Give Your AI a Voice

imagine typing "call priya and ask her if the onboarding report is ready" your ai client calls priya, has the conversation, and comes back with "priya says the report will be ready by 3pm she's waiting on one number from finance " that's what exotel mcp enables this guide gets you there in 60 seconds — no installations, no config files just paste your credentials and go what you'll need three things from your exotel account api key — from my exotel com https //my exotel com → settings → api settings api secret — same page account sid — same page your exotel number — from numbers in the sidebar (e g 08046800979 ) that's it you don't need to know what base64 encoding is you don't need to touch a terminal step 1 — paste this into your ai client open claude, cursor, or any mcp compatible ai client and send this message — fill in your actual values set up exotel mcp for me my exotel credentials \ api key \[your api key] \ api secret \[your api secret] \ account sid \[your account sid] \ exotel number \[your number, e g 08046800979] \ api domain https //api in exotel com please install mcp remote via npm if needed, update the mcp config with these credentials, and tell me when i need to restart globally hosted accounts if your dashboard is at my exotel com (not my in exotel com ), use https //api exotel com as the api domain instead the ai will run npm install g mcp remote if needed build your base64 token from the key and secret write the correct config block to your mcp settings file tell you exactly when to restart step 2 — restart your ai client once the ai says it's done, restart the client completely (quit and reopen) after restarting, you should see exotel tools available in claude desktop, look for the 🔧 icon in the chat input step 3 — make your first agentic call type this call +91xxxxxxxxxx and ask them if they're available for a quick catch up tomorrow that's it the ai calls the number, a voicebot conducts the conversation, and the ai comes back with what the person said what just happened your ai client is now connected to your exotel account it can make calls — place outbound calls, have a voicebot carry the conversation, return the answer send sms — single messages or bulk pull transcripts — from any voicebot call check call status — look up any call by number or sid run quality analysis — on call recordings all through plain language no api calls, no code if something didn't work tools not showing after restart run npm list g mcp remote to confirm the install succeeded if it's missing, run npm install g mcp remote and retry authentication error ask your ai client "show me the current exotel mcp config" — it will show you exactly what's in the file so you can spot any typo not sure which api domain to use check your exotel dashboard url my in exotel com → use https //api in exotel com my exotel com → use https //api exotel com more detail in troubleshooting → /mcp troubleshooting md want to understand what was set up? quick start → /mcp quick start md — the same setup, step by step, with explanations of what each piece does questions? developer exotel com/api/exotel mcp server https //developer exotel com/api/exotel mcp server | exotel support https //support exotel com