# DialValet documentation

DialValet gives a personal AI agent a phone. You ask your agent to make a call, it
places one real outbound U.S. call showing a number you verified, and you get a
short outcome when it ends. Private beta, U.S. only.

## For people

1. [Quickstart](QUICKSTART.md) — verify your number, add credit, make the first call.
2. [CLI reference](CLI.md) — install `@dialvalet/cli` and run every command.
3. [Terms of Service](https://dialvalet.com/terms) and
   [Privacy Policy](https://dialvalet.com/privacy).

## For agents and developers

1. [Agent map](https://dialvalet.com/llms.txt) — the short version, start here.
2. [Expanded agent brief](https://dialvalet.com/llms-full.txt) — fuller detail.
3. [REST and MCP reference](API.md) — endpoints, scopes, tools, and errors.
4. [OpenAPI contract](https://dialvalet.com/openapi.yaml) — machine-readable schema.

## What it costs

- $0.12 per started connected minute, as ceil(connected_seconds / 60). A 20-second
  answered call is one minute. A 61-second call is two.
- If nobody answers, there is no talk-time charge.
- Credit is prepaid through Stripe Checkout, $5 to $100 at a time. No
  subscription, no automatic reload, and no card charge per call.
- Using a number you already own costs nothing.

## What it does and does not do

Available now: phone sign-in, caller-ID verification, prepaid credit, outbound
U.S. calls from a verified number, GPT-Live voice selection (account default or
per call), live transcript while a call runs, and an optional structured result
afterward. Portuguese voices speak Brazilian Portuguese.

Not available: audio recordings, dedicated DialValet phone numbers, inbound call
forwarding, and non-U.S. numbers or destinations.

## Limits and retention

- Default account limits are 5 calls per day, 1 call at a time, and 20 minutes
  maximum per call.
- Calls are not recorded. When a structured result is produced it is encrypted and
  kept up to 30 days, may include speaker-labeled transcript turns, and you can
  delete it sooner from the dashboard or the API.
- Recipients hear a disclosure that they are speaking with an AI assistant.

## A note on consent

Verifying a caller ID proves you control that number. It is not consent from the
person you call. You are responsible for making sure each call is one you are
allowed to make.

Questions: [contact@dialvalet.com](mailto:contact@dialvalet.com)