# Lofty recipes

> Text Lofty leads from your own number.

Two recipes for Lofty. 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 Lofty 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.

## Text new leads from your own number

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

### Steps

1. Start a Zap with Lofty’s trigger for a new lead.
2. Add BlueBot’s Send Text action and map the lead’s phone to To.
3. Write the text with the lead’s first name mapped in.

### Map the fields

| BlueBot field                | Map it to                                                                                                                                  |
| ---------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| To                           | The person’s mobile number from Lofty. US numbers can leave off the +1.                                                                    |
| Text                         | Hi {{first_name}}, this is Chris with Oak Street Realty. Thanks for reaching out. What are you hoping to find?                           |
| `{{first_name}}` in the text | Lofty’s first name field.                                                                                                                  |
| Metadata                     | `source` set to `lofty`, 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 Lofty’s field back into **To** and turn the Zap on.

## Text yourself each new lead

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

### Steps

1. Start a Zap with Lofty’s trigger for a new lead.
2. Add BlueBot’s Send Text action with your own number in To.
3. Put the lead’s name and phone number in Text.

### Map the fields

| BlueBot field           | Map it to                                                                                                                                  |
| ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| To                      | The person’s mobile number from Lofty. US numbers can leave off the +1.                                                                    |
| Text                    | New Lofty lead: {{name}}, {{phone}}.                                                                                                   |
| `{{name}}` in the text  | Lofty’s name field.                                                                                                                        |
| `{{phone}}` in the text | Lofty’s phone field.                                                                                                                       |
| Metadata                | `source` set to `lofty`, 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 Lofty’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)
- [Lofty with BlueBot](https://usebluebot.com/integrations/lofty) on the integrations page says what else the two do together.