RingGuard — AI Receptionist for Trade Businesses

Explains RingGuard, the AI voice receptionist for trade businesses (HVAC, plumbing, roofing, towing): what it does, pricing, how it compares to a receptionist or answering service, and the free Shadow Trial. No sign-in needed.

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Estimate how much revenue a business loses to unanswered calls, from its own call volume and average job value. No sign-in needed. Ask the user for their numbers rather than guessing them.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "calls_per_week": {
      "type": "number",
      "exclusiveMinimum": 0,
      "description": "Inbound calls the business gets in a typical week."
    },
    "avg_job_value": {
      "type": "number",
      "exclusiveMinimum": 0,
      "description": "Average revenue from one booked job, in dollars."
    },
    "missed_percent": {
      "default": 30,
      "description": "Share of calls that go unanswered. Default 30 is an assumption; use the business's own figure if known.",
      "type": "number",
      "minimum": 0,
      "maximum": 100
    },
    "booking_percent": {
      "default": 50,
      "description": "Share of answered calls that become a booked job. Default 50 is an assumption.",
      "type": "number",
      "minimum": 0,
      "maximum": 100
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "calls_per_week",
    "avg_job_value"
  ],
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}

Estimate what RingGuard would cost a business per month from how many calls it would handle, compared with a receptionist and an answering service. No sign-in needed.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "calls_per_month": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 0,
      "maximum": 9007199254740991,
      "description": "Calls RingGuard would answer per month (overflow + after-hours)."
    },
    "avg_call_minutes": {
      "default": 3,
      "description": "Average call length in minutes. Default 3 is an assumption.",
      "type": "number",
      "exclusiveMinimum": 0
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "calls_per_month"
  ],
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}

Sign a business up for RingGuard's free 48-hour Shadow Trial. The RingGuard team follows up by text or call within one business day. Only call this after the person has given their details and explicitly agreed to be contacted and to the privacy policy (https://ringguard.online/privacy). No sign-in needed.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "business_name": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1
    },
    "contact_name": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1
    },
    "phone": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 7
    },
    "email": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "email",
      "pattern": "^(?:[A-Za-z0-9_'+\\-]+\\.)*[A-Za-z0-9_'+\\-]*[A-Za-z0-9_+-]@(?:[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9\\-]*\\.)+[A-Za-z]{2,}$"
    },
    "industry": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "city": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "state": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "message": {
      "description": "Anything the business wants RingGuard to know.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "agreed_to_be_contacted": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "const": true,
      "description": "Must be true: the person explicitly agreed to be contacted and to the privacy policy."
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "business_name",
    "contact_name",
    "phone",
    "email",
    "agreed_to_be_contacted"
  ],
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}

Who is signed in to RingGuard, and a quick count of their pipeline.

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  "properties": {},
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}

Search leads you can see: your own plus the unclaimed pool. Filter by name/phone text, status, industry, city or minimum lead score.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "search": {
      "description": "Text to match in business name, contact name or phone.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "status": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "cold",
        "contacted",
        "shadow_trial",
        "trial_active",
        "won",
        "lost"
      ]
    },
    "industry": {
      "description": "Partial match, e.g. \"hvac\" or \"dental\".",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "city": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "min_score": {
      "description": "Pipeline lead score, 1-5.",
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 5
    },
    "scope": {
      "default": "all",
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "all",
        "mine",
        "unclaimed"
      ]
    },
    "limit": {
      "default": 25,
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 100
    }
  },
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}

The best leads to call right now: not yet won or lost, with a phone number, ranked by lead score and how much the open receptionist job is costing them. Includes the suggested cold-call angle.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "industry": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "limit": {
      "default": 10,
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 50
    }
  },
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}

Everything about one lead: contact info, pitch (cold-call angle, Shadow Trial pitch, pain points), deal details, call history and notes.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "lead_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uuid",
      "pattern": "^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff)$"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "lead_id"
  ],
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}

Take an unclaimed lead from the shared pool into your own pipeline. Two-step: draft, then confirm.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "lead_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uuid",
      "pattern": "^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff)$"
    },
    "confirm": {
      "default": false,
      "description": "Leave false to get a draft of the change. Only set true after the user has seen the draft and approved it.",
      "type": "boolean"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "lead_id"
  ],
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}

Add a new lead to your pipeline. Warns if another visible lead already has the same phone number. Two-step: draft, then confirm.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "business_name": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1
    },
    "phone": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 7
    },
    "contact_name": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "email": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "email",
      "pattern": "^(?:[A-Za-z0-9_'+\\-]+\\.)*[A-Za-z0-9_'+\\-]*[A-Za-z0-9_+-]@(?:[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9\\-]*\\.)+[A-Za-z]{2,}$"
    },
    "industry": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "city": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "state": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "notes": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "confirm": {
      "default": false,
      "description": "Leave false to get a draft of the change. Only set true after the user has seen the draft and approved it.",
      "type": "boolean"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "business_name",
    "phone"
  ],
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}

Move one of your leads to a new pipeline stage. Two-step: draft, then confirm.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "lead_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uuid",
      "pattern": "^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff)$"
    },
    "status": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "cold",
        "contacted",
        "shadow_trial",
        "trial_active",
        "won",
        "lost"
      ]
    },
    "confirm": {
      "default": false,
      "description": "Leave false to get a draft of the change. Only set true after the user has seen the draft and approved it.",
      "type": "boolean"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "lead_id",
    "status"
  ],
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}

Record a call with one of your leads, optionally setting a follow-up. Some outcomes also move the lead's stage (won, trial_started, appointment_booked, not_interested, do_not_call). Two-step: draft, then confirm.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "lead_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uuid",
      "pattern": "^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff)$"
    },
    "outcome": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "no_answer",
        "left_voicemail",
        "not_interested",
        "follow_up",
        "appointment_booked",
        "trial_started",
        "won",
        "do_not_call"
      ]
    },
    "notes": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "follow_up_at": {
      "description": "When to follow up, as an ISO 8601 date-time with timezone, e.g. 2026-10-09T10:00:00-05:00.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "direction": {
      "default": "outbound",
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "outbound",
        "inbound"
      ]
    },
    "confirm": {
      "default": false,
      "description": "Leave false to get a draft of the change. Only set true after the user has seen the draft and approved it.",
      "type": "boolean"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "lead_id",
    "outcome"
  ],
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}

Your leads with a follow-up due, including overdue ones, soonest first.

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  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "days_ahead": {
      "default": 7,
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 0,
      "maximum": 90
    }
  },
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}

Calls logged on one lead, or if no lead is given, the calls you logged in the last N days.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "lead_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uuid",
      "pattern": "^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff)$"
    },
    "days": {
      "default": 7,
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 365
    },
    "limit": {
      "default": 50,
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 200
    }
  },
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}

Businesses that signed up for the free Shadow Trial on ringguard.online and haven't been converted to a lead yet.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "days": {
      "default": 14,
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 365
    },
    "include_converted": {
      "default": false,
      "type": "boolean"
    }
  },
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}

Turn a Shadow Trial signup into a lead in your pipeline at the shadow_trial stage. Two-step: draft, then confirm.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "trial_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uuid",
      "pattern": "^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff)$"
    },
    "confirm": {
      "default": false,
      "description": "Leave false to get a draft of the change. Only set true after the user has seen the draft and approved it.",
      "type": "boolean"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "trial_id"
  ],
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}

Snapshot of your pipeline: leads by stage, won deals and monthly recurring revenue, follow-ups due, the unclaimed pool and open trial signups.

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  "type": "object",
  "properties": {},
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}

Your call activity over the last N days: totals by outcome, conversations, trials started and wins.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "days": {
      "default": 7,
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 365
    }
  },
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}

Owner only. Call activity per rep over the last N days, ranked by conversations.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "days": {
      "default": 7,
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 365
    }
  },
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}

Health of the automated lead-gen pipeline (job postings → AI enrichment → unclaimed pool, runs every 4 hours): when it last delivered leads and how many.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {},
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}

Reverse the most recent change you made through Claude (claim, new lead, status change, logged call or trial conversion). Two-step: draft, then confirm.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "confirm": {
      "default": false,
      "description": "Leave false to get a draft of the change. Only set true after the user has seen the draft and approved it.",
      "type": "boolean"
    }
  },
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}