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How to Give ChatGPT a Phone Number
ChatGPT can have its own phone number. Copy one setup prompt from Carly, paste it into ChatGPT, and ask it to "get me a new number." ChatGPT creates the agent and picks the number for you, so you never have to click through a settings screen. From there the number does three jobs. Calls you miss or decline go to the agent, which qualifies the caller, transfers them live to a person, books a meeting or takes a message. You can tell ChatGPT to call someone, then steer the agent while the call is live. And when a qualified lead fills out your form, the agent calls them and books the appointment. Put the number on your website and the agent answers those calls too. The same steps work in Claude, Meta Muse, Grok Bot and Perplexity.
Step by step
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Copy the setup prompt
Go to usecarly.com, open the Account page and press "Use Carly Teams for business calls and texts." Copy the setup prompt.
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Paste it into ChatGPT
Send the prompt to ChatGPT, or to Claude, Meta Muse, Grok Bot or Perplexity. Press connect when it asks you to sign in.
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Ask for a number
Ask ChatGPT: "Get me a new phone number." It creates the agent and picks the number for you.
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Send your missed calls to the agent
Tell ChatGPT to answer every call you miss or decline. The agent qualifies the caller, transfers them live, books a meeting or takes a message, and you can get a morning email with every call it handled.
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Have it call people, and steer the call live
Ask ChatGPT: "Call this number right now, just to say hello." While the call is live, tell it what to say next, like "Tell her she's overdue for an appointment."
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Call qualified form leads automatically
Ask: "Set up a form that collects a phone number and number of employees. If they're qualified, have the agent call them and book a meeting." You'll see how many meetings the agent booked or transferred, side by side with your human reps.
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