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Transfer Call

The Transfer Call tool lets your voice agent hand off a live call to a human agent, a specific department, or an external phone number. You can use cold transfers (immediate switch) or warm transfers (agent briefs the human before connecting).

Transfer Types

Cold Transfer

The AI agent connects the caller to the destination immediately. The caller hears ringing and then the human picks up.

Warm Transfer

The AI agent first calls the destination, briefs the human on the caller’s issue, then connects all parties.

Configuration

Via the Dashboard

  1. Open your agent and scroll to Voice Settings.
  2. Enable Transfer Call.
  3. Configure transfer destinations:

Via the API

System Prompt Guidance

Tell your agent when and how to transfer calls:

Department Routing

You can route transfers based on conversation context. Configure department-to-number mappings, and the AI agent will automatically route to the right destination based on the caller’s needs.

Transfer Failures

If the destination doesn’t answer, thinnestAI handles it gracefully: