telephony

You can automate SMS and outbound AI calls without webhooks by provisioning a Twilio number, polling inbound messages locally, and routing outbound calls through Bland.ai or Vapi.

Provision a Twilio phone number by configuring your TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID and TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN in a local environment file, enabling the agent to own, persist, and reuse that number for SMS and MMS across sessions.

Yes, making outbound AI phone calls requires storing an optional VAPI_API_KEY or BLAND_API_KEY in your local environment file, enabling AI-assisted calling capabilities alongside standard Twilio SMS and MMS messaging.

Maintain a consistent phone identity by provisioning a reusable Twilio number with state persistence, allowing the agent to remember your selected number and credentials across multiple local-first sessions without core tool changes.

Yes, you can poll inbound SMS locally without a webhook endpoint, enabling privacy-aware telephony workflows by directly checking for new messages using your stored Twilio credentials.

Using Twilio polling for inbound SMS automation means relying on local credential management and state persistence, which requires continuous local execution rather than event-driven webhook triggers for real-time message processing.