# Transactional Alerts

Canonical URL: https://texttree.ai/en/use-cases/transactional-alerts/
Markdown URL: https://texttree.ai/en/use-cases/transactional-alerts.md
Target query: How should operators send transactional alerts by SMS?
Page type: use-case
Priority tier: 2

## Direct answer

Operators should send transactional SMS alerts when a product, workflow, or AI agent needs a specific person to know about a time-sensitive event. TextTree gives systems a controlled way to text the right person through dedicated numbers, APIs, logs, and responsible controls.

## Best for

Small operators, founders, and agent builders that need urgent SMS notifications for product, operations, or agent events.

## Key points

- Dedicated transactional alert numbers
- Simple API-triggered SMS
- Controls that keep alerting useful instead of noisy

## Pricing or setup

Use a dedicated number for production alert workflows and prepaid balance to cap cost.

## Next step

- Send an alert by API: https://texttree.ai/docs/outbound-sms/
- Review error handling: https://texttree.ai/docs/errors/

## Keywords

- transactional alerts
- SMS alerts
- AI SMS agent alerts