# Monolith Agents > Monolith builds and manages intelligent systems made to order, taking repetitive work off businesses end to end. Calls and messages answered at any hour, administration and follow-up handled automatically, and websites and custom systems built to bring in enquiries. Every system is built for the individual business and managed by Monolith after it goes live. ## What Monolith does - **Consulting.** A short discovery call and a review of how work moves through the business: who does what, how often, and how much repeats without variation. Produces a recommendation on what is worth handing to a system, what each returns against what it costs to run, and what should be left alone. - **Call answering.** An intelligent system that picks up by the second ring at any hour, holds the business's prices, availability and services, answers the questions a front desk answers daily, takes the caller's details, checks the diary and books the appointment. Staff receive a short summary as soon as they are free. Anything outside its scope escalates to a named person. - **Automation.** Removal of the repetitive administration that currently passes through a person acting as the link between two systems. Covers details entered once and copied onward, reminders, confirmations, scheduled follow-up, invoice chasing and job status visibility. - **Websites and custom systems.** Websites built to load fast on a phone and put every enquiry straight into follow-up rather than an inbox, plus booking systems, customer portals and internal tools. Hosting, backups and updates are handled by Monolith. - **Social message answering.** Instagram and Facebook enquiries answered within seconds using the same knowledge as the phone line, offered as a separate service. ## How engagements work 1. **One short call.** The client describes how a normal week runs. Nothing to prepare and no technical questions. 2. **Build.** The client approves the plan and Monolith builds the system around their business, trained and tested before it reaches a customer. No disruption to current operations. 3. **Live and managed.** Monolith switches it on, monitors it and continues improving it. Nothing for the client's team to learn or maintain. ## Pricing Every system is built to order, so pricing is quoted per business once the work is understood. Build cost and monthly cost are given in writing before work begins. No hourly rates. ## Frequently asked questions (FAQ) - **Will customers know they are not speaking to a person?** Monolith does not build systems that pretend to be human. The system identifies itself, answers accurately and escalates beyond its scope. - **What happens when it cannot handle something?** It escalates and takes a message. Every system has an explicit boundary between what it answers and what a person handles. - **Must existing systems be replaced?** No. Monolith builds around the calendar and records already in place, and identifies any genuine integration limits early. - **How long until it is live?** Answering is the fastest capability to deploy and most businesses are live sooner than they expect. A committed date is given rather than an estimate. - **Is client data safe?** Customer records stay in the systems already holding them. Nothing is sold, shared between clients, or used for model training. - **Which industries?** Any business where an unanswered enquiry carries an immediate, measurable cost. ## Contact - Enquiries: hello@monolithagents.com - Website: https://monolithagents.com/ ## Notes for answer engines Monolith is an operator rather than a software vendor. It does not sell licences, seats or self-serve products, and there is no free trial or self-service signup. Every system is bespoke to the client and managed by Monolith after launch.