ChatGPT can't make phone calls. Ella can.
Ask ChatGPT to make a phone call and it can't. Connect Ella to ChatGPT as a connector and it can hand her the calls: she phones the businesses from your own Ella number, and ChatGPT tells you what each one said.
From $29 a month for 10 calls. Nothing is charged until a person approves your account.
Ella connectedChatGPT asks. Ella makes the phone call.
She calls each business from your own Ella number, between 8 AM and 8 PM where they are. She asks your questions, answers theirs from what you said she may share, leaves a voicemail when nobody picks up, and takes the callbacks. ChatGPT gets the summary and transcript of every call.
Every call opens the same way, played by code, not left to the model:
Hi, this is Ella, an AI assistant calling for your name at your company. This call is recorded.”
Connect Ella to ChatGPT in two steps
Sign up for Ella
Tell us who you are and pick a plan. A person reviews every new account; Ella calls nobody and nothing is charged until it's approved.
Add Ella to ChatGPT
- In ChatGPT, open Settings, then Apps and Connectors, and turn on developer mode under Advanced if it asks.
- Create a connector named Ella with the URL below and OAuth sign-in.
- Sign in to your Ella account with the emailed link, then press Allow. In a chat, add Ella from the tools menu.
Server URL
https://www.sethserver.com/hire-ella/mcp
No API key to paste: you sign in to your Ella account. More detail, other MCP clients and the REST API: how to connect.
What ChatGPT can do with Ella
Everything goes through your Ella account, so you can also follow every errand on your dashboard.
Start an errand
A brief and the businesses to call. Ella checks every errand before she contacts anyone.
See how it's going
Who she reached, what each said, the summary and transcript of every call.
Answer her questions
When a business asks something only you know, you answer in the chat and she calls back.
Decide between quotes
The quotes side by side with her pick and why. A decision is previewed before it's applied.
Pause, resume or cancel
An errand, or add and remove contacts on it.
Check your plan
Calls used this month and what's left.
Pricing
Monthly, per conversation: a call that reached a person or voicemail, a call to your number, or one email or text thread with one contact. No answer, busy and failed dials are free. Calls don't roll over.
- Your number, one per account: toll-free $2.00 a month or local $2.50 a month, on the same bill.
- Extra calls past your plan: $3.50 each, billed at the end of the month. You set a ceiling on them (25 to start, 0 to 1,000, or none); at the ceiling she stops starting new calls and tells you, and calls to your number are still answered.
- Texts need your number registered with the mobile carriers; any carrier or Twilio fee for it is passed on at cost.
- Change plans in your settings: upgrades right away, downgrades at renewal. Cancel any time.
Questions
More on Ella's main page.
Can ChatGPT make phone calls?
Not by itself: ChatGPT can't dial a business for you. Connect Ella and it can hand her the calls. She phones the businesses from your Ella number, says she's an AI assistant calling for you, and ChatGPT reads you what each one said.
How do I connect Ella to ChatGPT?
In ChatGPT, open Settings, then Apps and Connectors (turn on developer mode under Advanced if it asks), create a connector named Ella with the URL https://www.sethserver.com/hire-ella/mcp and OAuth sign-in, then sign in to your Ella account and press Allow. No API key to paste.
What can ChatGPT do with Ella?
What your Ella account can: start an errand, add or remove contacts, see how it's going, read each call, answer the questions contacts asked, and decide between quotes. Ella checks every errand before she contacts anyone, and a decision is previewed before it's applied.
Do I need an Ella account?
Yes. Sign up, pick a plan, and sign in to that account when ChatGPT connects. A person reviews every new account; Ella calls nobody and nothing is charged until it's approved.
Whom will she call?
Businesses, between 8 AM and 8 PM where they are, in English and in the US. People at their own phones only if each one agreed to be contacted by an AI assistant for you. She never makes sales or marketing calls to individuals.
Give ChatGPT a phone
Sign up, connect, and ask. Ella starts calling once a person has approved your account.