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Set your hours, services and alerts

The three things the receptionist needs from you before it can book.

Everything here is in Setup in your dashboard, and you can change it yourself at any time. Changes take effect on the next call.

Hours and closed days

  • Set open and close times for each weekday, or mark a day closed. Hours must open before they close, and a single day cannot run past midnight.
  • Add closed days such as holidays (up to 30 dates, not in the past). The business counts as closed all day on those dates.
  • Hours are in your business time zone, which we set. To change the time zone, email us.

Services

  • Add 1 to 12 services with a name, how long each takes (15 minutes to 8 hours) and an optional short note.
  • The receptionist books only the services on this list, only inside your hours, and never twice into the same time.

Alert emails

  • Add up to 5 addresses for booking, message and emergency alerts.
  • A new address gets a one-time link by email. It must be opened to confirm the address (the link works for 3 days, once).
  • Your Monday recap goes to the first address only.

Other things you can change

  • A short business note (up to 300 characters) the receptionist treats as background only.
  • Pause answering when you need calls handled differently for a while.
  • On paid plans, the number urgent callers are put through to. Changing it needs your password, and we email your alert addresses a notice when it changes.

The opening line is not editable: every call opens by telling the caller they are speaking with an AI.

What we do

  • Apply your hours, closed days and services to booking and to who answers.
  • Email you a notice when the urgent-call number changes.

What we do not do

  • Change your time zone, plan or call limits from the dashboard. Email us for those.

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