How to Build an AI Customer Onboarding Agent

How to Build an AI Customer Onboarding Agent

An AI agent that handles new patient intake — collecting insurance details, gathering medical history, and scheduling the first appointment — so your front desk isn’t buried in paperwork before someone even walks in.

Three emails. Insurance verified, chart prepped, appointment booked — before the patient ever calls.

# front-desk
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Intake Agent 11:33 AM
New patient intake complete
Patient
David Martinez
Insurance
BCBS PPO -- verified, $30 copay
Appointment
Thu March 27, 8:45 AM with Dr. Pham
Notes
Prefers morning appointments

How it works

Create an intake agent at dashboard.carlyassistant.com. Connect your calendar, email, and CRM. The agent handles the full intake flow — collecting documents over email, verifying coverage, and booking the appointment. Full walkthrough: How to Create a Custom AI Email Agent.


What it connects to

Calendar: Google Calendar, Outlook Calendar

Email: Gmail, Outlook

CRM: HubSpot, Salesforce, Zoho, Pipedrive, Attio, Close, Follow Up Boss

Forms: Jotform, Typeform, Tally, SurveyMonkey

Messaging: Slack, Microsoft Teams, WhatsApp, Telegram

Files: Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, SharePoint

Payments: Stripe, Square


How practices use it

  • New patient emails in — agent sends intake questions, collects insurance photos, verifies coverage, and books the first opening that fits their schedule
  • Missing paperwork — agent follows up if insurance or medical history hasn’t come in yet, so the front desk doesn’t have to chase people down
  • Referral from another provider — agent receives the referral, pulls the patient’s info, and reaches out to schedule without anyone picking up a phone

Build yours at dashboard.carlyassistant.com, or email carly@usecarly.com and describe what you need.

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