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Picky Assist 3.0 Zapier integrationAutomate Picky Assist 3.0 with Zapier.

With the Picky Assist 3.0 Zapier integration you get 1 instant trigger and 2 actions. Each new WhatsApp or SMS can set off a Zap, and your other tools can send WhatsApp messages or feed a Picky Assist connector, so conversations stop being stuck on one phone.

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Overview

Why connect Picky Assist 3.0 to Zapier

Picky Assist 3.0 is a bridge between WhatsApp and the rest of your software. Messages that reach your number can be sent on to other tools, and those tools can send WhatsApp messages back. Zapier chains apps together without code. Put the two side by side and a customer's message becomes a starting point for work in any of your apps.

Three things teams usually want. A team alerted on every message: New Message fires on each new WhatsApp or SMS, and the next step posts it in the channel where your support people work. Automatic WhatsApp updates: a status change in your order tool or a new invoice in your accounting app runs Send Message, and the customer hears about it on WhatsApp. Picky Assist flows fed from outside: Send Data to Connector passes data from a form or a CRM into a connector you configured in Picky Assist, so the logic you already built there takes over.

Where it stops. Zapier offers no search for this app, so nothing can look up a past message or a contact. The only trigger is a new message; nothing else that happens in Picky Assist starts a Zap. And a Zap works forward only: messages from before you switched it on are never collected.

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Vocabulary

Seven Zapier terms you will meet

This page leans on a few Zapier terms. Each one is explained here once, then used as is.

Zap
An automation on Zapier: something happens in one app, then one or more steps follow, every time it happens again.
Trigger
The event that sets the Zap off. When the Zap is on, Zapier sits waiting for it; for this app, an incoming message.
Action
A step the Zap performs once it has started, such as sending a WhatsApp message or passing data along.
Task
The billing unit of Zapier: each action that completes counts as one, and your plan caps how many you get.
Polling vs instant
Polling means Zapier asks the app for news on a timer. Instant means the app calls Zapier itself when something happens.
Filter
A step that only lets the Zap continue when the incoming data matches a rule you set; otherwise the run ends there.
Multi-step Zap
A Zap with more than a trigger and one action, because of a filter or extra actions. It requires a paid plan.
Cost

How much a Picky Assist 3.0 Zap costs

Zapier does not treat Picky Assist 3.0 as a premium app, so the free plan can use it. What you spend depends on actions completed, not on messages received.

  • Free plan100 tasks per month, unlimited Zaps
  • Free plan Zap shapeTwo steps: one trigger, one action
  • Incoming message triggerNo task used
  • Failed actionNot counted

New Message costs no task, whatever your volume, and an action that fails does not count. Every completed action counts separately: alert the team and feed a connector, and each incoming message costs two tasks. On the free plan, a Zap holds two steps, a trigger and one action. A filter that keeps only certain messages, or any second action, turns it into a multi-step Zap, and that requires a paid plan. The interval grid below is for polling triggers; New Message is instant, so it is not affected.

Connect

Link your Picky Assist 3.0 account

  1. 01

    Go to Apps

    From your Zapier account, open the Apps page, then click + Add connection. The connection you create here is stored once and offered again in every Picky Assist step you build.

  2. 02

    Select the app

    In the dialog, search for Picky Assist 3.0, select it and confirm with Add connection. Have your Picky Assist login ready, and access to any resources owned by someone else that the Zap must reach.

  3. 03

    Authorise Zapier

    Picky Assist opens in a new tab. Log in with the account tied to the WhatsApp number you want to automate, then grant Zapier access. The connection is now ready in the editor.

First Zap

First Zap: hand keyword messages to a Picky Assist connector

GoalWhen a WhatsApp message contains a chosen keyword, pass it to a connector that runs your Picky Assist flow.

  1. 01

    Choose the trigger

    Start a Zap with Picky Assist 3.0 and the New Message event. Select the connection and enter a Zap Name, which is required and labels this Zap inside Picky Assist.

  2. 02

    Pull in a sample

    Test the trigger. Zapier returns the three most recent items of the connected account, so pick a real message to map from instead of an invented one.

  3. 03

    Filter on the keyword

    Use the plus icon to add a Filter step, then set the field, a text rule and the keyword. Pick a text rule, since a number rule never passes on text.

  4. 04

    Feed the connector

    Add Send Data to Connector, paste the URL of the connector you built in Picky Assist, and map the message details the flow needs.

  5. 05

    Check, then switch on

    Test each step once and read the result before moving on. When the connector receives the right data, click Publish to turn the Zap on.

Triggers

Picky Assist 3.0 trigger

1 event starts a Zap when something happens in Picky Assist 3.0, and one of them is instant: the app calls Zapier straight away, whatever your plan.

1

New Message

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when there's a new WhatsApp/ SMS.”

Runs your Zap whenever a fresh WhatsApp message or SMS lands in Picky Assist. With no other trigger on offer, this is where every Zap built on this app begins, whether the goal is to file the conversation, ping the right person or start a flow in another tool. Add a filter after it when only some messages matter.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
a message on your business number should trigger work beyond the inbox.
Watch out
the Zap Name field is mandatory, so name each Zap clearly to recognise it later in Picky Assist.
Actions

Picky Assist 3.0 actions

Picky Assist 3.0 gives you 2 actions. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.

1

Send Message

Action

In Zapier“Send A New WhatsApp Message.”

Pushes a new WhatsApp message out through your Picky Assist account, to a single recipient or a list of them.

When to use it
a parcel ships in your order tool and the buyer should get a WhatsApp update.
Watch out
you must fill Application and Mobile Number; numbers take the country code, no plus sign and no leading zero, with commas between several.
2

Send Data to Connector

Action

In Zapier“Trigger a PickyAssist Connector”

Passes data from an earlier step into a Picky Assist connector, which then runs the flow you configured for it.

When to use it
a lead form fills in elsewhere and a Picky Assist sequence you already built should start for that person.
Watch out
the connector URL is mandatory and comes from Automations, then Connectors, once the connector exists.
When it breaks

What breaks a Picky Assist 3.0 Zap

No help article and no app-specific limit are attached to Picky Assist 3.0 on Zapier. The usual failures come from general Zapier behaviour, and these four are the ones to know.

The first three come from general Zapier behaviour, the last from the number format Send Message expects. If a run errors out, Zapier troubleshooting walks through the standard checks.

  • No backlog

    Messages received before the Zap was switched on are never collected. Only new ones from that point start a run; older history needs separate handling.

  • A message loop

    If a Zap writes back into what its own trigger watches, it sets itself off again and again and eats through your task count quickly.

  • Flood protection

    A sudden mass of new items, after a bulk import or a migration, can make Zapier hold the runs back rather than process them all at once.

  • Rejected number format

    Mobile Number expects the country code, with no plus and no leading zero. Numbers stored differently in your source app need cleaning first.
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FAQ

Picky Assist 3.0 Zapier integration: FAQ

01Can the Picky Assist 3.0 Zapier integration be used for free?
Yes, the Zapier free plan supports it, because Picky Assist 3.0 is not a premium app there. That plan gives 100 tasks a month and unlimited Zaps, but every Zap stays at two steps: the New Message trigger and one action, or another app's trigger and Send Message. Anything more, a filter to pick out certain messages or a second action, makes the Zap multi-step, and multi-step Zaps need a paid plan.
02How are tasks counted on a Picky Assist 3.0 Zap?
Each action that completes uses one task, on every run. Receiving messages is free: the New Message trigger never uses a task, and actions that fail are not counted either. A Zap that sends one alert per message uses one task per message; add a connector call and it becomes two. Estimate your monthly use by multiplying incoming messages by the number of actions in the Zap, then compare with the allowance of your plan.
03Does the Picky Assist 3.0 trigger fire instantly?
Yes. New Message is instant: Picky Assist notifies Zapier itself when a WhatsApp message or SMS comes in, and the Zap runs at once. The interval grid of Zapier plans, 15 minutes on Free and down to 1 minute on Team and Enterprise, only governs polling triggers, which Zapier checks on a schedule. So a free account gets the same speed as a paid one here. Zaps of this kind show a lightning bolt in the editor.
04What is needed to connect Picky Assist 3.0 to Zapier?
An account on each side. In Zapier, open the Apps page, click + Add connection, search for Picky Assist 3.0, log in in the new tab and grant access. After that, each step has required fields: a Zap Name on the trigger, an Application and a Mobile Number on Send Message, and a connector URL on Send Data to Connector. That URL only exists after you create the connector in Picky Assist.
05Where does the connector URL for Send Data to Connector come from?
From Picky Assist itself. Log in, go to Automations, then Connectors, create a new connector and copy its URL. That is the value the PickyAssist Connector URL field requires, and the step cannot be completed without it. Build the connector first, then come back to the Zap. If you later replace the connector with a new one, update the URL in the Zap too, since the step only knows the address you pasted.
06What if the Picky Assist 3.0 operation you need is not there?
Then Zapier does not offer it for this app, and no setting adds it. Two workarounds sit inside the integration. A connector can do inside Picky Assist what no Zapier action does: Send Data to Connector hands it the data. And a filter after New Message narrows the trigger to a more specific event. For a lookup of past conversations or contacts, there is no search here, so another tool or a request to Picky Assist is the way forward.
07Zapier, Make or n8n for Picky Assist 3.0?
There is no single winner; it depends on criteria. Compare tools on three points. First, the starting event: on Zapier, a new incoming message, delivered instantly. Second, the operations: here, Send Message and Send Data to Connector, with no search. Third, the plan: on Zapier, a filter or a second action means a paid plan. Check each candidate against those three points and the right fit for your case becomes clear.
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