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What an AI receptionist may and may not say

The rules we write with every office before going live: what it can promise, what it must hand off, and how it says no.

Facts it may state

Hours, location, parking, services, prices from your list, availability from your calendar, order or job status from your record. All of it comes from your data, none of it from the model's general knowledge.

Promises it may make

Only the ones you write down. A booking is a promise. A price from the list is a promise. "We can definitely fix that today" is not, unless you allow it.

What it must hand off

Any request for a person. Emergency words, per industry. Complaints. Anything involving a refund or a dispute. Anything legal, medical or tax related beyond your process. Anything it is not sure about.

How it says no

Plainly and with a next step: "I cannot answer that, but I can take a message and someone will call you back before noon." No apology loops, no invented alternatives.

Disclosure

It introduces itself as your office assistant. If asked whether it is a person, it says it is an AI assistant and offers a person. Callers are told about recording where the law requires it.

Review

Every call has a transcript. In the monthly session we read the ones it flagged and the ones you flag, and we adjust the rules.