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An agent with its own phone number

Text it, call it and let it call for you: it books the table, moves the appointment and answers when others ring.

  • IntermediateLevel
  • 20 minTo set up
  • 3 kitsFrom Extensions
An agent with its own phone number

Some things still happen on the phone. Give your agent its own number and it texts you like any contact, calls people with a purpose you give it, and answers when others ring, taking a message and sending you the gist.

Updated 3 November 2026

Set it up

Step by step.

Step 101

Install the kits

Open Extensions from your server page and install Twilio Phone, and Vapi Voice if you want live conversations (both free; calls and numbers are billed by Twilio and Vapi). Each kit installs onto your POCKETCORP and adds its own page to your server page.

Step 202

Give your agent a number

On the Twilio Phone page, paste your Twilio Account SID and Auth Token (a free trial works), pick a number from the list and enter your own mobile number. Your agent texts you to say hello; save the contact card the page shows as a QR code.

Step 303

Choose what happens when others call

Your agent answers and takes a message, your phone rings first, or calls go to voicemail that is written out for you. An optional PIN tells your agent that it is you calling.

Step 404

Live conversations with Vapi (optional)

On the Vapi Voice page, paste your Vapi API key (a free account comes with $5 of calls) and give your agent a number: Vapi’s free US number, a Twilio number bought right from the page, or one you already have. Vapi carries the voice; the thinking is your agent.

Then just ask

Your setup, at work.

Send these to your agent in the chat on your POCKETCORP page, or from Telegram or WhatsApp. Change the details to yours.

Book a table
Call La Pergola (+43 1 234 5678) and book a table for four tomorrow at 19:30, outside if they can. Text me what they said.
Move an appointment
Call my dentist and move Thursday’s appointment to next week, any morning. Confirm it by text.
Screen your calls
When someone who isn’t in my contacts calls, take a message, ask what it is about, and text me a one-line summary.

Take it further

Make it yours.

The same setup, doing more: ask for these once it runs.

Chase the late deliveries
Every weekday at 9:00, call the suppliers on my list whose deliveries are late and text me what each of them said.
A receptionist for your shop
Set up the Vapi line as the receptionist for my shop: opening hours, prices and directions, and take a message for everything else.
Reminders by text
Text me 30 minutes before every appointment in my calendar.

The result

One contact in your phone that texts, calls and answers for you, and a short note after every call.

Your agent is ready when you are.

An agent with its own phone number runs on a POCKETCORP: a computer of its own for your AI agent. Base is free for 14 days.