How we build AI receptionists for home service businesses - the full playbook

You dont need a complicated stack People overcomplicate this. If youre a contractor or a dev building for contractors, the whole AI receptionist stack comes down to three things. One tool handles the voice. Vapi is the simplest path — it plugs into your phone line, handles the real-time conversation, and gives you a hook at the end of every call. Free tier is enough to test. One tool handles the workflow. Make.com, n8n, or Zapier all work. The agent takes the call, the workflow takes the transcr