The trade most likely to be asked for something it cannot legally do.
An AI receptionist that says the scope line plainly and kindly — electrical, gas and most plumbing are licensed trades — takes the details anyway so you can refer them, and captures the list one job at a time.
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agents247 is an Australian AI receptionist that answers the phone for handymen when you can't. It says the scope line plainly and kindly, because electrical, gas and most plumbing are licensed trades, and takes the details anyway so you can refer them. It takes the caller's name, number and what they need, then emails you the job before they hang up. Solo is $199 a month for 150 calls, Team is $449 for 500, GST included, no lock-in.
A list: a loose handrail, two fly screens, a shelf, and "a tap that drips". They rang from the car. The handyman who answered got the afternoon, and the handrail went first because the agent asked whether anything was unsafe.
From day one, before you customise anything.
- The scope line is the whole template: electrical work, gas work and most plumbing beyond a washer and a tap are licensed trades in Australia, and a handyman cannot legally do them. It says so plainly and kindly, and offers to take the details so you can refer them. It never says "we can probably sort that out" about licensed work.
- Roofs are never suggested — the roof rule holds. Anything structural is out of scope, captured, and referred.
- A loose handrail, a broken step, a door that will not lock, a hazard where children are — urgent. Flat-pack assembly, picture hanging, shelving, general lists — not, and it says so.
- Callers arrive with lists. Each job is captured separately, never merged into one line, with whether anything is unsafe now, the property type and access.
- Your hourly rate and minimum call-out are yours to publish. Where you have, it may state them plainly; where you have not, the answer is that it depends on the job. It never estimates how long a job will take.
What it refuses to do
Every list answered, one job at a time. Two plans, month to month, no lock-in.
The agent takes the caller's details, or leave yours here and we'll call you back. When you're convinced, the plans are on the pricing page.