> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.zeptar.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Quickstart

> Create a Zeptar agent, give it a personality, and talk to it — in a few minutes.

You'll build a working voice agent without writing any code: create it, write
its system prompt, preview the conversation, and publish a version.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Create an agent">
    In the dashboard, open **ZeptarAgents → Agents** and choose **Create
    agent**. Give it a name. It starts on its `Main` branch with a first
    version.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Write the system prompt">
    The system prompt is where almost all of an agent's behavior comes from —
    its persona, goal, tone, and guardrails. Keep it concrete and write for the
    ear, since the agent speaks its replies. For example:

    > You are a friendly front-desk assistant for a dental clinic. Greet
    > callers, answer questions about hours and location, and offer to take a
    > message. Keep replies to one or two sentences.

    Edits autosave to your draft on the current branch — nothing ships until
    you publish. See [System prompt](/agents/configure/agent-behavior/system-prompt).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Preview it">
    Open the live preview and actually talk to the agent. Iterate on the prompt
    until it behaves the way you want.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Publish or branch">
    Publish a version on `Main` when it's ready, or fork a branch to try a
    riskier change in isolation and merge it back later. Every publish is an
    immutable version you can roll back to. See
    [Versioning](/agents/operate/versioning).
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Next steps

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  <Card title="How agents work" icon="diagram-project" href="/agents/overview">
    The speech pipeline and what you configure today.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Automate with the API" icon="code" href="/api-reference/quickstart">
    Create and manage agents from your own backend.
  </Card>
</Columns>