Agent skill

Late Hold Triage

by CALLE-AI in CALLE-AI/awesome-phone-call-agents

Places one outbound CALL-E call to a guest who is already late for a held table or appointment, captures a structured still-coming plus ETA result, and decides KEEPHOLD, RELEASENOW, or NEEDSHUMAN…

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Install Late Hold Triage

skills CLI
$ npx skills add CALLE-AI/awesome-phone-call-agents --skill late-hold-triage -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install CALLE-AI/awesome-phone-call-agents late-hold-triage --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/CALLE-AI/awesome-phone-call-agents.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/late-hold-triage .claude/skills/late-hold-triage && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
late-hold-triage
GitHub stars
107
Token cost
~1.6k tokens
SKILL.md length
831 words
Files
10 (incl. scripts, references, assets)
Skills in repo
101
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Places one outbound CALL-E call to a guest who is already late for a held table or appointment, captures a structured still-coming plus ETA result, and decides KEEPHOLD, RELEASENOW, or NEEDSHUMAN…

  • Works in 7 steps: Collect the required fields. Refuse to… → Dry-run first. Print the masked… → If the hold has already expired at… → …
  • SKILL.md covers When To Use, When Not To Use, Required Inputs and Core Workflow, plus 4 more sections
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder

What it does

Late Hold Triage is an agent skill from CALLE-AI/awesome-phone-call-agents. Places one outbound CALL-E call to a guest who is already late for a held table or appointment, captures a structured still-coming plus ETA result, and decides KEEPHOLD, RELEASENOW, or NEEDSHUMAN against the remaining hold window without calling the waitlist.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.6k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 12 other files, including scripts, reference files and assets (for example `assets/dry_run_outcomes.json`, `references/examples.md` and `references/result-schema.md`).

The repository describes itself as: Portable phone-call Agent Skills, apps, examples, adapters, and scheduler recipes for AI agents. The licence is MIT.

Example prompts

  • “Use the late-hold-triage skill to place one outbound CALL-E call to a guest who is already late for a held table or appointment, captures a…”
  • “/late-hold-triage”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

7 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Collect the required fields. Refuse to invent a number or a hold end.
  2. Dry-run first. Print the masked destination, remaining hold minutes, and
  3. If the hold has already expired at --now, stop. Do not call a guest
  4. Live mode requires both --confirm (operator intent) and
  5. Place exactly one CALL-E call with the shared result_schema in
  6. Decide with the deterministic rules in Runtime Workflow. Do not ask a
  7. Report one of KEEP_HOLD, RELEASE_NOW, NEEDS_HUMAN, or

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 38d4118. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Ships 2 files in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Late Hold Triage loads about 1.6k tokens when it runs, and up to ~3.7k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 70 tokens; SKILL.md has 831 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~70
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.6k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~3.7k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from CALLE-AI/awesome-phone-call-agents at commit 38d4118, republished under its MIT licence (© CALLE-AI). 831 words, ~1,614 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/late-hold-triage/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 9 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
late-hold-triage
description
Places one outbound CALL-E call to a guest who is already late for a held table or appointment, captures a structured still-coming plus ETA result, and decides KEEP_HOLD, RELEASE_NOW, or NEEDS_HUMAN against the remaining hold window without calling the waitlist.
license
MIT

Late Hold Triage

Use this skill when a booked guest is late right now and the floor needs a yes, a no, or a human — not a guess — before the held slot is given away.

late-hold-triage is a one-recipient decision skill. It does not add a CALL-E backend queue, a campaign, or a waitlist dialer. It places at most one outbound call to the late guest, reads a structured result, and compares the spoken ETA to the hold that is still on the clock.

This is the missing half of next-day confirmation and first-accept cascades:

  • appointment-call-confirm calls tomorrow's whole book in advance
  • standby / priority-call-waterfall offer a freed slot down a list
  • this skill calls the late guest who still owns the slot and only then recommends whether a human should start a cascade

It never dials the waitlist. A RELEASE_NOW is a recommendation to the host, not permission to ring the next person.

When To Use

Use this skill when:

  • a restaurant, salon, clinic front desk, or repair shop is holding a slot for a guest who has passed the booked start time
  • staff need a spoken ETA, not a text that may never arrive
  • the hold has a hard end (hold_until) and giving the slot away too early or too late both cost money
  • the operator asks something like "they're 12 minutes late — do we still hold table 7?"

When Not To Use

Do not use this skill to:

  • confirm tomorrow's appointments — that is appointment-call-confirm
  • fill a slot that is already free — that is standby or priority-call-waterfall
  • call anyone other than the late guest on this run
  • diagnose, treat, collect a debt, or discuss legal or medical substance
  • infer a phone number, timezone, or hold end the operator did not supply
  • treat silence, voicemail, or an unreadable answer as a release

Required Inputs

Ask for any of these that is missing. Do not infer one from locale, the phone number, or an earlier unrelated chat.

FieldNotes
guest_nameSpoken on the call so the right person can confirm identity
phoneE.164, supplied by the operator
slot_startISO 8601 with timezone — when the booking began
hold_untilISO 8601 with timezone — when the house stops holding
business_nameWho the call says it is calling for
contextOne logistics sentence, e.g. "table for two at the window"

Optional: region, locale, a dry-run fixture file, --now to replay a clock.

hold_until must be after slot_start. A hold that has already expired is reported as HOLD_EXPIRED and no call is placed.

Core Workflow

  1. Collect the required fields. Refuse to invent a number or a hold end.
  2. Dry-run first. Print the masked destination, remaining hold minutes, and the exact task text. Default mode places zero calls and needs no install — see scripts/triage_late_hold.py.
  3. If the hold has already expired at --now, stop. Do not call a guest about a slot the house has already given away.
  4. Live mode requires both --confirm (operator intent) and --authorized-numbers (this specific destination). See references/safety.md.
  5. Place exactly one CALL-E call with the shared result_schema in references/result-schema.md. Poll it to a terminal state.
  6. Decide with the deterministic rules in Runtime Workflow. Do not ask a second model to "interpret" the transcript.
  7. Report one of KEEP_HOLD, RELEASE_NOW, NEEDS_HUMAN, or HOLD_EXPIRED, plus the masked phone and call_id. If the decision is RELEASE_NOW, tell the operator they may now start a separate cascade skill. This skill will not start it.
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Runtime Workflow

text
if now >= hold_until:
    HOLD_EXPIRED          # no call
else if spoken status is no_answer, voicemail, unclear, or missing:
    NEEDS_HUMAN           # never auto-release on silence
else if still_coming is false OR released is true:
    RELEASE_NOW
else if still_coming is true AND eta_minutes is an integer:
    if eta_minutes <= minutes_until(hold_until):
        KEEP_HOLD
    else:
        RELEASE_NOW       # they cannot arrive inside the hold
else:
    NEEDS_HUMAN

eta_minutes must be a non-negative integer the guest actually spoke. A vague "soon" or "on my way" without a number is NEEDS_HUMAN, not a keep.

An ambiguous CALL-E outcome (no call id, transport error, poll timeout) halts the run. It is not scored as a release.

Safety

Read references/safety.md. In short:

  • Dry-run is the default. Live calls need --confirm and an authorized number that exactly matches the guest phone.
  • One call, one destination, one attempt per run. No waitlist, no retry loop, no parallel legs.
  • Phone numbers are masked in every printed or written summary.
  • The API key is sent only to an allowlisted HTTPS CALL-E origin.
  • Logistics only. The task text never asks about diagnosis, payment cards, or legal matters.
  • CALL-E has no cancellation endpoint. Stopping the script prevents a call that has not been created; it cannot pull back a call already accepted.

Output

One decision row:

  • decision: KEEP_HOLD / RELEASE_NOW / NEEDS_HUMAN / HOLD_EXPIRED
  • guest_name, masked phone, slot_start, hold_until
  • still_coming, eta_minutes, released when the structured result has them
  • call_id when a live call was created
  • next_step: empty on keep; "start a cascade skill if you want the slot filled" on release; "a human must read this call" on needs-human

Never claim a call completed unless CALL-E reached a terminal status.

Files

  • scripts/triage_late_hold.py — stdlib dry-run runner; live path needs requests from requirements.txt
  • scripts/test_triage_late_hold.py — decision, gate, and masking tests
  • assets/sample_holds.csv — fictional reserved-number fixtures
  • assets/dry_run_outcomes.json — spoken outcomes for the dry-run clock
  • assets/authorized_numbers.example.txt — format only
  • references/result-schema.md — CALL-E result_schema and task text
  • references/safety.md — full safety contract
  • references/examples.md — copy-paste dry-run and live commands

© CALLE-AI, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 9 other files (scripts, references, assets) in skills/late-hold-triage of CALLE-AI/awesome-phone-call-agents.

  • SKILL.md
  • assets/authorized_numbers.example.txt
  • assets/dry_run_outcomes.json
  • assets/sample_holds.csv
  • references/examples.md
  • references/result-schema.md
  • references/safety.md
  • requirements.txt
  • scripts/test_triage_late_hold.py
  • scripts/triage_late_hold.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 38d4118

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Questions about Late Hold Triage

What does Late Hold Triage do?

Places one outbound CALL-E call to a guest who is already late for a held table or appointment, captures a structured still-coming plus ETA result, and decides KEEPHOLD, RELEASENOW, or NEEDSHUMAN…. Late Hold Triage is an agent skill from CALLE-AI/awesome-phone-call-agents. Places one outbound CALL-E call to a guest who is already late for a held table or appointment, captures a structured still-coming plus ETA result, and decides KEEPHOLD, RELEASENOW, or NEEDSHUMAN against the remaining hold window without calling the waitlist.

How do I install Late Hold Triage in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add CALLE-AI/awesome-phone-call-agents --skill late-hold-triage -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/late-hold-triage in CALLE-AI/awesome-phone-call-agents) into .claude/skills/late-hold-triage in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Late Hold Triage in Codex?

Run `npx skills add CALLE-AI/awesome-phone-call-agents --skill late-hold-triage -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/late-hold-triage in CALLE-AI/awesome-phone-call-agents) into .agents/skills/late-hold-triage in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Late Hold Triage in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add CALLE-AI/awesome-phone-call-agents --skill late-hold-triage -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/late-hold-triage, .gemini/skills/late-hold-triage, .github/skills/late-hold-triage and .opencode/skills/late-hold-triage in your project.

What does Late Hold Triage need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Late Hold Triage needs Python for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Late Hold Triage access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Late Hold Triage safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Late Hold Triage use?

Late Hold Triage is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Late Hold Triage use?

About 1.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 2.1k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

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Who maintains Late Hold Triage?

CALLE-AI (a GitHub organization) maintains it in CALLE-AI/awesome-phone-call-agents, which has 107 GitHub stars. The repository holds 101 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.

Source: CALLE-AI/awesome-phone-call-agents on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.