How Inbound Calls Work
1
User Dials You
User dials your phone number purchased from your telephony provider.
2
Incoming Webhook
Provider routes the call to your configured webhook/application.
3
Create Ultravox Call
Your server creates an Ultravox call and gets a
joinUrl
.4
Connect & Answer
Connect the call to your provider using the
joinUrl
. The AI agent answers and begins the conversation.Using Template Variables
When you use Agents for creating calls, you can define template variables that get passed in a call creation time. For incoming calls, this data might come from an IVR or your own application.Example: Template Context
Next Steps
- Check out the Inbound Call Quickstart
- Learn about Call Transfers to escalate calls to human agents