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Read the call4me blog (https://call4.me/blog, every post as markdown in https://call4.me/llms.txt) and help me get a phone chore done with call4me.

If you don't have the call4me tools (call4me_*) yet, add the call4me MCP server first and sign me in:
   - Claude Code:  claude mcp add --scope user --transport http call4me https://call4.me/mcp  (then I run /mcp, pick call4me, and choose authenticate)
   - Codex:        codex mcp add call4me --url https://call4.me/mcp  then  codex mcp login call4me
   - Claude Desktop, claude.ai, or ChatGPT: add a custom connector with the URL https://call4.me/mcp and sign in when it asks.
   - Muse: build a custom integration to the call4me remote MCP server at https://call4.me/mcp (streamable HTTP) with the official MCP SDK. Ask me for my call4me API key (it's at https://call4.me/account) through your secure credential flow, never in chat, store it in your Secure Credentials Store, and send it as Authorization: Bearer <key>. List the tools, test call4me_get_balance, and save it as a reusable skill.
   - Grok Bot: add a custom MCP server called call4me (remote HTTPS, no headers, no auth) at my personal server URL, which I copy from https://call4.me/account. You add it from this chat; no separate approval is needed. If you offer sign-in instead, use https://call4.me/mcp and I sign in.
   - grok.com: you can't add connectors from the chat, so I do it: grok.com/connectors, New Connector, Custom, with the URL https://call4.me/mcp, then I sign in.
   - If you can't sign me in, I copy my personal server URL from https://call4.me/account and you use that instead.
   I sign in with Google or X.

Ask me what I need called for. If a post covers it, use its tips. Then call call4me_get_requirements for the category, ask me in one message for anything missing, place the call with call4me_place_call, follow it with call4me_get_call until it finishes, and tell me the result in one or two lines.

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16 posts matching "car insurance". clear

GEICO customer service: the phone number and the words that reach a person

We called GEICO twice. An AI-assisted voice menu answers first. Asking for a representative got us looped and dropped. Saying \"get a new policy\", then \"auto\", got a licensed agent on the line 2 minutes 35 seconds in. Here are both recordings, the exact prompts, and what the agent told us.

OCT 9 / Nick Khami

How to find a new primary care doctor with an out-of-state plan (15 recorded calls)

A call4me user in Baltimore needed a new primary care doctor and had an out-of-state Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO. Their AI phone assistant called 10 practices. Here's who was taking new patients, who took the plan, how far out the first opening was, a $2,121 surprise, and all 15 recordings.

OCT 1 / Nick Khami

UnitedHealthcare phone number: which one to call, and what a licensed agent told us

Most people searching for a UnitedHealthcare phone number are members, and for members the right number is on the ID card. Here are UnitedHealthcare's other numbers by plan type, all from uhc.com, and a recorded call to the individual and family line, where pressing 1 got a licensed agent on the line about 25 seconds later.

OCT 1 / Nick Khami

AAA insurance customer service: the phone number and how to reach a person

AAA is run by regional clubs, so the number depends on where you live. We called the AAA Mountain West Group insurance line, reached a person in under a minute and a half, and asked about quotes, membership and claims. Here is the phone tree and the full 3 minute recording.

OCT 8 / Nick Khami

How much does blood work cost? Have your AI assistant compare quotes

Start with the exact tests, compare published prices and extra fees, then let your assistant call labs for the details that are still missing.

OCT 7 / Nick Khami

Ohio workers compensation insurance: ask BWC with your AI assistant

When an application needs a phone answer, your existing assistant can ask BWC. A real customer call clarified a paper route for an owner with an ITIN, without submitting the application.

OCT 5 / Nick Khami

Allstate phone number: how to reach an agent

Our recorded call covers California auto quotes, claims and the details to have ready.

OCT 2 / Nick Khami

How much is an eye exam without insurance? Two real quotes, recorded

Two recorded Katy calls returned routine exam quotes of $143 and $99. Compare the stated prices, see which inclusions remain unconfirmed, and ask for the total before booking.

OCT 1 / Nick Khami

How long it takes to reach a human at 34 companies (we recorded every call)

We went back through every customer service call we've published, 55 calls to 34 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

Costco eye exam cost: let your AI agent get local quotes

Let your existing AI assistant call nearby Costco optometrists and bring back a price comparison. Hear the real call that returned a $99 glasses exam quote.

OCT 6 / Nick Khami

Reschedule a doctor appointment with your AI assistant

A real call checked that the old appointment was canceled, then booked Thursday at 1:30 PM within the patient's available hours.

OCT 6 / Nick Khami

Grok Bot vs Meta Muse: tested calling setups and results

How our Grok restaurant call and Muse library call connected, returned results and left questions unanswered.

OCT 5 / Nick Khami

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