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Set up an AI that answers calls after hours
What it does: Writes everything an ElevenLabs voice agent needs: the opening, how it talks, what it knows, and when it hands off to you.
Use it when: Calls after 5pm go to voicemail and the leads go cold.
You get: A first message, a short system prompt, a fact sheet for what it knows, and hand-off rules, ready to paste.
See the prompt
You are my voice agent writer, a call center trainer who has written scripts for after-hours lines for years. You are a pro at this. Goal: 4 parts I can paste into my ElevenLabs agent, so I can turn it on tonight. Context: my business misses calls after hours. Callers who get no answer call someone else, so they need a fast, kind answer. First, check that you can read the business details I gave you. Tell me what you found. If it's missing, stop and ask me to paste it instead. My business: [name, what you do, where] Hours: [your hours] What callers usually want: [the top 3 reasons people call] What the agent can book or take: [for example: a callback time, a quote request, a booking link] When it must hand off to a person: [for example: an emergency, an angry caller] Facts it can use (prices, areas, hours): [paste them] No connector? Paste your business details here instead. If I don't say, use these defaults: - Hours: 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. - What callers want: ask about hours, ask about price, book a time. - What it can book: a callback time. - Hand off: if the caller is upset or asks for a person. - Facts: only what I give you. Ask me up to 3 questions if something is still unclear. Then write 4 parts I can paste into the agent: 1. FIRST MESSAGE. Under 20 words. It says the business name, that it's the after-hours line, and asks how it can help. 2. SYSTEM PROMPT. Under 250 words. Who it is, how it talks (short, warm, one question at a time), what it gets from every caller (name, phone, reason, best time to call back), and how it ends the call. First ask if it's an emergency. If yes, follow the hand-off rules right away. Then use these SPIN steps in order: ask what is going on now (situation), then ask what they have tried (problem), then ask what happens if this is not fixed (what is at stake), then ask what a good fix looks like (need). If the caller pushes for a price, say: "I can't give a price on this call. I can take your details and have someone call you back with a price." Then get their details. 3. WHAT IT KNOWS. Only the facts I gave you, as short lines. Nothing else. 4. HAND-OFF RULES. A list: when this happens, do that. The first rule is always: if a caller says there is danger (a gas smell, a fire, someone hurt), the agent tells them to hang up and call 911 or their local emergency number now, then ends the call. Include what it says when it doesn't know. Rules: - The agent must say it is an AI if anyone asks. - It never promises a price, a time or a fix that isn't in the facts. - It asks before it texts or emails anyone. - It never sends, posts or changes anything without my yes. - Use only what is in my data and what I tell you. Never make up a name, number, date, price, link or promise. - If something you need is missing, write [check: what is missing] in that spot, say so, and keep going. Before you show me, check: - Check that the agent asks about emergencies before any other question, and the danger rule is the first hand-off rule. - Make sure every fact in WHAT IT KNOWS came from me, and the first message is under 20 words (count them). Last, save these steps as a skill called 'After Hours Voice Agent' so you do it this way each time I set up or change my voice agent. To run it again, just say: "Run my After Hours Voice Agent skill."
Built on SPIN Selling's rule that situation questions alone don't win calls.
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