Blog / AI assistants and your buzzer

Can ChatGPT or Claude buzz someone into your apartment?

Yes. Your AI assistant can already order dinner, but the driver still gets stuck at your building's front door until you answer the buzzer. BuzzerAPI connects your existing apartment or condo buzzer to ChatGPT, Claude, and other AI assistants. Your assistant can then create a delivery code, open a short entry window, and check who came in, while you keep doing what you were doing.

What your AI assistant can do

• Create a delivery code that expires after one use or at a set time, and add it to your order notes.
• Open a short entry window around an expected arrival, so anyone who buzzes during it gets in.
• Set recurring access for a dog walker, cleaner, or caregiver on the days they visit.
• Give short-term rental guests a code that works only during their stay.
• Check the access history to confirm the driver or guest was let in.

It opens the building's front entrance only. Your apartment door stays locked, and every entry is logged.

How to set it up

1. Create a free account at BuzzerAPI and give your assistant an AI agent key.
2. Subscribe when you are ready to connect your building. You get a dedicated virtual phone number.
3. Ask your building manager to program that number for your unit. Your assistant can draft the email.
4. Test it once at the entrance, then ask your assistant to handle your next delivery.

Not sure your buzzer qualifies? It needs to dial a phone number when a visitor selects your unit. The buzzer compatibility checker tells you in two questions.

Things to ask your assistant

• "Make a one-use code for my Uber Eats order arriving in the next 45 minutes."
• "Let anyone buzz in between 2 and 4 pm today, I have a furniture delivery."
• "Give my dog walker access every weekday from noon to 1 pm."
• "Did my grocery delivery get buzzed in?"

BuzzerAPI or the Lowkey app?

Prefer to stay hands-on? Lowkey forwards your buzzer to your phone and auto-buzzes deliveries with passcodes and schedules you set yourself.

Common questions

Which AI assistants can control an apartment buzzer?

Any AI assistant or agent that can call an API can use BuzzerAPI, including ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok. BuzzerAPI publishes setup guides for each assistant at buzzerapi.com.

Can an AI assistant open my apartment door?

No. BuzzerAPI opens your building's front entrance through the buzzer the building already has. Your apartment door stays locked.

Will it work with my buzzer?

It works with apartment and condo buzzers, intercoms, and call boxes that dial a phone number when a visitor selects your unit. If your phone rings today when someone buzzes you, it will work.

Do I need new hardware?

No. Your building manager programs a virtual phone number for your unit, the same routine change as updating a tenant phone number. Nothing is installed or rewired.

How much does BuzzerAPI cost?

BuzzerAPI is $4 per week or $104 per year. You can create an account and an AI agent key for free, and pay once you are ready to connect your building.

What is the difference between Lowkey and BuzzerAPI?

Both use the same buzzer service. Lowkey is a mobile app you control yourself. BuzzerAPI lets an AI assistant or your own software control the buzzer for you, and includes the Lowkey mobile app for push notifications and access history.