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# Handle Inbound Calls with Bolna Voice AI Agents
> Set up Bolna Voice AI agents to answer incoming calls. Assign phone numbers, configure settings via the dashboard or API, and enhance customer interactions.
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## How to set up inbound calls with Bolna?
To handle incoming calls with your Bolna Voice AI agent, you need to assign a phone number to your agent. When someone calls that number, your agent will automatically answer and have a conversation based on your configured prompts and settings.
You will need to assign a phone number to your Bolna Voice AI agent for automatically answering all incoming calls on that phone number
## What are my options for getting a phone number?
### Method 1. Purchase a phone number from the [Bolna Dashboard](https://platform.bolna.ai/phone-numbers).
Please refer to a [step by step tutorial for purchasing phone numbers on Bolna](/buying-phone-numbers).
### Method 2. Connect your Telephony account and use your own phone numbers.
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## How to set up inbound calls from the dashboard?
## How to set up inbound calls using APIs?
#### Step 1. Use [List Phone Numbers API](api-reference/phone-numbers/get_all) to list all avalable phone numbers.
```curl request-phone-numbers theme={"system"}
curl --request GET \
--url https://api.bolna.ai/phone-numbers/all \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer '
```
```json response-phone-numbers theme={"system"}
[
{
"id": "3c90c3cc0d444b5088888dd25736052a",
"humanized_created_at": "5 minutes ago",
"created_at": "2024-01-23T05:14:37Z",
"humanized_updated_at": "5 minutes ago",
"updated_at": "2024-02-29T04:22:89Z",
"renewal_at": "17th Dec, 2024",
"phone_number": "+19876543210",
"agent_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"price": "$5.0",
"telephony_provider": "twilio",
"rented": true
}
]
```
#### Step 2. Use [Set Inbound Agent API](api-reference/inbound/agent) to assign a phone number for Bolna Voice AI agent.
```curl request-set-inbound-agent theme={"system"}
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.bolna.ai/inbound/setup \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer ' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
"agent_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"phone_number_id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
}'
```
```json response-setup-inbound-agent theme={"system"}
{
"url": "https://api.bolna.ai/inbound_call?agent_id=3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a&user_id=28f9c34b-8eb0-4af5-8689-c2f6c4daec22",
"phone_number": "+19876543210",
"id": "3c90c3cc0d444b5088888dd25736052a"
}
```
## Next steps
Ready to start receiving inbound calls? [Configure your agent](/agent-setup/agent-tab) and explore related features:
* [Make outbound calls](/making-outgoing-calls) to complement your inbound setup
* [Supported telephony providers](/supported-telephony-providers) for integration options
* [Call transfer functions](/tool-calling/transfer-calls) to route to human agents
* [Monitor call status](/list-phone-call-status) in real-time
For 24/7 automated support, combine inbound calling with [guardrails](/guardrails) and [custom prompts](/agent-setup/agent-tab).
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