AI Communication Colleague · Urgent calls

How does it handle a call that cannot wait?

It recognises the call as urgent on the words you told it to treat that way, takes the details that the person picking up will need, and puts the caller through to the number on duty. If nobody answers there, it says what happens next and sends the note straight to the phone you named.

When this comes up

The moments it happens.

The assistant is configured around the calls that actually come in. These are the moments this one shows up in a working week.

A breakdown, a leak, a failure

Something that is happening now and gets worse while the phone rings.

Out of hours, when the duty phone is one person

And that person needs the facts before they decide to get in the car.

A caller who is upset

Urgency and distress sound similar on the phone and both need a person quickly.

A call that is urgent for them but not for you

Which still needs answering honestly rather than being put in a queue.

What it does

The four steps, on the call.

01

Recognises the call

On what you defined as urgent for your business, not on a general idea of what sounds serious.

02

Takes what the responder needs

Where, what, since when, and a number that reaches them, before anything is transferred.

03

Puts the call through

To the duty number for that hour, with the details already written down.

04

Falls back honestly

If nobody picks up: what happens next, by when, and the note to the phone you named.

Does it decide what counts as an emergency?

No. You define it, in your terms, per service if you need to. The assistant applies the rule you wrote; it does not form its own judgement about how serious a situation is.

Can the duty number change through the week?

Yes. The number on duty is a rota, and the assistant follows it by day and hour. Changing it is a change in one place, not a new recording.

What does it say to somebody in real trouble?

What you told it to say, and it says it early. Where the right answer is a different number, the emergency services or a medical line, it gives that number rather than keeping the caller in your queue.

Can it be wrong about urgency?

It can, which is why the fallback matters more than the detection. Every urgent call also produces a written note, and the calls it judged ordinary are in the same list, so a wrong call is visible rather than lost.

Typically connected here: Transfer to a duty number, Rota by day and hour, SMS and e-mail, Your existing phone number. Further systems on request; the assistant answers on your existing number either way.

Last checked 2026-09-23 · How a call runs, in general

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