iOS Shortcuts - trying to send message to a phone number from a variable

Hi,

I am working on a Shortcut.

I collect a phone number in the process and it store in a variable "abc".

I succeed in making a phone call when I pass the variable "abc" to the Call action.

However I am unable to do the same thing with the Message action. This one only seem to accept a choice from my contacts.

Do I understand this correctly? Is there a workaround?

Thanks,

iOS Shortcuts - trying to send message to a phone number from a variable
 
 
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