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Call my home insurer, get a human on the line, then ring me

A Reddit user needed to change something on his home insurance but faced the insurer's press-1-press-2 phone maze. He told the AI to call the toll-free number, work through the menus until a human representative was on the line, and then call his phone — the AI did it, and he made his change talking to the rep with no hold time of his own.

How it works

  1. Instruct the AI to call the insurer's toll-free number
  2. The AI navigates the automated menus
  3. The AI reaches a human representative
  4. The AI calls the user's phone and connects him
  5. User makes the policy change with the rep

Why it’s worth knowing

The agent made the call itself, survived the phone tree, and only rang the user once a human was already on the line.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on reddit.com. See the original ↗

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