Introduction

This section provides an overview of how to get started with the Strategic Machines AI Voice Agent Platform.

Creative Design in Voice for Business
Creative Design in Voice for Business

Voice Platform for Business

VOX (Latin for Voice or Expression) is a multi-tenant voice agent platform for building production-ready voice experiences — from product sales and fulfillment to reservations and customer support — grounded in your real business data. You define how the agent behaves (prompt + dialog flow), what it can say (your data as context), what it can do (tools), and what it can show (UI components). The platform handles the runtime: session creation, safety controls, tool execution, and consistent rendering of results.

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Core Business Features

Business CapabilityWhat it deliversBusiness impact
24×7 Customer CoverageVoice agents are always available to answer questions, take requests, and complete transactions without staffing constraints.Improves customer satisfaction while reducing after-hours staffing costs and missed opportunities.
Higher Conversion and Sales EnablementAgents actively guide customers through product discovery, availability, and booking or purchase flows.Increases conversion rates and average order value by assisting customers at the moment of intent.
Faster Customer ResolutionAgents instantly retrieve accurate information about orders, inventory, reservations, and policies.Reduces wait times, lowers support tickets, and improves first-contact resolution.
Consistent Brand RepresentationAgents follow defined tone, messaging, and behavior aligned to your brand voice and service standards.Protects brand reputation and ensures uniform customer experiences across channels.
Scalable Customer EngagementOne platform supports thousands of simultaneous conversations without service degradation.Enables growth without proportional increases in headcount or infrastructure cost.
Employee Productivity AssistantsInternal agents help staff find answers, search products, check availability, and complete routine tasks.Frees employees to focus on higher-value work and reduces onboarding and training time.
Revenue-Generating Service AutomationAgents can complete bookings, schedule appointments, process payments, and capture qualified leads.Turns customer service into a profit center instead of a cost center.
Personalized, Context-Aware InteractionsAgents tailor responses using customer context, history, and real-time business data.Creates more relevant conversations that build trust and improve loyalty.
Rapid Time-to-ValueNew agents, workflows, and offers can be launched and updated quickly without major system changes.Allows marketing and operations teams to respond faster to market opportunities.
Enterprise-grade Reliability and Cost ControlsBuilt-in safeguards manage usage, prevent abuse, and keep spending within defined limits.Protects margins and ensures predictable operating costs as usage scales.
MonitoredAll conversations are monitored, and escalated for 'human in the loop' intervention where required.Excellent customer care and responsiveness.
SecureWith our powerful tool sets, data and configurations are managed through your set of APIsYour data. Protected.

Core Technical Features

FeatureWhat it providesWhy it matters in production
Data-grounded conversationsAgents retrieve real-time, structured JSON from your systems via tools (availability, inventory, orders, events, pricing).Prevents hallucinations and ensures answers reflect current business reality.
HTTP Tool Descriptors (schema-driven)Declarative JSON schema for methods, parameters, auth headers, URL/body templates, and timeouts.Standardizes every integration and avoids one-off runtime code per API.
Declarative UI renderingTools can declare UI actions on success/error (catalogs, confirmations, payment forms, media galleries).Turns API responses into consistent customer experiences automatically.
Built-in core toolsPlatform utilities like time checks, website scraping, opening links, clipboard copy, and component rendering.Accelerates your Agent design and configuration without custom setup for common tasks.
Prompt-driven workflowsSystem prompt defines tone, guardrails, tool triggers, dialog flow, and response templates.Keeps behavior predictable and auditable across updates and versions.
Strong templating + typing rulesStable execution context (args, response, status, secrets) with filters for numbers, booleans, currency, and JSON objects.Prevents integration bugs such as stringified numbers or broken UI props.
Multi-tenant configuration modelTenants, agents, widget keys, origins, limits, and API secrets are centrally managed.Enables secure isolation and scalable onboarding of many customers.
Layered security & abuse protectionEdge + server rate limits, bot verification, session quotas, duration and idle caps, daily spend limits.Protects reliability and cost without disrupting real users.
Session observability & lifecycle controlRealtime session records, heartbeats, stale detection, and mid-session termination.Keeps dashboards accurate and prevents runaway sessions.
Fast test-and-iterate loopStart agents instantly, inspect tool calls, validate APIs, and refine prompts.Shortens feedback cycles and de-risks production launches.

How the platform fits together

  • Agent — personality, guardrails, and workflow (prompt)
  • Tools — what the agent can do (HTTP descriptors calling your APIs)
  • Data — what the agent knows (structured JSON returned by your systems)
  • UI Components — what the agent can show (forms, confirmations, galleries, results)
  • Tenant Configuration — who can use it and where (tenantId, widget keys, origins, limits)

This model keeps your voice experience grounded, secure, and maintainable—while staying flexible enough for bookings, commerce, scheduling, and support across different businesses.

Before you dive into building your first agent, we recommend trying out our demo agents at strategicmachines.ai. This will give you a hands-on feel for how voice agents work in real scenarios, such as reservations or product searches. Once you're familiar, follow the sections below to design and configure your own.