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Conversational AI Engine: Create advanced voice apps by combining Agora's real-time audio with powerful conversational AI.

Quickstart

This page guides you through creating and testing your first AI voice agent using Agent Studio. In less than 10 minutes, you will have a working agent that you can speak to in the browser. No telephony setup is required.

Prerequisites​

Make sure you have the following:

Create an agent​

To create your first agent:

  1. Log into Agora Console and open Agent Studio.

  2. Select Agents from the sidebar, then click Create Agent.

  3. Select an Agora project from the dropdown. The agent uses this project's credentials to connect to Agora, and usage is billed to this project.

  4. Under Choose a template, select the Blank Template.

  5. Enter a name for your agent.

  6. Click Create Agent.

    Studio opens the agent editor with a system prompt and pre-configured model settings.

Configure your agent​

The agent editor is organized into tabs. For the quickstart, you only need to review the Prompt tab and the Models tab.

Review the prompt​

The agent editor opens with the following prompts:

  1. System prompt: It defines how your agent behaves.
  2. Greeting message: It is the first thing your agent says when a session starts. Type in a greeting such as Hello, how can I help you today?
  3. Failure message: It is used when the LLM encounters an error or fails to respond.

Review selected models​

Models determine which ASR, LLM, and TTS services your agent uses to process speech, generate responses, and synthesize voice output.

  1. Click the Models tab.
  2. Review the pre-selected models for Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR), Large Language Model (LLM), and Text-to-Speech (TTS). You can use the defaults or select a different vendor-model from the dropdowns.

The dropdowns list vendor-model combinations that support Agora Managed Key. When you use a managed key, Agora provides the API credentials for your selected vendor. You do not need to obtain an API key directly from the vendor. See Pricing for details. To use your own API key or use a vendor that does not support a managed key, see Customize your agent.

Test the agent​

  1. In the right panel, click Start Call to start a test call.
  2. Allow microphone access when prompted.
  3. Speak to the agent to verify it responds correctly.

For guidance on what to test and how to troubleshoot issues, see Test your agent.

Next steps​

You now have a working voice agent. From here you can:

  • Customize your agent: Fully configure models, prompts, and advanced settings for your use case
  • Manage integrations: Manage API credentials, knowledge bases, and MCP servers for reuse across agents