Forward SMS

How to forward SMS to Slack

By Forward SMS Team ·
10 min read
Forward SMS to Slack

Forward SMS is a versatile iOS app that seamlessly forwards SMS to emails, URLs/APIs, or Telegram.


You can also refer Slack's offical documentation to set up incoming webhook.

Set up Slack webhook

  1. Create a new app in slack to handle incoming SMS. Refer this link to create one.
  2. Enter the app name and workspace where app should be created.
    creating slack app by entering app name and selecting workspace
  3. Activate Incoming webhooks from the webhooks tab. The webhook tab can be accessed from app's management dashboard
    activating incoming webhook
  4. Now webhooks are enabled, create a new webhook by clicking on Add New Webhook to Workspace button
    adding webhook to workspace
  5. It will prompt for the channel where the webhooks shoiuld be added. Select a channel or you can create a new channel separately and come back here later.
    select channel for webhook
  6. You'll be sent back to your app settings, where you should see a new entry under the Webhook URLs for Your Workspace section. Your webhook URL will look something like this:
  7. https://hooks.slack.com/services/T00000000/B00000000/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  8. Keep the URL handy as it will be used in app to setup forwarding rule


Set up rule in app

  1. Create a rule
  2. Add a receiver and select Slack from the options.
  3. In the URL section, enter the URL provided by Slack after creating webhook.
  4. Send a test message. This allows you to verify that the rule is correctly set up and functioning as intended, ensuring that SMS messages are forwarded according to your specified criteria.
  5. Save the rule.
  6. Your rule has been setup, check in Slack application to make sure forwarded text are received.