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What is an AI Agent?

An AI Agent is an autonomous system that:
  • Listens to caller input
  • Processes the information intelligently
  • Generates contextual responses
  • Maintains conversation flow
  • Can execute tools and integrations

Creating an Agent

Via API

Via Python

Agent Configuration

Basic Properties

System Prompts

The system prompt defines the agent’s personality and behavior:

AI Provider Selection

Gemini

Best for:
  • Real-time streaming
  • Cost-effective solutions
  • Multi-modal understanding

OpenAI

Best for:
  • Advanced reasoning
  • Function calling
  • Fine-tuned models

Hume AI

Best for:
  • Emotional intelligence
  • Empathy detection
  • Sentiment analysis

Agent Behavior

Conversation Flow

Context Management

Agents maintain conversation context:

Tool Calling

Agents can execute tools:

Managing Agents

List Agents

Get Agent Details

Update Agent

Delete Agent

Advanced Agent Features

Multi-Language Support

Custom Voice

Emotion Recognition (Hume)

Knowledge Base Integration

Agent Templates

Customer Support Agent

Sales Agent

Technical Support Agent

Appointment Scheduling Agent

Agent Performance

Monitoring

Optimization Tips

  1. Shorter prompts: Reduce tokens, faster responses
  2. Clear instructions: Better understood by AI
  3. Few-shot examples: Improve output quality
  4. Temperature tuning: 0.3-0.7 is usually best
  5. Model selection: Larger models = better quality but slower

Cost Optimization

Testing Agents

Local Testing

Test Call

Troubleshooting

Agent Not Responding

Poor Response Quality

  • Review and improve system prompt
  • Increase temperature for more creative responses
  • Use a larger AI model
  • Add few-shot examples to the prompt
  • Enable emotion recognition for better empathy

Token Limit Issues

Next Steps

Call Management

Learn how to make and manage calls with agents.

Integrations

Connect agents to external services.

API Reference

Complete API documentation.