AI Communication Colleague · Handing over to a person

Can it put a caller through to a person without them starting again?

Yes. It asks what the call is about first, then transfers to the right number, and what it heard travels with the call. The colleague picks up already knowing who is on the line and what they want, so the caller does not repeat the last two minutes to a second person.

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.

The caller asks for a person

Immediately, which is their right, and the transfer should still carry what they said.

The question turns out to need one

Halfway through, when it becomes clear this is not a booking.

The call belongs to a specific colleague

Their customer, their file, their site.

It is urgent

And the two minutes saved by not repeating the story are the two that matter.

What it does

The four steps, on the call.

01

Asks before transferring

What it is about and who is calling, so the transfer carries something.

02

Rings the right number

The extension, the mobile or the team you named for that kind of call.

03

Passes the context

The assistant says who is calling and what they want, before the colleague says hello.

04

Catches the failed transfer

If nobody picks up, it goes back to the caller rather than leaving them ringing, and takes a note.

What does the colleague hear when they pick up?

Who is calling and what they want, spoken by the assistant from the part of the conversation that already happened. There is no screen in it: the summary is said out loud before the caller is connected. That is the whole point of a warm transfer, that the second person starts where the first one stopped.

What if the caller just wants a human straight away?

They get one. Asking for a person is honoured, not deflected, and the assistant does not make them justify it or run through its own questions first.

What happens when nobody picks up?

It comes back on the line and says so, then takes the call-back properly. A transfer that rings out into nothing is the worst outcome on the list, and it is the one most systems leave in.

Can different calls go to different people?

Yes, by subject, by language, by hour or by rota. Who receives what is a rule you set, and it can be changed without a new recording or a new set-up.

Typically connected here: Transfer to extensions and mobiles, Rota by day and hour, CRM, 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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