Frequently Asked Questions

Butler is an AI task assistant built to carry supported work through to an outcome, not merely add another item to a to-do list. It researches, uses connected tools, records what happened, and asks for approval at defined authority boundaries.

Research and comparisons, Phone calls, Email, Calendar, Supported web tasks, Reminders and recurring tasks.

No. Websites, vendors, account permissions, payment walls, and third-party services can block a task. Butler is designed to report verified outcomes, identify what blocked completion, and use another available channel rather than fabricate success.

Butler can call real businesses, identify itself as an AI assistant, record the outcome, and provide a transcript or recording when the provider returns one.

Butler treats the call transcript and meaningful talk time as evidence. A provider label such as “answered by human” cannot, by itself, prove that a conversation happened.

Butler can draft and send email. Draft-only requests cannot send, and any send approval must show the recipient, subject, and full body.

Butler can read Google Calendar, check availability, and create events, including all-day and multi-day events on your family calendar. Forward an email to butler@trybutler.xyz, then open the task in Butler and confirm what you want added. Google Calendar must be connected. Guest invitations and deliberate double-booking need your approval too.

Yes. Forward it from the email address on your Butler account to butler@trybutler.xyz. Then open the task in Butler and confirm what you want added, such as "add these dates to the family calendar". Forwarding alone does not start the work. Once you approve and connect Google Calendar, Butler can add the requested events with their join links and addresses. Check the task for confirmed results or anything that still needs you.

No. Reading the calendar and adding a conflict-free personal block are lower-authority actions. Sending guest invitations or knowingly creating an overlapping event requires an explicit approval recorded through the user-reply flow.

Butler can work through supported website flows, but site behavior varies. It stops for payment, login, CAPTCHA, or final checkout when user control is required, and it does not claim a booking or purchase without confirmation evidence.

Yes. Butler uses AI and third-party services, so errors remain possible. The product reduces risk with deterministic action guards, an execution ledger, idempotency for mutations, evidence checks, and explicit approvals for higher-authority actions.

It should not. Personal identity fields must come from the user’s request or verified profile data. Ungrounded names, phone numbers, and labeled form values are rejected before the action executes.

Current plans and included credits are shown on Butler’s pricing page and in the app. Those live surfaces are the source of truth because plan limits can change.