telephony

You can provision and persist a Twilio number to send outbound SMS and MMS, and poll inbound messages directly without a webhook server. The telephony capability manages state across sessions to handle two-way messaging workflows.

Yes, you can import a provisioned Twilio number into Vapi or Bland.ai to enable AI-driven outbound calls. The skill persists credentials and state, allowing Hermes to place AI-assisted calls through these external provider integrations.

The skill offers a guided decision tree to purchase, select, and persist a registered Twilio number for outbound SMS, MMS, and direct calls. Credentials and number state are maintained across sessions for continuous workflow execution.

Yes, inbound message polling is supported for the owned Twilio number without needing a webhook server. This allows retrieval of incoming SMS and MMS directly, making it suitable for environments where exposing a public callback URL is not feasible.

The skill supports multiple providers, allowing Twilio for direct SMS, MMS, and calls, while integrating with Vapi or Bland.ai for AI-assisted calls. Credentials for each provider are persisted to maintain state across different communication tasks.

Using a dedicated skill keeps telephony tasks out of the core tool list while still enabling outbound communications, inbound polling, and AI calls. This separation maintains a clean core environment while provisioning numbers and persisting state for specific communication workflows.