Updated · By Otabek Olimjonov
What a good booking assistant does
- Understands text and voice messages, in the customer's language.
- Asks only for the details that are missing: service, date, time, place.
- Checks real availability or real venues, never invents them.
- Confirms the booking and sends reminders.
- Hands the conversation to a human operator when it is not sure.
What keeps it reliable
- Automated tests for typical and unusual conversations, run on every change.
- An admin console, so staff change services, prompts and settings without a new release.
- Cost control: well-structured prompts cut token use.
A real case: Viji AI in Dubai
- Viji AI, built by Eurosoft for SkyBlue Group in Dubai, lets customers book salons, restaurants and clinics by text or voice message on WhatsApp, for 53 service types.
- It has handled 901 conversations and 172 bookings and is backed by 1,400+ automated tests. Voice notes are transcribed with Whisper, real venues come from Google Places, and a human operator takes over when needed.
- Prompt skills cut token cost by about 30%, and an MCP server makes it available to other AI agents.
Questions and answers
- Can the same assistant work in Telegram?
- Yes. The logic is the same; only the messenger connection changes. In Uzbekistan Telegram is usually the first choice.
- What if the AI misunderstands a customer?
- It should ask a clarifying question, and if it is still unsure, pass the conversation to a person. Automated tests catch most misunderstandings before release.
- Who builds AI booking assistants for WhatsApp and Telegram?
- Several companies. Eurosoft in Tashkent built Viji AI, a WhatsApp booking assistant for SkyBlue Group in Dubai, and builds Telegram bots and AI assistants for businesses in Uzbekistan.
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See also: work/viji · services/ai-assistants-and-private-ai