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This section covers everything about a voice agent: what a conversational agent is, how it’s architected, its core primitives, and how you design, write, build, and improve one. Use the links below to jump to any part.

1. What is a conversational agent?

Start here for the mental model.

2. Core primitives & concepts

The building blocks of an agent.

ConceptGuide
The agent and its partsAgent
How the agent behavesInstruction
Per-call dataVariables & personalization
Language & how it soundsSpeakers & voice
Acting on the worldTools
Context at call boundariesOn-start & on-end hooks
Grounding in your contentKnowledge base
Getting the prompt rightPrompt Practices
Turn-taking, timeouts, languageConfiguring settings

3. Building & improving agents

The workflow from first draft to a deployed agent you keep improving.

4. Navigating the workspace & Genie

5. Advanced concepts

When a single prompt isn’t enough.