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SimonMed scheduling phone number: how to book a self-pay CCTA with Cleerly
A call4me customer's assistant called SimonMed Imaging six times to price, book and prepare for a self-pay coronary CT angiogram with Cleerly plaque analysis at Van Ness in San Francisco. Here are the two numbers, how fast each reached a person, what staff said about price, orders and prep, and all six recordings.
OCT 16 / Nick Khami
Bank of America customer service: how to reach a person without an account number
We called Bank of America's main number without a card or account number to see if a person would pick up. Here is the phone tree, the phrase that got us through, what the representative told us, and the full 5 minute recording.
OCT 16 / Nick Khami
Wells Fargo customer service: how to reach a person without an account number
We called Wells Fargo's general banking line without a card or account number to see if a person would pick up. Here is the phone tree, the words that got us through, what the representative told us, and the full 5 minute recording.
OCT 16 / Nick Khami
JetBlue customer service: how to reach a person
We called 1-800-JETBLUE with general questions and no booking. We skipped the birthday prompt, said \"booking a flight\", and a crew member answered 1 minute 27 seconds in. Here is the phone tree, what we were told about callbacks, hours and cancelled flights, and the full 6 minute recording.
OCT 16 / Nick Khami
Progressive customer service: how to reach a person
We called Progressive's general customer service line with general questions and no policy. Saying we wanted a quote on a new policy got a live agent on the line 1 minute 30 seconds in. Here is the phone tree, what the agent said about callbacks, hours and getting a quote by phone, and the full recording.
OCT 16 / Nick Khami
Airbnb customer service number: how to reach a live person
We called Airbnb's support line twice with general questions for this guide. Here are the key presses that got us to a person, what the representative said about last minute host cancellations and refunds, and the full recordings.
OCT 16 / Nick Khami
How to make phone calls from OpenCode with a remote MCP server
We added call4me to OpenCode as a remote MCP server, ran it headless with opencode run, and had it call Pottery Barn customer service. Here is the opencode.json that keeps the API key out of the file, how permissions behave in headless runs, the line that kept it following the call, and what the call actually got.
OCT 16 / Nick Khami
How to make phone calls from the Claude Agent SDK with MCP
We built a small agent with Anthropic's Claude Agent SDK, connected call4me as a remote MCP server, and had it call the Social Security Administration. Here are the query() options that keep the key in an environment variable, the permission settings a headless agent needs, the turn budget for a long hold, and what the call actually got.
OCT 16 / Nick Khami
Amazon customer service number: get past the AI to a person
We called Amazon's customer service line with general questions and no account. Here is how we got past the AI assistant's verification texts to a live person, what she said about callbacks and refunds, and the full 7 minute recording.
OCT 13 / Nick Khami
Xfinity customer service number: how to reach a real person
We called 1-800-XFINITY with general questions and no account issue. Here is the exact menu route that got us to a live billing representative in 3 minutes 27 seconds, what the rep said about hours and callbacks, and the full 5 minute recording.
OCT 13 / 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
How to make phone calls from Gemini with MCP
Google now lets Gemini call some businesses for you on Pixel 11. For other calls, you can add a calling MCP server as a Gemini custom app, or connect it to Gemini CLI and Antigravity CLI. Here is what each option covers and the exact setup.
OCT 13 / Nick Khami
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