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Understanding these core concepts will help you get the most out of Emanate.

Agents

Assistant

An Assistant is an AI-powered agent configured to handle conversations. Each assistant has:
  • Instructions: Rules that define the agent’s behavior and personality
  • AI Model: The AI model powering the agent
  • Voice: For voice agents, the text-to-speech voice
  • Knowledge Base: Documents providing context
  • Tools: Custom actions the agent can perform

Voice Agent

A voice agent handles phone calls. It includes:
  • Transcription: Converts speech to text in real-time
  • Voice: Converts text responses to natural-sounding speech
  • Phone Number: The number callers dial

Chat Agent

A chat agent handles website conversations via an embedded widget. It includes:
  • Widget Config: Colors, position, welcome message
  • Embed Code: A snippet you paste into your website to display the chat widget

Workflow Squad

A Squad is a group of agents that work together on complex workflows. Squads enable:
  • Agent Handoffs: Transfer conversations between specialists
  • Conditional Routing: Route based on customer intent
  • Parallel Processing: Multiple agents working simultaneously

Leads

Lead

A Lead is a potential customer captured from an agent conversation. Lead records include:
  • Contact information (name, email, phone)
  • Company information
  • Conversation context
  • Enrichment data
  • ICP score

Lead Capture

Lead Capture is the automatic extraction of contact information from conversations. Agents naturally ask for and collect:
  • Name
  • Email address
  • Phone number
  • Company name
  • Custom fields

Lead Enrichment

Lead Enrichment automatically appends additional data to your leads:
  • Job title
  • Company size
  • Industry
  • LinkedIn profile
  • Direct phone

ICP Scoring

ICP (Ideal Customer Profile) Scoring rates how well a lead matches your target customer:
  • Score: 0-100 rating
  • Factors: Industry, company size, role, intent signals
  • Automation: High-scoring leads can be fast-tracked

Campaigns

Voice Campaign

A Voice Campaign is an automated outbound calling program:
  • Contact List: Phone numbers to call
  • Agent: The voice agent making calls
  • Schedule: When calls are made
  • Pacing: Calls per hour limit

Campaign Status

StatusDescription
DraftCampaign being configured
ScheduledWaiting to start
RunningActively making calls
PausedTemporarily stopped
CompletedAll contacts processed

Analytics

Call Log

A Call Log records every voice call:
  • Call duration
  • Transcript
  • Recording URL
  • Outcome (completed, voicemail, no answer)
  • Lead captured (if any)

Chat Log

A Chat Log records every chat session:
  • Messages exchanged
  • Session duration
  • Outcome
  • Lead captured (if any)

Evaluation

An Evaluation is a quality assessment of a conversation:
  • Criteria: Greeting, product knowledge, objection handling
  • Score: Per-criteria and overall rating
  • Feedback: AI-generated improvement suggestions

Insights

Insights are AI-generated performance analyses:
  • Trend identification
  • Anomaly detection
  • Improvement recommendations

Glossary

TermDefinition
AgentAI-powered conversation handler
AssistantAn AI agent configuration
Business DNABrand context system
CampaignAutomated outbound calling program
EnrichmentAutomatically appending company and contact data to leads
ICPIdeal Customer Profile
Knowledge BaseDocuments providing agent context
LeadPotential customer from conversation
SquadMulti-agent workflow group
ToolCustom action an agent can perform
WebhookAutomated notification triggered by an event
WidgetEmbeddable chat interface