The tutorial guides the reader through building an SMS dashboard using Python, Flask, and Twilio. The project starts by setting up a Python virtual environment and installing the required packages, including Flask and Twilio's Python API client. The reader is then provided with a function to fetch SMS messages from Twilio's API using the `messages.stream()` method. The tutorial then moves on to setting up a Flask application, creating an HTML template for displaying the fetched SMS data, and rendering templates. Finally, the reader learns how to generate an HTML table from Twilio API data and extends the dashboard by adding a column to each row in the table called "Reply URL". The project demonstrates how to interact with APIs in Python using a minimal amount of code and provides the reader with a foundation for building custom dashboard projects.