Penny, Phone Receptionist · busytask AI
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Your AI phone receptionist

Meet Penny, your Phone Receptionist

Answers the phone when you can't, takes the message and sends it to you in minutes.

You're on a ladder, with a customer, or driving. The phone rings and goes to voicemail, and most callers hang up and call the next business. Penny picks up instead. She answers like a friendly receptionist, uses only the facts from your business details, takes the caller's name, number and what they need, and sends it all to you by text and email right away.

$75 a month for your website and all nine AI employees. No contract, cancel any time.

☎Example chat with PennyTaps and typing both work
☎Penny, Phone Receptionist
● Answered a call, 12:31 PM

Missed call from (410) 555 0199, 48 seconds.

Caller: Hi, do you fix roof leaks?
Penny: We do. Summit Roofing repairs leaks across Baltimore County, and inspections are free. Can I take your name and number so Mike can call you back today?
Caller: Sure, Dan Reyes, 410 555 0199. It's dripping into the kitchen.
Penny: Thanks, Dan. I've marked it urgent. When's a good time for Mike to call?
Caller: Any time after 3.

Message: Dan Reyes, roof leak into the kitchen, urgent, call back after 3 pm today.

What next?
1. Text Dan that I'll call after 32. Add a 3:15 callback to my calendar3. I'll handle it
2. Add a 3:15 callback to my calendar
☎Penny, Phone Receptionist
● Done

Owen added "Call Dan Reyes, roof leak" to your calendar at 3:15 pm today, with his number in the note.

This week so far: 6 calls answered, 4 messages, 1 wrong number, 1 caller who only asked for your hours.

What Penny does for you

Everything below is included. You talk to Penny in a chat, on your phone or computer, like messaging an employee.

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Answers every missed call

Rings go to Penny when you don't pick up, or all the time outside your hours. Your choice.

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Knows your business

Hours, services, areas you serve and prices you've saved. She never makes anything up; if she doesn't know, she takes a message.

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Takes a clear message

Name, number, what they need and how urgent. Sent to you by text and email within a minute.

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Books a callback time

Asks when the caller is free so you can call back when it suits them both.

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Sounds like a person

A natural voice, short answers, and she says she's the assistant when asked.

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Works with the team

Messages land in your Updates, Owen can add the callback to your calendar, and Max keeps track if it's a business lead.

How it works

Tell Penny what you need

In plain words. Or tap one of the starters: "Show me today's calls", "What should Penny say about pricing?".

Check the result

Penny shows you exactly what will happen before it happens. Change anything in a sentence.

Say yes

Reply yes in the chat, or tap the button. That's the only way anything goes out.

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What Penny never does

  • Never makes up prices, guarantees or appointments; if she doesn't know, she takes a message
  • Never pretends to be you; she says she's the assistant when asked
  • Never sells anything or takes payment details over the phone

Every AI employee at busytask works the same way: drafts first, your yes second. Real people at busytask are a reply away if anything looks off.

Things people ask Penny

These are the starter buttons you see in the chat. Or type anything.

Show me today's callsWhat should Penny say about pricing?Turn Penny on after hours only

Questions

Does Penny replace my phone number?

No. You keep your number. Calls you don't answer, or calls outside the hours you choose, go to Penny instead of voicemail.

What if a caller asks something she doesn't know?

She says she'll have you call them back, takes the message and marks it. She never guesses.

Can she book appointments?

She books a callback time and, when you connect your calendar through Owen, can put it on your calendar. Firm appointments stay with you.

Will callers know it's an AI?

She sounds natural and answers in a few words. If someone asks, she says she's the assistant and takes a message.

One plan, your whole team

Penny comes with eight more AI employees and a website that's kept up to date.

  • Penny, Phone Receptionist, plus Wendy, Ivy, Mia, Ben, Rosa, Owen, Max and Sam
  • Your business website, built in 1 to 2 business days
  • Your own domain, free for the first year
  • Real people behind it, built by the team behind 500+ small business websites
  • No contract. Cancel any time.
$75/month

+ $26 one time setup

Get started

Questions? Call 410 226 9987

The rest of the team

Each one has one job. They share your business details, your photos and your rules.