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Let agents phone restaurants to book tables

A published walkthrough shows jake stood up callforme.tel so agents powered by MCP (Claude, ChatGPT, etc.) can place calls. The agent dials the restaurant number, requests the booking, and when a callback number is requested mid-call the agent supplies one to keep the conversation going. No results or metrics are stated.

Agent or tool
ChatGPT
Topic
Shopping
Reported on
X
Added
2026-10-15

Why it matters

Comparing products, prices and delivery options is slow work for a human and fast work for an agent. Cases like this show agents doing the legwork before anything gets bought. It is one of 75 sightings filed under Shopping on Agent Sightings (number 52 by interest), and one of 145 involving ChatGPT.

How you could try it

Here is a reusable prompt, written by us in our own words, that captures the task. Paste it into ChatGPT or any similar agent and adjust the details to your situation.

Shopping task: let agents phone restaurants to book tables. Collect order/policy details, prepare exact steps, and pause before submit or payment.

Saved

Tip: Ask the agent to stop before checkout and show you the final basket, price and delivery date before you confirm.

Source

Read the original first-hand account on X: https://x.com/jakemarsh/status/2105671329072476591. Our summary is a paraphrase; details are in the source.

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