Playbook · Kuga · Updated 16 September 2026

AI receptionist for local businesses

Local businesses already pay for missed calls. A receptionist on the website is a job they understand: answer the repeated questions, capture the enquiry, and pass anything urgent to a person.

AI receptionist for local businesses

The job

Hours, location, services, and “can I book?” — answered from approved pages. New-patient or new-job details captured as a Contact Request. Clinical, legal, or emergency questions handed over.

What to configure

Website Chat first. WhatsApp only if that number is already how customers enquire. Keep the knowledge lane conservative: if it is not on the site, the agent should not invent it.

The monthly conversation

AI Insights should name the questions the site still fails. That is the retainer: pages, FAQs, and knowledge updates — not a transcript dump.

See the dental example

A full vertical write-up of the same job.

Dental clinic receptionistLead capture that is worth routingEstate agent qualificationAfter-hours capture for trades

Sell the service.

Keep the infrastructure.

Create an agency workspace