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Flight price watcher → SMS when it drops

Tell Carly your route and target price — she monitors fares hourly and texts you the moment something drops below the threshold.

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The workflow at a glance

Trigger

Hourly check

cron

HTTP

Fetch fares

Filter

Below threshold

LLM

Summarize deal

Action

Text you

SMS

How this workflow works, step by step

1 Trigger Hourly check

Carly runs this workflow on a schedule — hourly check. No clicks, no reminders. It just fires.
2 HTTP Fetch fares

Carly makes an HTTP request to fetch fares. Useful for APIs that don't have a native integration — auth, retries, and pagination are handled.
3 Filter Below threshold

Carly drops anything that doesn't match: below threshold. The flow only continues for relevant items.
4 LLM Summarize deal

An LLM step does the thinking: summarize deal. Carly picks the right model for the job and you can swap models per step if you need to.
5 Action Text you

Carly texts you the result over SMS. You can reply back and the conversation continues.

When to use this template

You want this work to happen consistently without anyone remembering to do it.
You're already using tools Carly connects to, and the manual version of this is eating real minutes a week.
You want a visible canvas you can audit and edit — not a black-box agent doing things you can't see.

When not to use it

This task only happens once or twice a month — the setup cost won't pay back.
The decision in the middle of the flow needs human judgment every single time, not just on edge cases.
Your stack doesn't include any of the apps above and you don't want to wire a generic HTTP step.

Build it in 10 minutes — copy this prompt

Paste this in an email to and Carly will build the workflow for you.

Hey Carly — please build me this workflow.

Name: Flight price watcher → SMS when it drops

What it should do:
Tell Carly your route and target price — she monitors fares hourly and texts you the moment something drops below the threshold.

Steps:
1. Trigger: Hourly check (cron)
2. HTTP: Fetch fares
3. Filter: Below threshold
4. LLM: Summarize deal
5. Action: Text you (SMS)

Tools to wire up: (your call — pick the right ones)

Set it live once you've got it working. Thanks!

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Questions teams ask before building this

How long does this workflow take to set up?

Most teams have "Flight price watcher → SMS when it drops" running in under 10 minutes. Copy the prompt on this page into an email to carly@usecarly.com and Carly wires the workflow together for you, including authenticating the tools you need.

Can I edit this template after Carly builds it?

Yes. Every workflow lives on the Carly canvas where you can rename steps, change conditions, swap LLM models, add filters, and re-route branches. Templates are starting points, not locked recipes.

What if I use a different tool than the ones in this template?

Carly connects to 200+ tools, plus a generic HTTP node for any API that doesn't have a native integration. Tell Carly your stack when you send the prompt and she'll pick the right connectors.

Does this run automatically once it's built?

Yes. The trigger at the start of the workflow fires automatically — on a schedule, on an inbound email, on a webhook, on a calendar event, whatever this template specifies. Carly handles the listening; you only step in when a step is gated on you.