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Agent Examples

Four complete agent configurations taken from real deployments. Copy one, swap the business details, and you have a working starting point.

1. Dental front desk (inbound)

Answers every call, books cleanings against a live calendar, and escalates clinical questions to staff. The highest-volume pattern we see.

yaml
name: Front Desk — Bright Smile Dental
type: voice
greeting: "Thanks for calling Bright Smile Dental, this is Ava. How can I help?"
model: { tier: fast, temperature: 0.3 }
voice: { id: ava-warm, speed: 1.0 }
tools: [check_calendar, book_appointment, transfer_to_human]
behavior:
  interruption_threshold: medium
  max_duration_sec: 420
rules:
  - Never give clinical advice; offer to book or transfer instead.
  - Always confirm name, phone, and appointment time before booking.
  - If the caller mentions pain or bleeding, transfer immediately.
transfer_number: "+15555550199"

2. Lead qualifier (outbound)

Called from a Campaign within minutes of a web form submission. Qualifies on budget and timeline, then books or disqualifies cleanly.

yaml
name: Speed-to-Lead — Roofing
type: voice
greeting: "Hi {{first_name}}, it's Sam from {{business_name}} — you asked about a roof estimate?"
model: { tier: fast, temperature: 0.4 }
tools: [check_calendar, book_appointment, push_to_crm]
qualification:
  required: [property_type, timeline, decision_maker]
  disqualify_if: ["renter", "timeline > 12 months"]
behavior:
  voicemail_detection: true
  voicemail_message: "Hi {{first_name}}, Sam from {{business_name}}. I'll try you again tomorrow."
  max_attempts: 3
outcome_mapping:
  booked: hot
  qualified_no_slot: warm
  disqualified: cold

3. Support chat widget

Sits on the pricing and docs pages, answers from the knowledge base only, and hands off to a human when confidence is low.

yaml
name: Docs Assistant
type: chat
greeting: "Hi — ask me anything about setup, pricing, or integrations."
model: { tier: balanced, temperature: 0.2 }
knowledge_base:
  sources: [docs-site, pricing-page, changelog]
  strict: true          # never answer outside retrieved context
tools: [create_ticket, transfer_to_human]
rules:
  - If the knowledge base does not cover it, say so and offer a ticket.
  - Never quote a discount or commit to a delivery date.
  - Keep answers under four sentences with a link when one exists.

4. After-hours triage with a Team

One receptionist agent takes the call and routes to specialist agents by intent. Uses Teams and Handoff Rules rather than one oversized prompt.

yaml
team: After Hours
entry_agent: Receptionist
members:
  - agent: Emergency Dispatch
    when: intent == "emergency"
  - agent: Billing
    when: intent in ["invoice", "payment", "refund"]
  - agent: Scheduling
    when: intent == "appointment"
fallback:
  agent: Voicemail Taker
  when: no_intent_after_turns == 3
handoff:
  mode: warm
  pass_context: true

Patterns worth stealing

  • One goal per agent — Agents that try to book, support, and upsell do all three badly. Split them and use Teams.
  • Rules over prose — Short imperative rules outperform long descriptive paragraphs in every test we run.
  • Always define failure — Say what to do when the tool fails or the caller goes off-script, or the model will improvise.
  • Test before voice — Validate the logic in chat in Testing Lab first; voice only adds latency and pronunciation issues.
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