DealDesk: AI Agents That Phone Around for Your Price
A walkthrough of the DealDesk app: give agents a one-line mission, watch live call transcripts as they phone around, and get the best price found.
Yantra Team3 min read
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The best price on a phone, a logo or a move is usually one more phone call away. DealDesk makes those calls for you: describe what you need, and AI agents ring local shops and vendors, negotiate, and report back while you watch.
Open it
Pick DealDesk in the apps launcher, or open /c/<chat-id>/dealdesk. DealDesk owns the chat while it is open. The title screen shows a scoreboard of SAVED, CALLS and MISSIONS, and a manager waiting for your brief.
The markets
Each market has its own fields, its own negotiation rules and its own way of finding numbers to call.
| Market | What it negotiates | Fields it fills |
|---|---|---|
| Gadgets & Appliances | Price | What are you buying?, Variant / specs, Budget $, Area |
| Hire a Freelancer | Quote | What do you need done?, Budget $, Needed by, One-line brief |
| Factory RFQ | Unit price | What are you sourcing?, Quantity, Target $/unit, Need by |
| Packers & Movers | Quote | Moving from, Moving to, Home size, Move date, Budget $ |
Shops are found with a places search in the area you name. If you already have numbers, paste them in.
Describe the mission
Type what you need into the box and press Start mission. The example chips show the shape that works:
- "iPhone 15 128GB under $900 in the Mission"
- "logo and brand kit under $800, need it by Friday"
- "1BR move from Mission to SOMA on the 20th, under $600"
DealDesk reads the sentence into the market's fields. If it cannot tell which market you mean, it asks Which market is this? and shows a chip for each one.
Want to see it work first? The Level select cards under the composer run a demo of each market against simulated shops.
Test mode first
Test mode is on by default. It rings a test number instead of the shops, one call at a time, and the office shows a Test run banner so you never confuse a rehearsal with the real thing. Turn it off and DealDesk calls the real shops on the list.
Watch the office
The office has a desk for each line, with the manager down front. The side panel tracks the mission:
- Best price so far, and which shop gave it.
- Agents: each desk, the shop it is calling, and that shop's current number.
- Mission log: every line said and every number quoted, in order.
Click a desk to open the full transcript of that call. When a line ends it gets a stamp such as CLOSED, NO ANSWER, VOICEMAIL or DECLINED.
The agents follow each market's rules. Buying a gadget or booking movers, they never reveal your budget. With movers, they pin down hidden charges before agreeing to a number. With factories, they confirm the spec first and never commit to a purchase order on the call. A call is capped at four minutes, or five for a factory quote.
The result
When the last line closes, the MISSION COMPLETE card shows the winning shop with its area and phone number, the final price, how much you saved against the highest opening quote, and how many lines answered. If a call was recorded, a link lets you hear it. Choose New mission to start again, or View the office to read the transcripts.
From chat
The DealDesk agent sits beside the office and can read the missions you run:
- "Summarize my open deals - where each negotiation stands and the best offer so far."
- "What are the next steps on my most active deal? Give me a short action list."
Known limits
San Francisco only, US dollars, English. The calling service must be reachable for your workspace; if it is not, requests are skipped.
What it is not
- An agent that answers your own phone line: that is Voice Ops.
- Comparing prices online and watching them drop: that is Shopping.