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AI Receptionist Call Flow Risk Checklist

A no-spend planning checklist for shaping an AI receptionist demo before phone numbers, voice platforms, live calls, or client promises are approved.

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Quick Answer

This worksheet helps Lola package an AI receptionist offer without touching spend, phone numbers, live calls, or customer systems.

The safe output is a demo call flow, FAQ map, escalation rule, and approval checklist for Matt to review before any live voice work.

An AI receptionist can sound simple, but voice creates trust risk fast. This checklist keeps the work useful without crossing into live calls, paid tools, or customer promises.

Demo call flow

Use this for a mock conversation only:

Greeting: identify the business and ask why the caller is reaching out.
Intent capture: classify the call as new lead, existing customer, appointment request, pricing question, urgent issue, or general FAQ.
Basic answer: provide only pre-approved answers from the FAQ map.
Intake: collect the minimum safe details needed for a human follow-up.
Handoff: summarize the caller need and route it to the owner or approved staff contact.
Close: confirm that a human will review the request and avoid promising outcome, appointment, price, or availability.

FAQ map

Build the first FAQ tree from safe business facts:

hours and service area;
services offered at a category level;
appointment request process;
emergency or urgent-call routing;
what information the caller should have ready;
what the AI should not answer.

Do not include regulated advice, guarantees, pricing commitments, payment terms, or customer-specific instructions unless separately approved.

Human handoff rules

The AI receptionist should hand off instead of answering when the caller asks about:

urgent or emergency issues;
price, quote, refund, guarantee, or contract terms;
medical, legal, insurance, financial, or safety-sensitive advice;
account-specific or customer-record questions;
complaints, cancellations, or sensitive personal information;
anything outside the approved FAQ map.

Approval gates

Stop before:

no spend;
buying or connecting a phone number;
enabling a Twilio, Vapi, Bland, Air, ElevenLabs, or other voice-platform account;
accepting or placing live calls;
sending SMS, voicemail, email, or calendar invites;
changing CRM, forms, booking systems, or customer records;
making customer-facing claims, pricing, availability, or guarantee promises;
using real customer data or regulated-industry content.

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