Mind the Gate
AI phone answering for small business

Your phone, answered.
Your day, yours again.

Mind the Gate answers every call to your business — qualifies the caller, books the job, and texts you a crisp summary. When it's a true emergency, it rings you. When it's a sales pitch, it doesn't.

How it works

Three things, done every time.

1

It answers

Every call, every hour — in a warm, natural voice that knows your business, your services, and your schedule. It says it's an AI assistant, because it is.

2

It handles

Books appointments onto your calendar. Captures every lead — name, number, what they need. Politely walls off the recruiters and robocalls.

3

You get a text

A summary after every call that matters: who, what, how urgent, and the callback number — right where your thumb can dial it.

For the plumber under a sink, the electrician on a ladder, the consultant deep in work: the gate is watched. Go do the work.
— the whole idea
What you get

A front line that never blinks.

Never a missed call

Nights, weekends, lunch rushes, two calls at once — every caller reaches a capable voice, not voicemail.

Real appointments

Callers book directly into your calendar under your rules — your hours, your notice window, your services.

Emergencies ring through

A burst pipe at 2am rings your cell with the details announced first. A vendor pitch never does.

The screen you wish you had

Recruiters, cold calls, and robocalls get a courteous wall — and you get your lunch back.

Tuned to your trade

Category-tuned from real calls in your line of work, then loaded with your services, prices, and hours.

Honest by design

Callers always know they're talking to an AI assistant. No fake humans, no tricks — trust is the product.

Built and run by an engineer in Vermont who answers his own phone with it. The prices are published right here — no quotes, no discovery calls, no sales team.

Pricing

Flat. Published. Month-to-month.

No per-minute meters, no per-call charges, no overage surprises — a spam call never costs you a cent.

For the solo operator

Gate Watch

$179/month
Pay annually — one month free
  • Every call answered, 24/7
  • Appointments booked on your calendar
  • A text summary after every call that matters
  • True emergencies ring your cell
  • Spam walled off — and never billed
  • + $499 one-time white-glove setup
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For crews with an on-call list

Gate Watch Pro

$279/month
Pay annually — one month free
  • Everything in Gate Watch
  • On-call rotation — emergencies ring whoever's on duty tonight
  • Summaries texted to your whole crew
  • Priority handling for setting changes
  • + $499 one-time white-glove setup
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The one-time $499 white-glove setup covers the human part: we point or port your number, sit down with you to teach the assistant your business, and check in after your first week of calls.

Cancel any month; your number stays yours.

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