Introduction

Getting Started

Charlie is your AI phone assistant that can answer calls, book appointments, send SMS, and more. This tutorial will guide you through setting up Charlie step by step.

What is Charlie?

Charlie is a developer platform for building voice AI agents that can make and receive phone calls. With Charlie, you can create intelligent phone assistants that handle customer calls 24/7.

Voice agents allow you to:

  • Have natural conversations with users
  • Make and receive phone calls
  • Integrate with your existing systems and APIs
  • Handle complex workflows like appointment scheduling, customer support, and more

How Charlie works

Every Charlie assistant combines three core technologies:

Phone Integration

Connect via Twilio to receive and make calls

AI Intelligence

Powered by advanced language models

Voice Synthesis

Natural-sounding voice responses