# Anybody using Tasker with Autoalarm and sharp tools? **URL:** \ **Category:** Devices & Integrations\ **Created:** [January 26, 2018, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/anybody-using-tasker-with-autoalarm-and-sharp-tools/116716 "2018-01-26T18:16:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ballbag123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2bfe46/32.png) [@ballbag123](https://community.smartthings.com/u/ballbag123)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/anybody-using-tasker-with-autoalarm-and-sharp-tools/116716/1 "2018-01-26T18:16:01Z")
i found a tutorial on [reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/tasker/comments/3ybsti/autoalarm_want_to_run_a_task_5_minutes_before_my/cyc4x60/) and it was no help and not very clear on the steps. i’m looking to trigger a sharptools event 10 minutes before my next system alarm. can anybody walk me through this? ---
**Author:** ![joshua\_lyon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/smartthings/user_avatar/community.smartthings.com/joshua_lyon/32/12655_2.png) [@joshua\_lyon](https://community.smartthings.com/u/joshua_lyon)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 7:26pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/anybody-using-tasker-with-autoalarm-and-sharp-tools/116716/2 "2018-01-26T19:26:04Z")
Do you have AutoAlarm, Tasker, and [SharpTools](https://SharpTools.io)? How familiar are you with Tasker? ---
**Author:** ![ballbag123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2bfe46/32.png) [@ballbag123](https://community.smartthings.com/u/ballbag123)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 7:39pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/anybody-using-tasker-with-autoalarm-and-sharp-tools/116716/3 "2018-01-26T19:39:42Z")
I have Tasker, autoalarm, and sharptools. I’ve played with it for over two weeks and can’t get it to trigger. I’m not super familiar with Tasker as this is the first project I want to have working so I bought/downloaded everything to get going but I’m stuck. I tried to follow that tutorial I linked in my original post but I’m having trouble setting up a global variable to trigger the alarm. it wasn’t like clear how to do everything to begin with so I’m confused how to actually make this happen. ---
**Author:** ![joshua\_lyon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/smartthings/user_avatar/community.smartthings.com/joshua_lyon/32/12655_2.png) [@joshua\_lyon](https://community.smartthings.com/u/joshua_lyon)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/anybody-using-tasker-with-autoalarm-and-sharp-tools/116716/4 "2018-01-26T19:55:38Z")
I’ve moved the contents of this post to the [SharpTools.io community](https://community.sharptools.io/t/how-to-control-smart-home-x-minutes-before-android-alarm-clock/35?u=josh) for posterity: > **[How To: Control smart home X minutes before Android Alarm Clock](https://community.sharptools.io/t/how-to-control-smart-home-x-minutes-before-android-alarm-clock/35?u=josh)** > > This post draws inspiration from a user on the SmartThings community who wanted to know how they could trigger an action in their smart home 10 minutes before the next alarm clock on their Android phone. They had found a Reddit post where a user had... ---
**Author:** ![joshua\_lyon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/smartthings/user_avatar/community.smartthings.com/joshua_lyon/32/12655_2.png) [@joshua\_lyon](https://community.smartthings.com/u/joshua_lyon)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 8:33pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/anybody-using-tasker-with-autoalarm-and-sharp-tools/116716/5 "2018-01-26T20:33:14Z")
I put a video together walking through it… the video and the rest of the post including step by step instructions can be found on the [SharpTools Community](https://community.sharptools.io/t/how-to-control-smart-home-x-minutes-before-android-alarm-clock/35). ---
**Author:** ![ballbag123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2bfe46/32.png) [@ballbag123](https://community.smartthings.com/u/ballbag123)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 1:29am UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/anybody-using-tasker-with-autoalarm-and-sharp-tools/116716/6 "2018-01-27T01:29:34Z")
holy crap. this is amazing! I followed your video and ran it and it works great! thanks so much for taking the time. ---
**Author:** ![TN\_Oldman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/smartthings/user_avatar/community.smartthings.com/tn_oldman/32/31062_2.png) [@TN\_Oldman](https://community.smartthings.com/u/TN_Oldman)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 2:04pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/anybody-using-tasker-with-autoalarm-and-sharp-tools/116716/7 "2018-01-27T14:04:53Z")
What a great how to. I do kinda the same thing using gentle alarm. I haven’t set my work alarm manually in quite some time. Post like this is why this forum is so amazing. ---
**Author:** ![joshua\_lyon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/smartthings/user_avatar/community.smartthings.com/joshua_lyon/32/12655_2.png) [@joshua\_lyon](https://community.smartthings.com/u/joshua_lyon)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2018, 9:14pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/anybody-using-tasker-with-autoalarm-and-sharp-tools/116716/8 "2018-01-30T21:14:00Z")
I’m glad I could help! PS. I’m the developer of [SharpTools](https://sharptools.io) and I may have replied to a different Reddit post of yours. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![ballbag123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2bfe46/32.png) [@ballbag123](https://community.smartthings.com/u/ballbag123)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2018, 9:25pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/anybody-using-tasker-with-autoalarm-and-sharp-tools/116716/9 "2018-01-30T21:25:09Z")
ha! you’re the man! thanks again. ---
**Author:** ![Escola\_Serigrafia](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/smartthings/user_avatar/community.smartthings.com/escola_serigrafia/32/102211_2.png) [@Escola\_Serigrafia](https://community.smartthings.com/u/Escola_Serigrafia)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2019, 3:30pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/anybody-using-tasker-with-autoalarm-and-sharp-tools/116716/10 "2019-08-15T15:30:54Z")
Hi there! Could you give me a hand. I wanted to have my smartphone immediately trigger an alarm as soon as a particular email with a specific subject arrives in my inbox. I’ve done all the filtering part in gmail I have enabled the notification, but it’s not exactly what I need. What I really need is that instead of a simple notification, the phone will immediately start ringing a specific ringtone, as if it were really a programmed alarm. Can you help me with this? I’ve researched everything and can’t find this solution. Thank you! Marinho ([jmarinhojr@gmail.com](mailto:jmarinhojr@gmail.com)) ---
**Author:** ![joshua\_lyon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/smartthings/user_avatar/community.smartthings.com/joshua_lyon/32/12655_2.png) [@joshua\_lyon](https://community.smartthings.com/u/joshua_lyon)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 3:51am UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/anybody-using-tasker-with-autoalarm-and-sharp-tools/116716/11 "2019-08-16T03:51:12Z")
Thanks for the reply! I’m not sure I understand the relationship of this request to SmartThings, though? If it’s a fundamental Tasker profile question around triggering a Tasker Task based on emails, your best bet is the [/r/tasker](https://www.reddit.com/r/tasker/) community on Reddit. 😃