FAQ
Short answer: CallForMe gives your AI agent a phone. Add https://callforme.tel/mcp to any MCP agent and click Connect once, or use the REST API. Calls go to US and Canadian businesses, say it's an AI whenever asked, and cost $1 per answered call including 2 minutes, then $0.40 per minute. Unanswered calls are free.
Getting started
How do I install it?
In Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http --scope user callforme https://callforme.tel/mcp, then /mcp and Authenticate. Anywhere else: add the MCP server https://callforme.tel/mcp. Per-agent steps are on the agents page.
Do I have to sign up? Not with a form. When you add the server, your agent shows a Connect or Authenticate step. A browser tab opens and closes by itself, with no email, no form and no card. That creates your account.
When do I pay? Once, the first time your agent places a real call. It shows you one setup link where you add $5. Your card is saved, and every chat and session after that just calls; turn on auto-reload (one click after paying) and the balance tops itself up. Most agents notice when you've paid and start the call on their own. See how setup links work.
Can I try it for free? Yes. Ask your agent to call Maple Street Pizza, a fictional restaurant, at (469) 770-7412, to get brake quotes from the three demo auto shops at once, or to cancel a membership at Ironwood Fitness, a fictional gym, at (469) 253-8241. Demo calls are free with no payment, up to 3 a day and 3 minutes each, and show the whole flow. The numbers are on the demo lines page.
I use more than one agent. Do I pay twice? No. Connect the second agent the same way. Its first call link recognizes you if you're signed in on that browser and links it to your existing account in one click.
My agent can't do the Connect step.
Use https://callforme.tel/mcp/open, which needs no sign-in (your agent gets a setup link in each new session unless it saves the account_key it receives). Or create a key on the account page and use https://callforme.tel/mcp/k/<your key> or the header Authorization: Bearer cfm_....
My agent doesn't support MCP.
If it can run shell commands, point it at https://callforme.tel/skill.md. It uses the REST API with curl. See any agent with a shell.
Calls
What number do calls come from? +1 (469) 966-0062. Not your personal number. Give your agent a callback number if you want the business to reach you.
Can it get through phone menus and hold? Yes. It presses through menus, waits silently on hold, and talks when a person answers. See phone menus and hold.
What if the business asks something my agent didn't mention? The question comes back to your agent mid-call. Your agent answers, or asks you. The business is waiting, so there are about 45 seconds; after that the assistant says you'll follow up on that point and carries on with the rest. Tell your agent likely answers up front ("any time 7 to 8:30 is fine") and it won't need to ask. See mid-call questions.
Can I change plans while the call is running? Yes. Tell your agent ("make it 6 people instead") and it passes the message into the live call. The assistant uses it within a couple of seconds.
Something was missing. Can it call back?
Yes. Ask your agent to call them again with the missing detail. It uses redial, which reuses the original request with your changes.
How do I find out how it went if I closed the chat? If you've signed in to your account with your email, the result is emailed to you when the call ends: what happened, the answers, any confirmation number and the cost, with a calendar file when something was booked. Every call is also on the account page.
Can it connect me when a person picks up?
Yes. Set transfer_to to your number. See hold and patch in.
Can it call several places at once?
Yes. Up to 10 single calls can run side by side, or your agent can use call_around to find and call 1 to 100 places of a kind near you ("ask every pharmacy near 75024 when they close"). It paces the calls, up to 10 at a time, and can stop at the first place that can do it or at a spending limit. See call around and quotes from several businesses.
What time of day does it call?
A single call goes out whenever you ask. Between 10pm and 7am in the business's local time, your agent gets a warning that the place may be closed; if nobody answers or it goes straight to voicemail, it's free. A call_around batch waits until 7am at those places instead of dialing them overnight.
Can it call when they open?
Yes. Ask your agent to call at a time, like the business's opening time tomorrow. It passes call_at to place_call, the call is queued, and it dials by itself then (up to 7 days ahead); your agent checks the result later. If a call reaches a closed line's after-hours recording, the assistant hangs up right away and it isn't charged.
What happens on voicemail?
It hangs up. If the call went straight to voicemail (in the first minute), you pay nothing. If the assistant spent more than a minute in a phone menu or on hold before reaching voicemail, it's billed like an answered call. If you set voicemail_message and it leaves a message, that counts as an answered call ($1 for the first 2 minutes).
How long can a call be? Up to 30 minutes, including hold.
Is the call recorded? Yes. Calls are recorded and transcribed so you get an accurate transcript and answers. The recording is only available to your account; public share pages show a transcript with your name and numbers hidden, never the audio.
Will a business hang up on it? Some do. Most talk to it once they hear what it wants. If they won't, the outcome says so and your agent can suggest calling yourself or patching you in. See will a business hang up on an AI call.
Can I share a call with someone?
Yes. Ask your agent to share it. share_call makes a public page at callforme.tel/c/<id> with phone numbers and emails hidden, and you can turn it off again.
What languages?
English by default, with a live switch to Spanish if the business answers in Spanish. For Vietnamese, Korean, Mandarin, Cantonese, French, Portuguese, German, Italian, Russian, Arabic, Hindi, Japanese, Polish, Tagalog or Ukrainian, tell your agent the language and it sets language before the call. If a call fails because the business spoke one of those languages, CallForMe doesn't charge for it and calls back once in that language on its own. See AI calls in other languages.
Who makes CallForMe? Great Work LLC, a small software company. Support is at hello@greatwork.company.
Money
How does billing work? Prepaid. You add $5 through Stripe Checkout, and calls come out of that balance. Auto-reload, if you turn it on, adds $10 when you're under $2 (adjustable). It's off on your first payment. See pricing.
What if my credit has no card behind it? Credit without a saved card (creator credit, or auto-reload turned off) is capped per call, so a call ends when the balance runs out. An account in that state can have up to 30 unanswered calls a day.
Does the balance expire? No.
Does credit expire? No. Unused credit never expires.
Will it spend more than I approve?
No. A call can't run past 30 minutes ($12.20 at most), auto-reload is one toggle to turn off, and the assistant won't agree to any charge past your constraints.
What if a call fails? If it isn't answered, is busy, goes straight to voicemail without a message, or the number fails, you pay nothing.
Ways to spend less: AI phone calls on a budget.
Limits
Which numbers can't it call? 911, 988, 211, 311 and other N11 numbers, and 900 or 976 premium numbers. Toll-free is fine.
How many times can I call the same place? Up to 3 times per day per account.
Can I call a friend? Yes, if they expect the call, like a reminder or wake-up call they asked for. Don't use it to call people who haven't agreed to get the call.
Safety
Will it give out my credit card? No. It never gives card numbers, Social Security numbers or passwords over the phone.
Will it agree to things I didn't approve?
Not past your constraints. Set limits like "don't agree to more than $200."
Is a human ever making the call? No. Calls are placed by software and say so when asked.
More in safety and disclosure and is it safe to let AI make phone calls for you?.
Contact
Questions
How can a business call me back?
Give your agent your number and the assistant shares it. Without one, the business gets our line, (469) 966-0062, and a 4-digit extension for that call. They press or say it and leave a message, and your agent sees it in get_call and account. Verified accounts also get it by email.
What is CallForMe?
A remote MCP server, REST API and skill, made by Great Work LLC, that lets your AI agent call businesses for you. Your agent says who to call and what to get done. A voice assistant makes the call and reports back with a transcript and the answers.
Is callforme.co, callforme.io or the CallForMe app in the App Store or Google Play yours?
No. CallForMe at callforme.tel, made by Great Work LLC, has no phone app and no other website: it works inside the AI agent you already use (Claude, ChatGPT, Codex and others). callforme.co, callforme.io, callforme.us and the similarly named apps in the app stores are other companies' products and aren't connected to us, so accounts and credit don't carry over.
Which agents does it work with?
Any agent that supports remote MCP servers, including Claude Code, Claude Desktop, claude.ai, ChatGPT (from its plugin directory), Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Gemini CLI and more. Agents with a shell can use the REST API with curl.
Can it call every pharmacy or mechanic near me?
Yes. Ask your agent to call around. The call_around tool finds 1 to 100 places of a kind near you, calls them up to 10 at a time with the same request, and can stop at the first one that says yes.
Does it speak Spanish?
Yes. Every call starts in English and switches to Spanish by itself if the business answers in Spanish. For 15 other languages, tell your agent the language up front.
What does it cost?
$1 per answered call including 2 minutes, then $0.40 per minute, up to 30 minutes ($12.20 at most). No charge if nobody answers, or if the call goes straight to voicemail and you didn't ask it to leave a message. First top-up is $10, and unused credit never expires.
Does the business know it's an AI?
If they ask, yes. The first sentence says it's an assistant calling for you.
Can it call outside the US and Canada?
No. Only US and Canadian numbers.
Add CallForMe to your agent
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