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Book a kid's dental checkup by phone agent

The poster tested eight AI phone-call agents on calling a dentist to book a checkup within constraints like weekdays only and after 3pm.

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Use case overview

The poster tested eight AI phone-call agents on calling a dentist to book a checkup within constraints like weekdays only and after 3pm.

Reported experience

  1. What they did

    The poster had Claude Code wire up eight phone-agent tools from their docs, then gave each the same task: call the poster’s own cell, where the poster role-played a dental front desk booking a child’s checkup on weekdays only after 3 p.m. The test deliberately offered invalid times first, forced the agent to spell a difficult last name, then asked it to choose between two valid slots; the poster judged the call and checked each tool’s API result afterward.

  2. How it went

    Only a few completed the booking flow: PlaceCall was the only one that booked correctly over a real phone line with minimal setup, while Retell succeeded only as a browser-based web call and Ring-a-Ding booked but ended loosely. The whole comparison took about a day and a half, and three of the eight tools never made a real phone call.

  3. Worth knowing

    Most of the time went to signups, not testing, and some services needed a card, ID verification, or about $10 before outbound calling worked.

Example prompts

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Find [dentist name or dentists near zip] and identify their phone number and online booking options. I need a checkup for my child on weekdays only after [time], within [date range]. Draft the exact call script and list the available slots you can find, then pause and show me before you submit any booking form or contact the office.