Never call a restaurant again

I don't know why, but I absolutely hate calling restaurants to book reservations. Sure, lots of places are on OpenTable, but many popular restaurants still require phone calls.

Of all the AI tools I've been experimenting with, Lindy has blown me away with its ability to create agents that can handle traditionally human tasks.

For example, I just fixed this problem for myself by making an AI agent that calls restaurants to make reservations for me.

Here's how it works:

1. I text it the name of the restaurant, desired time and number of guests.
2. It calls the restaurant (in an incredibly real sounding voice) and makes the reservation.
3. If they don't have the time available, it texts me some alternate times (and can call back to make them). If they do, it books it.
4. Once booked, it adds it to my calendar and texts me to let me know the details.

If the restaurant asks, it can even provide allergies and other details, and it's powered by Claude so it can handle pretty much any line of conversation. It's also trained to tell the person it's my AI assistant if they ask or get weirded out by the voice.

Check out a video of me demoing it here. This only took me about 10 minutes to put together.

This is one of the more basic automations I've created—we are currently in the process of implementing some wild stuff using agents within some of our businesses, which I'll share more about soon.

In the meantime, go play with Lindy and experience this insanity yourself.

Originally published in the I committed email suicide issue of Never Enough.