> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.dialtu.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Create your first voice agent

> From zero to a voice agent ready to call

By the end you'll have a saved Aurora agent with a voice and a number assigned, ready to test.

## Before you start

<Check>
  **Agent** write permissions. Without them you'll see the section but no buttons.
</Check>

<Check>
  An available **phone number**. If you don't have one, [ask support](/en/getting-started/phone-numbers) — the agent can be created without one, but it won't be able to place or receive calls.
</Check>

<Check>
  A clear idea of **what the call should achieve**: qualify, book, remind, support.
</Check>

## Steps

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the editor" icon="plus">
    In the sidebar, **Voice → Agents**, and press create. Choose **Aurora**.

    You land straight in the editor — there's no step-by-step wizard.

    <Info>
      **📷 Screenshot needed** — the engine selection modal, with Aurora available and Solara marked *Not available*.

      Save to `/images/en/voice-agents/create-01-engine.png`
    </Info>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Name and description" icon="pen">
    In the top bar. **Both are required** — the agent won't save without a description, even though only your team sees it.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pick the engine model" icon="microchip">
    First settings group, **Select Engine Model**. It's the only one that starts open, because it's required.

    Each option shows its **price per minute**, and that price feeds the estimate in the top bar.

    <Tip>
      Start with a cheaper model. You can change it later and compare the per-minute cost right in the list.
    </Tip>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Language and voice" icon="waveform">
    **Voice Configuration** group. Language first — there are four options: English, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Spain) and Multilingual.

    <Warning>
      **Choose the language before the voice.** Voices are filtered by language, and changing the language afterwards **clears the selected voice**.
    </Warning>

    Then the **voice**, from the list filtered by that language. Each card lets you play a sample.

    <Info>
      **📷 Screenshot needed** — the Voice Configuration group with a language chosen and the voice list.

      Save to `/images/en/voice-agents/create-02-voice.png`
    </Info>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Assign the number" icon="phone">
    **Communication** group. Pick the **Phone Number**.

    If the agent will **receive** calls, turn on **Inbound Agent** and set its **schedule**. See [Voice, call and AI features](/en/voice-agents/configure).

    <Note>
      Without a number the agent still saves, and you'll see an amber notice: *"The agent can be created, but it won't receive or place calls until a number is set in Communication."*
    </Note>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Write the prompt" icon="pen-to-square">
    The centre column. It's the only required content field, and where **everything** the agent needs to know and do goes — including the opening greeting.

    <Card title="The prompt and variables" icon="pen-to-square" href="/en/voice-agents/prompt">
      How to structure it, templates, and per-customer personalisation.
    </Card>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Save" icon="circle-check">
    Press **Create Agent**. If something's missing, the editor tells you and **opens the settings group containing the error**, ringed in red.

    The required fields are: name, description, engine model, language, voice and prompt.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## What you don't configure here

These don't exist as agent settings, and people look for them:

| What you're looking for       | Where it actually is                                |
| ----------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
| **Greeting or first message** | In the prompt. There's no separate field.           |
| **Transfer to a person**      | It's a **tool**, not a setting                      |
| **Hang up**                   | Also a **tool**                                     |
| **Maximum call duration**     | Not configurable                                    |
| **Call recording**            | Not configurable on Aurora                          |
| **Retries**                   | In campaigns and disposition tags, not on the agent |

## Next step

<Card title="The prompt and variables" icon="pen-to-square" href="/en/voice-agents/prompt">
  You have the agent. Now tell it what to say.
</Card>