SMS Helper

Overview

SMS Helper is an AI-powered, function-calling text assistant designed to process and respond to SMS messages. This application is written in Python and hosted through Azure Functions, utilizing Twilio as the SMS texting platform.

Features

• Backend can call external tools to perform various functions, such as scheduling text and phone reminders.
  • This functionality is supported through by allowing AI to call flask-automated-reminders.
• Azure Functions allow us to write the backend purely in Python & easily deploy changes.
• Uses Twilio for SMS functionalities and integration.

Deploy on Azure (VS Code)

1. Create an Azure account & create a function with all defaults (Python).

   • (Optional) You can also just create using the Azure functions extension on VS code, see step 3.

2. Create required environment variables on your function.

   • ACCOUNT_SID
   • AUTH_TOKEN
   • OPENAI_API_KEY
   • SENTRY_DSN

3. In VS Code, install the Azure Functions extension (this will make it way easier).

   

4. Open the folder where this repo is located.

   • (Optional) Edit __init__.py code to use alternative helper if you want to send less messages per request.
   • (Optional) If using the 'schedule reminders' function, edit system message and API call to get the current time and date if you want something different than pacific time.

5. Go to the extension, and under 'Workspace' click on the little thunder sign and select 'Deploy to existing function...'.

   

6. Follow the prompts and done. Get your URL endpoint from Azure & load on Twilio.

Build & Deploy to Azure using Github Actions

Follow instructions here to enable updating your Azure function when edits are made on Github repo:

• How to use GitHub Actions for Azure Functions

Load on Twilio

1. Create Twilio account.

2. Go to Phone Numbers > Manage > Active Numbers > Your number > Messaging configuration.

3. Set when a message comes in to use a webhook with your Azure Function endpoint (see image below)

   

Note: Your endpoint will look like this: https://YOUR-FUNCTION-NAME.azurewebsites.net/api/sms_helper

Summary

1. Configure Azure & Twilio
2. Create function in Azure
3. Deploy
4. Load on Twilio
5. Text your new SMS bud

Requirements

The project requires the following dependencies:

• azure-functions==1.17.0
• twilio==8.10.2
• openai==1.3.2
• sentry-sdk

Contributing

Contributions to SMS Helper are welcome. Just submit a pull request and I'll take a look at it.

License

GPL-3.0 license