Quick Start - Orato Starter Kit

What you’ll achieve

By the end of this guide, you’ll have a working AI Assistant that makes real phone calls or runs on your website as a voice widget.

You’ll need an Orato account. Sign up at app.tryorato.com if you haven’t already.

Create your first AI Assistant

Go to AI Assistants

In the left sidebar, click AI Assistants, then click + Create Assistant.

Step 1 - Setup: Name and Instructions

Enter your assistant’s name and select a role (Web Widget for website, or Phone for calls).Then use the AI Instruction Generator:

Field 1: “What does your business do?” - e.g. We sell CRM software for real estate agents
Field 2: “Call goal?” - e.g. Qualify leads and book demos
Click Generate Instructions

Orato writes a structured, voice-optimised prompt for you. Edit the text directly to match your tone.

The generator enforces voice-first rules - responses stay under 2 sentences, no bullet points or emojis. This keeps your assistant sounding natural on calls.

Step 2 - Personality: Voice and Messages

Choose your AI Brain (LLM):

Groq (Fastest)
Anthropic
OpenAI

Llama 3.3 70B: ultra-low latency. Best for phone calls where response speed matters most.

Choose your Voice:

Cartesia (Recommended)
ElevenLabs
Sarvam

sonic-2 model - natural, low-latency. Click Preview to hear it before choosing.

Set your Opening Message - write your own greeting or let AI generate it based on caller context.

Step 3 - Review and Save

Check your full configuration summary - name, voice, AI model, opening, and closing. Optionally attach a Knowledge Base document.Click Update Assistant to save.

Click Talk (top right) to test your assistant in the browser immediately after saving.

Make your first call

From the Dashboard
Via the API
Web Widget

Go to Campaigns

Click Campaigns in the sidebar, then + Create Campaign.

Create a Lead Batch first

Go to Leads → Create Batch. Add a contact manually or upload a CSV with at least a phone_number column.

Launch the Campaign

Select your Lead Batch and your AI Assistant. Set call rate to 5 calls/min (recommended). Click Create Campaign - your assistant starts calling immediately.

Get your API key from Developer → API Keys, then trigger a call:

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.tryorato.com/v1/call \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
    "assistant_id": "your-assistant-id",
    "recipient_phone_number": "+1234567890"
  }'

Add this script to your website’s <head> or <body>:

<script
  src="https://app.tryorato.com/widget.js"
  data-key="pk_live_YOUR_PUBLIC_KEY"
  data-assistant="YOUR_ASSISTANT_ID"
  defer
></script>

A floating microphone button appears on your site. Visitors click it to speak to your assistant instantly.

Before you go live

Test your assistant using the Talk button in the dashboard

Review the conversation transcript after testing — check for unnatural responses

Set up a Phone Number if you need inbound or outbound calling

Connect your calendar in Settings → Calendar if your assistant books meetings

Upload Knowledge Base documents if your assistant needs to answer product questions

Next steps

AI Assistants

Deep dive into all assistant configuration options

Campaigns

Launch your first outbound calling campaign

Knowledge Base

Upload documents for accurate answers on every call

Developer

Integrate Orato into your own application

​What you’ll achieve

​Create your first AI Assistant

​Make your first call

​Before you go live

​Next steps

AI Assistants

Campaigns

Knowledge Base

Developer

What you’ll achieve

Create your first AI Assistant

Make your first call

Before you go live

Next steps