Integrate Voice Agents into your routing workflows

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Overview

After you've configured your Voice Agent (VA), add it to your call routing workflow to automate key processes like identifying customer details, collecting essential information, spotting spam calls, and initiating follow-ups. It also escalates calls when needed, reducing agent workload, cutting wait times, and improving overall efficiency.


Who uses this feature

  • Administrators and managers

  • Applies to all business types

Feature configuration

  • Contact Center Pro is currently in Early Access and available for specific accounts. It is subject to change. If you want to enable this feature for your account, book a demo here.

  • Contact Center Pro requires an Enterprise Hub network. Contact your Customer Success Manager or Pro Account Manager to request a network.

  • The Edit Voice Agent Settings permission is required to use this feature. Please contact the account administrator on your team. For more, see Manage Contact Center Pro permissions.

Things to know

  • To create or edit a routing workflow, go to Settings A simple icon representing a settings gear. > Routing Workflows. For more, see Set call routing workflows in Contact Center Pro.

  • The VA accesses company data during customer interactions to identify new and existing customers, capture notes, summarize requests, and create follow-ups.

  • Voice Agent detects and categorizes spam calls, helping you prioritize legitimate inquiries. You can later find those calls in the Voice Agent Follow Ups tab. For more, see View and manage Voice Agent Follow Ups.

  • If a call falls outside the Voice Agent's scope, the caller requests a live agent, or frustration is detected, the VA escalates the call to an agent or queue.

  • All Voice Agent calls that do not escalate or create an appointment will create a Voice Agent follow-up task that CSRs can review.

  • Voice Agent calls are billed according to your contract, with charges applying after the Voice Agent connects to a call—regardless of the outcome.

Add the Voice Agent module to your workflow

In your Routing Workflow, place the Voice Agent at any stage for after-hours support or as a fallback to enhance efficiency.

  1. In a routing workflow, click Add to select a routing module. In a routing workflow, click Add  to select a routing module

  2. On the new pop-up that opens, click Voice AgentOn the new pop-up that opens, click Voice Agent

  3. In the new Voice Agent flyout that opens, check your Voice Agent's Base Permissions:        

    1. Gather context around the call reason

    2. Collect and review customer information

    3. Create follow-up tasks

  4. Configure your Voice Agent Pre-Routing Message:        

    1. Select Text-To-Speech to enter a pre-routing message that the system will read aloud to customers before they speak to the Voice Agent. Select Text-To-Speech to enter a pre-routing message that the system will read aloud to customers before they speak to the Voice Agent

    2. Select Upload Message, then click Upload File to add a pre-routing audio message for customers. Select Upload Message, then click Upload File to add a pre-routing audio message for customers. 

  5. When finished, click Save.

Note: Allowed audio types are .mp3, .wav, .ogg.

Add an escalation path for the Voice Agent

Since the Voice Agent automates simpler tasks, you must define its actions for tasks beyond its scope or when a customer requests a live agent or a specific department.

  1. Once your VA module is added, click Add to select the escalation path for the call. Once your VA module is added, click Add  to select the escalation path for the call

  2. On the new pop-up that opens, select where you want the calls to be directed.
    Example: The calls can be routed to a dedicated queue or third-party support services for specialized help in high-priority situations. On the new pop-up that opens, select where you want the calls to be directed

  3. When finished, click Save.

After you've configured your VA escalation path, continue setting up your call routing workflow as usual.

Now that you know how to integrate the Voice Agent into your routing workflows, see View and manage Voice Agent Follow Ups to learn how to view calls completed by the Voice Agent.

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