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AI Receptionist: Cost, Integrations, and What to Automate First

A practical guide to AI receptionist pricing, voice AI integrations, appointment booking, CRM updates, missed-call recovery, and safe human handoff.

What MCP servers do, where they fit, and how to connect them to business systems without giving an AI more access than it needs.

A practical guide to the repeat work AI can remove first: documents, CRM updates, reporting, handoffs, intake, and follow-up.

A plain-English breakdown of AI automation costs for audits, focused pilots, production workflows, and integrations.

When to use rules, Zapier-style automation, custom workflows, or AI systems for SMB operations.

The practical reasons AI prototypes fail after launch: weak data, no review path, poor integration, unclear ownership, and missing evaluation.

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