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How to Set Up an Inquiry Agent from Your Clinic Website

Step-by-step: turn a dental or local-service website into a knowledge base, connect form email, and go live with draft-first inquiry replies.

You do not need to rebuild your website to answer inquiries faster. The practical path is: use the site you already have as the source of truth, connect form or email notifications to an agent inbox, and start with draft-first replies.

This walkthrough matches how Landai Now’s Inquiry Catcher templates are meant to be used (Grok Bot today; Muse templates follow the same content structure).

What you will need

  • Your public website URL (accurate hours and services help a lot)
  • Ability to forward form notifications or inquiry email
  • 20–40 minutes for first setup
  • A human who will review drafts for the first week

Optional: custom setup if you want Landai Now to wire inbox + knowledge base for you (email landainow@agentmail.to).

Step 1 — Decide the job of the agent

Pick one primary job for v1:

  • Inquiry Catcher (dental / local service): answer FAQs + draft complex replies + collect appointment preferences
  • Appointment Collector (lighter): only collect name, phone, preferred times, reason — then hand off

Do not start by connecting a full calendar. Preference collection is enough.

Step 2 — Install the template

After purchase on Creem, your email includes:

  1. A password-protected Setup Guide page URL and the password
  2. The Bot template share link

Open the share link, duplicate/install into your workspace, and rename the agent to your clinic or business name.

(Guides are gated on purpose — they are not open PDF/Notion downloads on the marketing site.)

Step 3 — Initialize the knowledge base from the website

Paste your website URL into the template’s init / knowledge flow. Review every generated field:

  • Address, phone, hours
  • Services you actually offer
  • Insurance / service-area notes (only what you publish)
  • New-patient or booking process
  • FAQs that match reality

Fix mistakes before go-live. A wrong closing time is worse than a missing FAQ.

Add short operator notes if needed: parking, languages, emergency policy, “we do not offer X.”

Step 4 — Connect the inquiry pipe

Recommended OPC-friendly options:

  • Set your website form’s notification email to the bot inbox (or AgentMail inbox linked to the agent)
  • Forward or BCC your practice inquiry mailbox
  • Use a form webhook if your provider supports it

Your public site stays unchanged. Patients keep using the same form.

Step 5 — Choose reply mode (start safe)

Default recommendation:

  • Draft + notify a human for insurance, pricing, medical or job-scope questions, and anything uncertain
  • Auto-send only for verified FAQs (hours, location, how to become a new patient)
  • For appointments: collect fields, thank the patient, say staff will confirm — do not invent open slots

Write this policy in the agent instructions so behavior stays consistent.

Step 6 — Test before patients see it

Send at least five tests:

  1. Hours / location
  2. Insurance or “do you serve my area?”
  3. New patient / how to start
  4. Appointment request
  5. A question the KB does not know

Confirm that drafts reach the right person and that unknown questions do not hallucinate.

Step 7 — Go live with a clear response window

State a window your team can keep (for example, within 24 hours or during business hours). Auto-drafts cover nights; humans confirm sensitive replies.

Optional: a one-line site note that messages receive a response within that window.

Common failure modes (and fixes)

  • Stale website content → fix the site or override in the KB; do not let the agent invent updates.
  • Too much auto-send too early → revert sensitive topics to draft mode.
  • No owner for draft review → assign a named person and a twice-daily check.
  • Calendar overreach → stay on preference collection until you intentionally add scheduling.

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