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Automated Restaurant Calling System

โšก Automation Twitter 17 Feb 2026 โ–ฒ 294

Tools Used

OpenClawOpenAI Realtime Voice APITwilioiMessageMac integration

Results

Called 80+ restaurants across 5 cities

Comprehensive AI Assistant Integration

Dave Lee spent 24 hours creating a sophisticated AI system using OpenClaw that lives on his Mac and integrates with iMessage, web browser, and phone calls. The system demonstrates advanced multi-modal AI capabilities combining text, web, and voice interactions.

Automated Voice Calling System

The centerpiece of this implementation is an automated voice calling system that uses OpenAI's realtime voice API through Twilio. The AI sounds like a real person and intelligently hangs up on voicemails. This required extensive fine-tuning to achieve natural-sounding conversations and proper call handling.

Large-Scale Restaurant Research

The system was deployed for a practical use case: calling 80+ Korean and Pho restaurants across 5 cities (Dallas, Houston, Phoenix, Seattle, Sacramento) to inquire about MSG usage and real bone broth availability. This demonstrates the power of AI automation for large-scale data collection that would be extremely time-consuming for humans.

Advanced Monitoring Capabilities

Beyond the calling system, the setup includes sophisticated monitoring that scans Elon's tweets for Tesla-relevant posts and tracks other real-time information. This shows how OpenClaw can be configured for multi-source information gathering and analysis, creating a comprehensive AI assistant ecosystem.

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