Dograh Blog
Voice AI insights from the Dograh team
How to Build an AI Receptionist: Set Up a Voice Agent in Dograh
Build an AI receptionist in Dograh, step by step: a hair salon greeting, an FAQ knowledge base, booking through an HTTP tool and a transfer you test by phone.
Testing Voice Agents Before You Go Live: Five Tests, in Order
Five tests to run before a voice agent takes real calls: a web call, simulated callers, repeat runs per leg, a real phone call and a small load test.
How to Read Call Traces to Debug a Voice Agent: Find the Layer
Open one bad call's trace, find the first layer that went wrong, and replay that step several times before you change the prompt.
Webhook-Driven Voice Agents: Real-Time Data In and Out
How webhook-driven voice agents move call data in and out: what Dograh sends after a call, how to avoid duplicates and how to catch results that never arrive.
Automating Voice Workflows With n8n and Webhooks
How to automate voice workflows with n8n and webhooks: start calls from any trigger, sync every call result, and answer the agent mid-call without dead air.
Booking Meetings Mid-Call With Calendly Integration
How to book Calendly meetings during a live voice agent call: the two requests, the details Calendly needs, and what to do when a slot is taken first.
API Triggers: Start a Voice Agent Call From Any System
How API triggers let you start a voice agent call from any system: the request, the reply, what to put in initial_context and the consent check up front.
How to Cut Voice AI Costs by Mixing Pre-Recorded Audio With TTS
Record the lines your agent repeats, synthesise the rest in the same cloned voice, and see which line on the bill actually moves.
How to Build a Voice Agent on Fully Local Open-Source Models
The build side of running voice AI locally: what fits on one 24GB card, which runtime to use per stage, and what the latency actually looks like on a phone call.