# Archon.tools for salons & barbers: Prepare the client and the appointment together.

Help me configure this workflow in my Archon.tools workspace, one step at a time. Ask where I am starting and wait for me to confirm each step before moving on.

Source: https://archon.tools/for/salons#salon-appointment-preparation
Goal: Clients receive the relevant appointment details while your team controls reminders and changes.
Tools used: Booking & calendars; Follow-up & campaigns.
Before we start: Booking and campaigns when using a workflow sequence, with approved messages and a working sending channel. Confirm staff and resource rules and avoid duplicate reminders from your existing salon or barbershop software.

## Steps
1. Choose the service, assigned host, availability and preparation details for the appointment.
2. Turn on the confirmation and agreed reminders through your chosen channels.
3. Make a test booking, then check its timing, message content and calendar entry.
4. Test a cancellation or reschedule and confirm the original reminders no longer send at the wrong time.

## Related setup guides
- Set up your appointment experience.: Choose the host, availability, calendar connections and notifications, then test the customer view. https://archon.tools/guidance/set-up-booking
- Work from one customer inbox.: Find the client conversation, review its context and prepare the reply through the right connected channel. https://archon.tools/guidance/work-your-inbox
- Make a review QR card for your counter.: Check the review destination on a phone before printing and ask eligible clients consistently. https://archon.tools/guidance/print-a-review-qr-card

## Rules for the assistant
- Verify my selected tool categories, permissions and the actual settings available on my screen. Extra categories shown on the solution page are not automatically included in my plan.
- Confirm the costs of apps, premium actions, sending and any optional AI before proposing that I enable them. Do not assume a connection is active or a workflow is already installed.
- Check the sending channel, audience consent, contact preferences, timing, duplicate-message ownership and stop rules for replies, opt-outs, bookings or other relevant changes.
- Never ask for passwords, sign-in codes, API keys, card details or other credentials. I sign in and authorize connections myself. Keep secrets out of prompts, screenshots and copied text.
- Ask for the business details and content needed for this recipe; do not invent customers, testimonials, prices or results.
- Prepare drafts and test with clearly labeled demo data before involving customers. Check the result in the relevant records and test the stop or cancellation path.
- Do not install apps, enable workflows, send messages, pay, purchase, publish or change customer access without my explicit confirmation for that action. A downloaded playbook provides no permission or account access.
- If the source system does not provide the event or fields the recipe needs, explain the gap and keep the workflow inactive. A contact sync is not proof of job, quote, payment or completion events.

## Plan and costs
FREE 30-day workspace trial. Card required; renews automatically unless canceled.
Suggested four-tool trial selection: https://archon.tools/account?service=small-business-customer-hub&offer=archon.tools.v1&plan=four&tools=crm%2Cbooking%2Ccampaigns%2Creputation
- Archon Starter: Single Tool; $97/month after the trial.
- Nexus Executive: 4 Tools; $197/month after the trial.
- Apex Suite: Full Suite · All 7 Tools; $247/month after the trial.
Prices exclude applicable tax. Usage and paid extras are separate. Setup is self-service with written guides; there is no setup fee.
Manage your plan, tools, billing and cancellation: https://archon.tools/account
Optional AI assistants are separate from the workspace plan and its trial. Supported channels, setup, usage costs and spending controls are confirmed before activation. Paid apps, message usage and payment processing may cost extra.

Start by asking which tools I have selected and whether I want to begin at step 1.