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How to make phone calls from a Mastra agent with MCP
We connected a Mastra agent to call4me with MCPClient, made it ask before dialing, and had it call Fabletics customer service. Here is the script, the one schema setting OpenAI models need, and what the call actually got.
OCT 16 / Nick Khami
T-Mobile customer service number: how to reach a real person
We called T-Mobile customer service with general questions and no account. Here is the exact menu route that got us to a live representative in 1 minute 49 seconds with no hold music, what the rep said about hours and billing credits, and the full 3 minute recording. Plus three recorded T-Mobile Home Internet calls by a call4me customer's assistant: the no-PIN router code check that fixed a login.
OCT 13 / Nick Khami
Can ChatGPT make phone calls? Add a calling MCP server as a plugin
ChatGPT's custom MCP servers now live under Plugins. Here is how to add call4me as one, sign in with OAuth, confirm the call, and follow it to a transcript.
OCT 13 / Nick Khami
Can Claude make phone calls? Add call4me as a custom connector
Claude on the web, in Claude Desktop and in the mobile apps can place phone calls once you add a calling MCP server as a custom connector. Here are the steps from Anthropic's docs, the plan limits, and a first prompt that checks the connection before anything dials.
OCT 13 / Nick Khami
How to make phone calls from Perplexity with a custom connector
Perplexity can't dial a phone on its own, but Pro, Max and Enterprise accounts can add a remote MCP server as a custom connector. Add call4me once, sign in, and Perplexity can place a real call and bring back the answer.
OCT 13 / Nick Khami
Southwest Airlines phone number: what happens when you call
We called Southwest's general questions line, 1-800-I-FLY-SWA, for this guide. Saying \"representative\" put us on hold, and a live reservations agent answered 4 minutes 10 seconds in. She wouldn't take general questions. Here is the route, the full recording, and where Southwest answers them in writing.
OCT 13 / Nick Khami
Walmart customer service number: get past the AI agent to a person
We called 1-800-WALMART with general questions for this guide. An AI agent answers first; asking twice for a representative got us a live person. Here's what the rep and the AI each said about hours and refunds, and the full 6 minute recording.
OCT 13 / Nick Khami
Rick booked dinner with one prompt
A table for two at Farmer's Grain, confirmed by phone for Saturday at 5 pm. The call cost 25 cents.
OCT 9 / Nick Khami
Venmo customer service number: the path to a person
We called Venmo twice. The first call got stuck at a prompt for the phone number on your Venmo account. The second took the dispute branch, said yes to the calling number check, and reached a live representative 4 minutes 57 seconds in. Here are both recordings, every key we pressed, and what the representative told us.
OCT 9 / Nick Khami
Hertz customer service number: how to reach a person
We called Hertz three times. On the past rentals line, a virtual assistant named Haley answers first. One call reached a live representative after six requests. One call ended when Haley hung up on us. Here are all three recordings, the exact prompts, and what the person told us.
OCT 8 / Nick Khami
How long it takes to reach a human at 59 companies (we recorded every call)
We went back through 100 customer service calls we've published to 59 companies, and timed how long each one took to reach a live person. Here is what got through, what didn't, where AI assistants and account number prompts stopped us, and the full dataset as a CSV.
OCT 8 / Nick Khami
Can AI make phone calls for you? Yes, here's how to set it up
Your AI assistant can call a business, talk to whoever answers and bring the result back to you. Here's how to connect it, what to ask for, and how to tell when the job is actually done.
OCT 7 / Nick Khami
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- The Cloudflare blog - agent readiness, MCP, and the plumbing of the agentic web.
- Stripe blog - machine payments and how agents pay for things.
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