Front Steward
Morning Approve Pack 7:45 AM CT · 5 desk items queued
SAMPLE DEMO PACK: SYNTHETIC DATA
Time
Kind
From
Draft ready for your tap
Gate
07:12
CALL HOLD
Dana R. (Oak Park)
Asked for Friday 2:00 PM walk-through. Tentative calendar hold placed 2:00–3:00 PM; confirmation email staged.
07:19
OVERDUE
Northside Dental HVAC
Invoice #1031 · $1,200 · 14 days past due. Matched to AP contact; polite note with your Stripe pay link staged.
WAITING TAP
07:26
HOLD / SKIP
Mercer Loft Co.
Client replied questioning scope on Invoice #1042. Reminder halted automatically; flagged for owner eyes only.
PAUSED
07:34
RESCHEDULE
Lee M.
“Can we move Tuesday to Thursday morning?” Thu 10:00 AM verified open on Google Calendar; reply staged.
WAITING TAP
07:41
ACCOUNT
Harbor Millwork
Requested updated W-9 and paid receipt for October work. Paid receipt pulled from QuickBooks; draft reply staged.
WAITING TAP
Silence = do nothing. Nothing books, sends, or charges without your tap. (Sample rows above are synthetic.)
APPROVE DESK SETUP: $497 Request Free 48h Dry-Run

Stay with people, not paperwork.

Front Steward is the front desk for phone, appointments, overdue-bill follow-ups, and account requests — you only approve. Wired inside your real inbox, calendar, and billing accounts for solo and small service owners.

Four front-desk lanes, cleared in one 7:45 AM pass

Instead of stitching together an answering service, an inbox drafter, and Friday-night invoice chasing, Front Steward wires your existing accounts and lines up the day’s work on one board.

Phone & Message Intake
Quo + Sona (or voicemail-to-inbox on day one) answers calls, qualifies what the caller needs, and stages the follow-up. The only optional standing auto-reply is a single after-hours “got your message” text once carrier paperwork clears.
You approve every callback & quote
Appointment Holds
Checks your real Google or Outlook Calendar rules, drops a private tentative hold so the slot isn’t lost, and stages the confirmation message. Re-checks for conflicts before anything locks in.
You approve before invite sends
Overdue-Bill Follow-Ups
Reads open invoices from Stripe, QuickBooks Online, or Xero, verifies contact matching, pauses automatically if a client disputes scope, and stages polite reminders with your existing pay link.
You approve every reminder
Account Requests
Gathers the underlying receipt, schedule window, or account history first when clients ask to reschedule, update details, or find an invoice, so you review a verified answer in seconds.
You approve every reply

How turnkey wiring works

We wire your accounts and verify a full week of real traffic in read-only mode before a single live message goes out.

  1. 1
    Reserve your desk (capped at 25 pilot desks) or start with a free dry-run preview first.
  2. 2
    Open in your own Grok Bot account (Premium $30/mo+) so you own every login, transcript, and connector key.
  3. 3
    Connect Gmail/Outlook, Calendar, Billing, and Quo through official sign-in cards. Never share passwords in chat.
  4. 4
    Inspect your 7-day dry-run pack with human QA to review how your desk handled last week’s real calls and overdue bills with zero outbound sends.
  5. 5
    Stamp your weekday 7:45 AM pack in five minutes, or listen and reply by voice memo from the truck.

Posted rates: pay once for setup, own your desk

Full refund if you cancel within 48 hours of payment before onboarding starts. After setup (and optional 14-day cutover care), you self-run at $0/mo to us.

Desk Setup

$497 one-time

Turnkey wiring of your real inbox, calendar, billing, and phone path, plus human QA on a 7-day dry-run pack before go-live.

  • Up to 2 Grok bots + connectors wired inside your own accounts
  • Gmail or Outlook + Calendar + Stripe, QuickBooks Online, or Xero
  • Quo + Sona phone path (or email-first on Day 1)
  • 1-page ops playbook: what drafts vs. what always waits for you
  • Human QA on a 7-day dry-run Morning Approve Pack
  • 30-minute live or async handoff + stuck-setup help (>48h)
BUY DESK SETUP: $497

Phone cutover + first-two-weeks care

$397 / 14 days once

One-time 14-day go-live sprint: we get carrier paperwork for business texts cleared and tune your first two weeks of Morning Approve Packs alongside you.

  • Finish and verify carrier paperwork so business texts can legally go out
  • Sit with your first 14 days of weekday Morning Approve Packs
  • Tune contact matching, reminder tone, and edge cases
  • Watch connector health and overdue-bill follow-up accuracy
  • Day-14 handoff to self-run at $0/mo to us
  • Optional later: Desk Care ~$149/mo for health checks + weekly bill watch (not billed in Stripe yet)
Add 14-Day Cutover Care: $397

Voice Walk-and-Approve: Free for first 25 pilots

Hear a 2–3 minute spoken morning pack from the truck and reply by voice memo; we stage the approvals for your final tap. Included at $0 extra on Grok Premium for the first 25 pilot desks.

Cold? Start with a free Dry-Run first

Before you spend $497, request a free 48-hour Verified Dry-Run on your real accounts or a free 7-day read-only overdue-bill + inbox preview.

Email hello.crewdesk@gmail.com to claim your free dry-run

What you pay your own tools directly ($0 markup)

After setup or the 14-day sprint, you pay $0/mo to us. Because Front Steward runs in your own accounts, you pay your providers directly: roughly Grok Premium ($30/mo) + Quo phone, typically around ~$76.50/mo all-in depending on call volume (or $0–$30/mo if you already carry Premium and skip phone).

Email-first until business texting paperwork clears

US mobile carriers require registration paperwork before business texts can legally go out (usually 1–7+ business days, ~$19.50 one-time at Quo). Your desk runs email-first on Day 1 and turns on outbound texts only after carrier paperwork is approved.

Who Front Steward is not for

We keep v1 boundaries strict so every desk stays accurate, human-approved, and safe.

  • Excluded lines of work: Medical, dental, therapy, or clinical practices; law firm legal intake; third-party debt collectors.
  • Unsupervised auto-send seekers: If you want bots emailing clients, quoting jobs, or booking slots without your tap, do not buy Front Steward. (Note: we are Front Steward. CrewDesk at getcrewdesk.com is a separate $49–$99/mo auto-book app, not us.)
  • “$497 forever with zero tool bills” shoppers: You own your logins and pay your own Grok Premium (~$30/mo) and Quo bills directly. We never hold your keys or mark up usage.