Receive messages from a queue via RabbitMQ and send an SMS
Bridge the gap between your message queues and mobile devices by automatically forwarding RabbitMQ messages as SMS alerts. This workflow ensures critical data or notifications from your backend systems reach your phone instantly, providing a seamless link between infrastructure and communication.
Run this with your team's AIWhat This Recipe Does
In modern business operations, critical data often sits in backend queues waiting to be processed. This automation bridges the gap between your technical infrastructure and your frontline team by converting RabbitMQ messages into instant SMS notifications via Vonage. By automating this communication channel, you ensure that urgent information—such as system alerts, order updates, or logistical changes—reaches the right person’s mobile device the moment it is generated. The inclusion of conditional logic allows your business to filter out noise and only send messages that meet specific criteria. This prevents notification fatigue and ensures that your team only receives high-priority updates. Instead of requiring staff to manually monitor dashboards or wait for email reports, this workflow pushes actionable data directly to them. The result is a more responsive organization that can react to operational changes in real-time. Whether you are managing a supply chain, overseeing a technical environment, or coordinating a field service team, this automation streamlines your communication flow and reduces the risk of missed deadlines or ignored alerts.
What your team gets
Forms and dashboards, so it is not a script only one person understands
Runs on your schedule in the cloud, so it does not stop when a laptop closes
Endpoints, so the rest of your stack can trigger the same work
RabbitMQ, Vonage connected for the team, not per person
How It Works
- 1
Open the recipe and connect your accounts
Connect RabbitMQ and Vonage once, in your team cloud, and nobody has to do it again on their own machine
- 2
Tell your own agent what is different about your process
Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, whichever your team already uses. It adapts the recipe to how you actually work
- 3
Run it, then leave it running
It lives in your team cloud, so it keeps going after you close the laptop and every teammate's AI can use it
Who Uses This
- Logistics managers use this to notify drivers via SMS the moment a new high-priority delivery is added to the dispatch queue.
- IT operations teams implement this to send emergency text alerts to on-call engineers when a critical system error is detected in the message broker.
- E-commerce businesses use this to send instant shipping confirmations to customers as soon as their order status changes in the backend database.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need to be a developer to use this?
No, while the initial connection to RabbitMQ involves technical settings, Runwork provides a user-friendly interface to manage the content and logic of your SMS alerts without writing code.
Can I filter which messages trigger an SMS?
Yes, the automation includes a logic step that allows you to set specific rules so only messages meeting your criteria are sent to mobile devices.
What accounts are required for this to work?
You will need access to your RabbitMQ server credentials and a Vonage account with an active API key to send the text messages.
Is it possible to send messages to different phone numbers based on the message content?
Yes, you can customize the workflow logic to route notifications to different team members depending on the specific data received from the queue.
Coming from n8n?
This recipe uses nodes like RabbitmqTrigger, If, Vonage, NoOp. On Runwork, you don't need to learn n8n's workflow syntax. Describe what you want to your own AI agent in plain English.
Based on n8n community workflow. View original
Run this with the AI your team already uses
Your agent adapts it, your team cloud keeps it running, and everyone's AI can find it.
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