboard alias: Twilio Test SMS Motion description: "" triggers: - type: motion # change the device and entity id to match your alert items device_id: daa9c576f449214ee52bbbe4fd6e283c entity_id: 817bf9789b6927c62c2cf3f625bef790 domain: binary_sensor trigger: device for: hours: 0 minutes: 0 seconds: 1 - trigger: sun event: sunset offset: 0 conditions: null actions: - action: notify.twiliosms data: # Change target to +1 and then your cell phone to receive alerts target: "+12345678901" message: Motion alert!




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