Welcome — here's the end-to-end path from signing up to your AI receptionist answering its first real call. The whole thing usually takes about 15 minutes.
1. Sign up and pick a plan
Head to app.rescueyourleads.com. You can sign in with Google, Microsoft, or magic-link email. After signup, you'll land on the Setup page. Before you can provision anything, you need to pick a plan from /billing — your card on file is required because your AI agent activates the moment payment clears.
Don't agonize over the plan. Start on whichever tier matches your typical monthly call volume. You can switch up or down anytime, prorated automatically by Stripe.
2. Build your agent
Open the Setup tab. You'll be asked for four things: your business name, what services you offer, your hours, and an optional emergency transfer number. Pick a voice (Eryn — warm female, or Chris — calm male). Hit Build. The agent is live in ~10 seconds.
Spend an extra minute on the services field. Comma-separated and specific. 'Emergency plumbing, water heaters, drain cleaning, sewer line repair' beats 'plumbing services' — your agent will use this language back to callers.
3. Get a phone number
Pick a preferred area code — ideally your local area code. Local numbers get better answer rates than 800-numbers. Click Get my number. We buy a real Twilio number, register it with the AI engine, and wire it to your agent. Costs $1/month plus per-minute usage, billed inside your plan.
4. Forward your existing business line
This is the critical step. Your existing business line keeps ringing — you tell your carrier to forward only the calls you don't answer to your new AI number. Open the Setup page → step 3 → expand your carrier's instructions and dial the conditional-forwarding code.
Most carriers support no-answer / busy forwarding (calls go to AI after 4-6 rings if nobody picks up). Avoid unconditional forwarding (every call straight to AI) unless that's specifically what you want.
5. Connect a calendar (optional but recommended)
Go to Integrations and connect Google Calendar or Microsoft Outlook. Without this, your agent will offer fake-sounding placeholder slots when someone wants to book. With it connected, the agent reads your real free/busy and writes actual calendar events.
6. Test it
Call your existing business line and let it ring out. Your AI agent should pick up on the 5th ring or so. Or — quicker — open the Voice Agent page and click Start test call to dry-run in your browser without paying for the call.
Don't pitch your AI to a real customer until you've placed at least three test calls yourself. Listen to the recordings. Tune the FAQ. Re-test. Most setup issues become obvious in 60 seconds of audio.
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