Give a Patter voice agent custom tools (function calling), enable built-in handoffs (`transfer_call`, `end_call`), and wire output guardrails. Use when the user wants the agent to look up customer data, query a CRM, schedule a callback, transfer to a human, hang up on abuse, refuse to say certain phrases, validate caller intent, or do anything beyond conversation. Covers `@tool` (Python) and `defineTool` (TypeScript), as well as JSON-Schema webhook tools, in Patter 0.7.0.
Build a production voice agent with the Patter SDK โ receive or place real phone calls answered by an AI agent. Use when the user wants to make a phone bot, IVR replacement, voice receptionist, outbound caller, survey bot, customer-support voice agent, voice-AI demo, AI cold-caller, or any flow where an LLM talks over the telephone. Covers the three Patter modes โ OpenAI Realtime / Realtime2 (GA, lowest latency), ElevenLabs ConvAI (turn-taking), and the STTโLLMโTTS Pipeline (mix any providers) โ in both Python and TypeScript. Trigger this skill even if the user only says "phone bot", "voice AI", "call my customers", or "answer the phone with AI" without naming Patter.
Configure Twilio or Telnyx as the telephony carrier for a Patter voice agent โ buy or use a phone number, set up the carrier console, point the voice/Call-Control webhook at your Patter server (via Cloudflare tunnel, ngrok, or a static URL), and verify webhook signatures. Use when the user is wiring up Twilio, Telnyx, a phone number, a webhook URL, a tunnel, AMD (Answering Machine Detection), call recording, voicemail drop, or DTMF routing โ even if they don't say "telephony". Covers both Patter 0.7.0 SDKs (Python and TypeScript).
Inspect Patter call data โ mount the live dashboard, read CallMetrics (duration, cost, latency, transcript), export call history to CSV/JSON, and track per-call provider costs. Use when the user wants to debug a call, see which calls cost the most, audit transcripts, monitor a live agent, find a recording URL, check latency p99, export call history for reporting, or watch the dashboard during a demo. Covers Patter 0.7.0's in-memory MetricsStore + 500-call ring buffer, the FastAPI/Express dashboard mount, the REST API and SSE stream โ in both Python and TypeScript.
Wire Patter as the voice layer on top of an OpenClaw brain โ the "brain on the line" pattern. Use when the user runs OpenClaw (or any OpenAI-compatible agent gateway) and wants a phone number that answers any caller, talks with low latency, and consults a specific OpenClaw receptionist agent for real data/actions mid-call without the call dropping during a slow (30-60 s) tool. Covers both directions (OpenClaw drives Patter via `patter-mcp`; Patter consults OpenClaw via `ConsultConfig`), long-tool-call survival, speakerphone noise tuning, open inbound, and least-privilege agent scoping. Patter 0.7.0, Python and TypeScript.
Install the Patter voice/telephony SDK (Python or TypeScript) and configure the provider and carrier API keys required for real phone calls. Use when the user is starting a new Patter project, hitting "missing API key" errors, setting up Twilio or Telnyx, integrating OpenAI Realtime / ElevenLabs / Deepgram, or asking how to get Patter running โ even if they don't explicitly say "setup" or "credentials". Covers Patter 0.7.0 in both Python (>=3.11) and TypeScript (Node >=20) runtimes.