# iMessage & SMS

> Text Lindy like a friend. Delegate work from your phone.

[Video: Text Lindy from your phone](https://www.lindy.ai/_sherpa/assets/static/docs/0bf064e6ee97-01-phone.mp4)

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## Text Lindy, Anywhere

NOTE: 

**Your personal Lindy** — texting reaches the Lindy that knows your email, calendar, and meetings. The Lindy your team shares lives in [Slack channels](https://www.lindy.ai/docs/teammate/slack-commands).

Lindy works over both **iMessage** and **SMS**, so you can delegate to your AI assistant right from your phone. No app to install. No dashboard to check. Just text it and it’s done.

## Getting Set Up

Add your phone number during [signup](https://www.lindy.ai/docs/start-here/quickstart) and verify with a confirmation code. That’s it. Your verified phone also lets you [call your Lindy](https://www.lindy.ai/docs/features/phone-line), and have it call you. Lindy sends you your first message, already personalized with context from your email and calendar. Just text back.

TIP: 

If you skipped the phone number step during signup, you can add it anytime: click your workspace image at the top left, select **Settings** from the dropdown, and find it on the **General** settings page.

## What You Can Delegate

### Calendar & Meetings

- **Schedule a meeting**: “Set up a 30-min call with Sarah next Tuesday”

- **Ask about past meetings**: “What did we decide in last week’s standup?”

- **Prep for your next meeting**: “Brief me on my 2pm meeting”

### Email

- **Let someone know you’re running late**: “Tell my next meeting I’ll be 5 minutes late”

- **Set up email alerts**: “Text me when I get an email from [name]”

- **Search your inbox**: “Find the last email from [name] about the proposal”

### Quick Tasks

- **Summarize a link**: Send a YouTube video or any URL and Lindy gives you the key points

- **Find contact information**: “What’s [name]‘s email?”

- **Voice notes**: Send a voice note and Lindy transcribes and acts on it. You can also turn voice notes into Notion pages (requires Notion to be connected via text)

### Time & Priorities

- **Audit your time**: “How did I spend my time this week?”

- **Prioritize your day**: “What should I focus on today?”

- **React to changes**: “My 3pm cancelled, what should I do with that time?”

### Recurring Tasks

- **Daily briefings**: “Send me a briefing every morning at 7am” (includes your calendar, important emails, weather, and news)

- **Reminders**: “Remind me to follow up with [name] on Friday”

- **Standing instructions**: “Every time I finish a meeting, send the notes to Slack”

![An iMessage request to find 30 minutes with Mike and send the board deck. Lindy sends the deck and holds 3:00 PM, pending confirmation.](https://www.lindy.ai/_sherpa/assets/static/docs/a7c78a594ceb-imessage-scheduling-v2.jpg)

![Asked what was promised to Acme, Lindy answers that the launch is two weeks after sign-off and cites the Acme call.](https://www.lindy.ai/_sherpa/assets/static/docs/505ef91bb702-imessage-meeting-answer-v2.jpg)

## Good to Know

### Lindy gets better over time

The more you use Lindy, the better it understands your preferences, priorities, and communication style. Give feedback directly: “That draft was too formal” or “Always CC Becky on those.”

### Works on any phone

iMessage works on iPhone. SMS works on any phone. Lindy adapts to whichever you’re using.

## Troubleshooting

### Lindy stopped responding

If Lindy stops replying to your texts, try these two steps in order:

- **Re-verify your phone number.** Go to [chat.lindy.ai](https://chat.lindy.ai), click your username in the top-left, select **Settings → General**, and delete the phone number shown there. Then re-enter your number and verify with the code Lindy sends you.

- **Wake the assistant from your phone.** Open [chat.lindy.ai](https://chat.lindy.ai) in your mobile browser, find your Lindy Assistant’s contact card, and tap **“Start a conversation”** to send a quick hello. That refreshes the contact and wakes the assistant back up.

### Not receiving texts

If you’re not receiving text messages, ensure your **Text message service** is aligned with your device settings. To update this, in Lindy’s web UI, go to **Settings → General → Text message service**.

![General settings showing Phone number and Text message service set to Auto (no preference)](https://www.lindy.ai/_sherpa/assets/static/docs/f8729e0b21e9-text-message-service-v2.png)

The setting defaults to **auto**, but you can override it to match your mobile device. If you’re on Android and want to use RCS, open the **Google Messages** app, tap your profile picture, go to **Settings → RCS chats**, and turn on **“Turn on RCS chats”**.

## Next Steps

### [Ad Hoc Tasks](https://www.lindy.ai/docs/features/ad-hoc-tasks)

Research, knowledge bank, and on-demand tasks

### [Inbox Management](https://www.lindy.ai/docs/features/inbox-management/email-triage)

How Lindy runs your inbox autonomously

### [Meeting Assistant](https://www.lindy.ai/docs/features/meeting-assistant/meeting-prep)

Meeting prep, notes, and follow-ups