# Jobber recipes

> Text clients when a visit is booked and when you’re on the way.

Two recipes for Jobber. Each names its trigger and the BlueBot step, lists the fields to map and says how to test it with your own number before anyone else gets a text.

## How Jobber connects

- **[Zapier](https://usebluebot.com/docs/zapier)**: BlueBot’s Zapier app has a Send Text action and instant triggers for incoming texts and every change of state.

## Confirm booked visits

| Part             | What it is                          |
| ---------------- | ----------------------------------- |
| Trigger          | When a visit is scheduled in Jobber |
| Action           | BlueBot’s **Send Text** action      |
| Connects through | [Zapier](https://usebluebot.com/docs/zapier)              |

### Steps

1. Start a Zap with Jobber’s trigger for a new visit.
2. Add BlueBot’s Send Text action and map the client’s phone to To.
3. Write the text with the visit’s date mapped in.

### Map the fields

| BlueBot field                | Map it to                                                                                                                                   |
| ---------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| To                           | The person’s mobile number from Jobber. US numbers can leave off the +1.                                                                    |
| Text                         | Hi {{first_name}}, this is Luis from Greenline Lawn. You’re on the schedule for {{date}}. Reply here if you need to change it.          |
| `{{first_name}}` in the text | Jobber’s first name field.                                                                                                                  |
| `{{date}}` in the text       | Jobber’s date field.                                                                                                                        |
| Metadata                     | `source` set to `jobber`, and `record_id` set to the record’s id, so the status and reply webhooks for this text can find the record again. |
| Service                      | Auto, the default: iMessage when the person uses it, otherwise SMS through your iPhone.                                                     |

### Test it

Put your own number in **To** and press **Test step**. A text arrives on your phone from your own number, and Zapier shows the message BlueBot returned with `state: "queued"`. Then map Jobber’s field back into **To** and turn the Zap on.

## Text yourself each new request

| Part             | What it is                              |
| ---------------- | --------------------------------------- |
| Trigger          | When a client sends a request in Jobber |
| Action           | BlueBot’s **Send Text** action          |
| Connects through | [Zapier](https://usebluebot.com/docs/zapier)                  |

### Steps

1. Start a Zap with Jobber’s trigger for a new request.
2. Add BlueBot’s Send Text action with your own number in To.
3. Put the client’s name, phone and what they asked for in Text.

### Map the fields

| BlueBot field                 | Map it to                                                                                                                                   |
| ----------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| To                            | The person’s mobile number from Jobber. US numbers can leave off the +1.                                                                    |
| Text                          | New request from {{client_name}} ({{phone}}): {{details}}                                                                             |
| `{{client_name}}` in the text | Jobber’s client name field.                                                                                                                 |
| `{{phone}}` in the text       | Jobber’s phone field.                                                                                                                       |
| `{{details}}` in the text     | Jobber’s details field.                                                                                                                     |
| Metadata                      | `source` set to `jobber`, and `record_id` set to the record’s id, so the status and reply webhooks for this text can find the record again. |
| Service                       | Auto, the default: iMessage when the person uses it, otherwise SMS through your iPhone.                                                     |

### Test it

Put your own number in **To** and press **Test step**. A text arrives on your phone from your own number, and Zapier shows the message BlueBot returned with `state: "queued"`. Then map Jobber’s field back into **To** and turn the Zap on.

## Before you turn it on

- Text only people who asked to hear from you. Anyone who replies STOP goes on your stop list, and BlueBot cancels texts to them. [Stop words](https://usebluebot.com/docs/concepts/stop-words)
- A text that can’t go yet waits with a hold rather than failing: quiet hours, your Mac away, a daily limit. [Holds](https://usebluebot.com/docs/concepts/holds)
- [Jobber with BlueBot](https://usebluebot.com/integrations/jobber) on the integrations page says what else the two do together.