TempGuru SMS — How It Works

TempGuru, operated by Temporary Assistance Guru, Inc., provides an AI-powered SMS service to staffing agencies. If your staffing agency uses TempGuru, you can text the TempGuru SMS number assigned to your agency to handle ordering, scheduling, shift coordination, and account questions on your agency's behalf.

How TempGuru's multi-agency model works

TempGuru is the registered SMS service provider. Each staffing agency that uses TempGuru is provisioned a dedicated TempGuru SMS number, which the agency distributes to its own clients during onboarding. The number you text is owned and operated by TempGuru; the agency named alongside TempGuru is the operational customer providing services to you.

In the messaging examples below, the placeholder {Agency} is replaced at deployment with the actual name of your staffing agency — for example, "Acme Staffing" or "SGA Events."

How you receive the SMS number

Your staffing agency provides their assigned TempGuru SMS number to you during onboarding, through one or more of the following channels:

• The welcome email your agency sends when you first become their client
• The footer of invoices issued by your agency
• The "Messaging" section of your TempGuru client portal account

In all three channels, the same call-to-action language appears.

Call-to-action language

When your agency shares the TempGuru SMS number, you will see this language:

Example (with placeholders resolved)

A client of Acme Staffing would see:

What happens when you text

TempGuru uses a two-step affirmative opt-in flow. Sending a text to the number is not consent — you must explicitly reply YES (or Y, or AGREE) after receiving the automated disclosure described below.

Step 1 — Your first inbound message

You text the TempGuru SMS number from your own device. This is the affirmative act of providing your number to TempGuru.

Step 2 — TempGuru sends an automated consent disclosure

Your first inbound triggers exactly one automated reply:

Step 3 — You opt in

You must reply YES, Y, AGREE, or I AGREE to opt in. Until you reply with an opt-in keyword, no operational messages are sent and the content of your messages is not processed by AI. Any other reply receives a single clarifying message; if you do not opt in, the conversation ends and no record of your message content is retained.

Once you opt in, you can use the service to place staffing orders, modify shifts, request rosters, report no-shows, and ask account questions.

How to opt out and get help

To opt out: reply STOP at any time. The following keywords are also honored (case-insensitive) per CTIA convention:

• STOP · END · CANCEL · QUIT · UNSUBSCRIBE · REVOKE · OPTOUT · STOPALL

To get help: reply HELP (or INFO) at any time for service information and the support contacts below.

To restart after opting out: reply START (or UNSTOP).

Privacy and data use

Your phone number, opt-in record, and message content are stored as part of your service record with TempGuru and the staffing agency you work with. TempGuru does not share your phone number, opt-in data, or SMS message content with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes.

Data is shared only with:

• The staffing agency that provisioned the TempGuru number for you (for service delivery and record-keeping)
• Our SMS carrier (Twilio, Inc.) strictly to operate the service
• Our AI sub-processor (Anthropic, PBC) under a Zero Data Retention agreement, strictly to generate assistant replies
• As required by law

Full Privacy Policy: tempguru.co/privacy-policy — see §6 ("The SMS Service (TAG)") for SMS-specific disclosures.

Full Terms (EULA): tempguru.co/temp-guru-eula — see §16 ("SMS Program and Messaging Terms") for SMS-specific terms.

To request deletion of your SMS data, email privacy@tempguru.co.

Program details

Support

Evidence of Consent Flow

The samples below show where the call-to-action (CTA) appears in TempGuru-partnered staffing agencies' onboarding materials (Stage 1), and the in-message double-opt-in flow that occurs before any AI processing or operational messaging begins (Stage 2).

Note on samples. The materials shown below are representative samples of the CTA as deployed by TempGuru-partnered staffing agencies. Sample names ("Acme Staffing", "Big Event Co.", "Sarah") and the sample phone number +1 (555) 123-4567 are placeholders; the canonical CTA wording, brand disclosure, frequency, rate, opt-out, and legal-page references are identical to production deployments and match the language hosted on this page.

Stage 1 — Number distribution

How the TempGuru SMS number reaches end users

A staffing agency partners with TempGuru and is provisioned a dedicated TempGuru SMS number. The agency distributes that number to its own clients through standard onboarding materials. In every surface, the CTA discloses TempGuru as the SMS service provider, the program description, message frequency, rate disclosure, opt-out keywords, and links to the Privacy Policy and Terms.

Sample — Welcome email

Inbox — Acme Staffing

From:Acme Staffing <welcome@acmestaffing.com>

To:Sarah <sarah@bigeventco.com>

Date:Mon, May 19, 2026 9:14 AM

Welcome to Acme Staffing — Quick setup guide

Acme Staffing Event Staffing, Simplified

Hi Sarah,

Welcome aboard! Your Acme Staffing account is set up and ready to use. Below you'll find a few key resources to help you get started, including how to reach our team quickly for ordering and scheduling.

Text our scheduling line

Text +1 (555) 123-4567 to reach TempGuru's AI assistant, providing scheduling and ordering services on behalf of Acme Staffing.
Msg frequency varies (typically 2–40/week). Msg & data rates may apply. Reply STOP to opt out, HELP for help.
Privacy: tempguru.co/privacy-policy | Terms: tempguru.co/temp-guru-eula

You can also log in to your client portal at any time to place orders, review schedules, and download invoices.

Welcome to the team,
The Acme Staffing Team

Acme Staffing · 500 Main St, Anytown, USA 00000 · unsubscribe

Sample of how the CTA appears in welcome emails sent by TempGuru-partnered staffing agencies onboarding new clients. The agency brands the email; the CTA discloses TempGuru as the SMS service provider.

Sample — Invoice footer

Acme Staffing

500 Main St, Anytown, USA 00000
ar@acmestaffing.com · (555) 555-0182

INVOICE

No. INV-2026-0518

Bill to

Big Event Co.
Attn: Sarah
100 Market St, Anytown, USA 00000

Issue date

May 18, 2026

Due date

Jun 17, 2026 (Net 30)

Description	Hours	Rate	Amount
Bartenders — Big Event Co. — Riverside venue, 05/10/2026	6 × 6 hrs	$45.00	$1,620.00
Servers — Big Event Co. — Riverside venue, 05/10/2026	4 × 6 hrs	$38.00	$912.00
Event lead — Big Event Co. — Riverside venue, 05/10/2026	1 × 8 hrs	$60.00	$480.00

Subtotal$3,012.00

Service fee (4%)$120.48

Total due$3,132.48

Questions? Text us

Text +1 (555) 123-4567 to reach TempGuru's AI assistant, providing scheduling and ordering services on behalf of Acme Staffing. Msg frequency varies (typically 2–40/week). Msg & data rates may apply. Reply STOP to opt out, HELP for help. Privacy: tempguru.co/privacy-policy | Terms: tempguru.co/temp-guru-eula

Payment terms: Net 30 from issue date. Late payments subject to 1.5% monthly interest.
Remit payment to Acme Staffing via ACH (routing on request) or check.

Sample of how the CTA appears in the footer of invoices issued by TempGuru-partnered staffing agencies to their clients. The CTA appears below the invoice line items, before the agency's payment terms.

Sample — Client portal

Sarah · Big Event Co.

SB

Messaging

Reach your staffing agency by text — orders, scheduling, no-shows.

Your staffing agency's SMS line

Save this number to your phone. Text it for any ordering, scheduling, or shift-coordination question.

Text our scheduling line

Text +1 (555) 123-4567 to reach TempGuru's AI assistant, providing scheduling and ordering services on behalf of Acme Staffing.
Msg frequency varies (typically 2–40/week). Msg & data rates may apply. Reply STOP to opt out, HELP for help.
Privacy: tempguru.co/privacy-policy | Terms: tempguru.co/temp-guru-eula

How it works

Your first text to the number above triggers an automated consent reply identifying TempGuru's AI assistant and asking you to reply YES to opt in. Once you reply YES, you can text the line to place orders, modify shifts, or report no-shows. Reply STOP at any time to opt out.

Sample of how the CTA appears in the TempGuru client portal under the "Messaging" section of each client's account. Identical CTA wording to the welcome email and invoice footer.

Stage 2 — User-initiated opt-in and consent

The double-opt-in flow that occurs in-message

Because TempGuru uses a user-initiated (mobile-originated) opt-in pattern rather than a web form, consent is captured in-message. When the end user texts the TempGuru SMS number, they receive an automated consent disclosure identifying TempGuru's AI assistant. The user must reply YES, Y, or AGREE before any AI processing occurs and before any operational messaging is sent. Until they do, inbound messages are not processed and no operational messages are sent.

Sample — Inbound SMS thread

9:42 ●●●● 5G ▮

+1 (555) 123-4567

Text Message · SMS

Today 9:42 AM

Hi — this is Sarah at Big Event Co. I need to add 2 bartenders for Saturday at our venue.

9:42 AM

This is TempGuru's AI assistant, providing scheduling services on behalf of Acme Staffing. Reply YES to receive automated SMS for ordering, scheduling, shift coordination, and account updates. Your messages will be processed by AI and stored as part of your service record with TempGuru and Acme Staffing.

Msg frequency varies (typically 2–40/week). Msg & data rates may apply. Reply STOP to opt out, HELP for help.

Privacy: tempguru.co/privacy-policy | Terms: tempguru.co/temp-guru-eula

9:43 AM

YES

9:43 AM

Thanks, Sarah — you're opted in. Looking at your Saturday request: 2 bartenders at Big Event Co. — Riverside venue on Sat May 24. What time should they arrive?

Sample of the user-initiated, in-message double-opt-in flow. The user's first inbound message triggers exactly one automated consent disclosure. No AI processing of their inbound message content occurs until they reply YES, Y, or AGREE. Any other reply receives one clarifying message and the conversation ends without opt-in.

Cross-document consistency. The CTA wording shown in all four samples above matches the CTA template displayed at the top of this page, the SMS disclosures in the TempGuru Privacy Policy §6, and the SMS Program terms in the TempGuru EULA §16. Message frequency ("2–40/week"), rate disclosure ("Msg & data rates may apply"), opt-in keywords (YES/Y/AGREE/I AGREE), opt-out keywords (STOP and CTIA-standard alternatives), and links to legal pages are consistent across every disclosure surface.