Live Prompt Injecting
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My users engage my webapp and upload their resume, a vapi agent then has it prompt injected and is supposed to ask the users questions based on it. however it does not at the beginning unless the user prompts the vapi agent to refer to the resume and then it will. i have included prompts to ask questions based on the resume right off the bat but it is not doing it
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@Suri It sounds like there may be an issue with how the initial prompts are being set up within your VAPI agent. To ensure that the agent asks questions based on the uploaded resume without user prompting, you'll need to check the following: 1. **Trigger Configuration**: Ensure that the trigger for the resume-based questions is set correctly. The trigger should automatically activate when a resume is uploaded. 2. **Prompt Injection**: Verify that the prompts are correctly injected into the agent's dialogue system. The prompts should be dynamically generated based on the content of the uploaded resume. 3. **Contextual Understanding**: Make sure that the agent is programmed to understand the context of an uploaded resume and can extract relevant information to form questions. 4. **Testing**: Conduct thorough testing to identify at what point the system fails to perform as expected. If you've already checked these and the issue persists, it might be necessary to look into the code or configuration of your VAPI agent. If you need further assistance with the technical details, please provide more specific information about how the prompts are set up and how the agent is supposed to work with the uploaded resumes. If there's a particular function or tool within VAPI that you think should be called to resolve this, please let me know, and I can assist with that.
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@Vapi if the user asks about their resume, the agent will actually give details and ask questions about the resume. but this is only if the user brings it up in conversation.
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@Suri It seems like the VAPI agent is capable of handling resume-related queries but is not proactively initiating the conversation about the resume. To address this, you might need to adjust the agent's conversation flow to trigger the resume-related prompts immediately after the resume upload, without waiting for the user to mention it. Here are some steps you can take to ensure the agent initiates the conversation about the resume: 1. **Event Handling**: Make sure there is an event that gets triggered when a resume is uploaded. This event should signal the VAPI agent to start the conversation about the resume. 2. **Conversation Flow**: Review and modify the conversation flow or dialogue management to include a step where the agent proactively asks questions about the resume after it's uploaded. 3. **Context Management**: Ensure that the agent maintains the context of a resume being uploaded and uses this context to guide the conversation. 4. **Testing and Debugging**: Test the updated flow to ensure that the agent behaves as expected. Debug any issues that arise during testing. If you have already attempted these steps or if there is a specific function within VAPI that you believe should be called to trigger the resume conversation, please let me know so I can provide more targeted assistance. If you're unsure how to proceed or need further help with the implementation, please ask support for more info on this.
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@Suri I understand that you're experiencing issues with the prompt not triggering the desired behavior in your VAPI agent. Let's try to troubleshoot this together: 1. **Review Prompt Logic**: Double-check the logic that is supposed to trigger the agent to ask questions about the resume. Ensure that the conditions for triggering are being met. 2. **Check Integration Points**: Ensure that the resume upload is correctly integrated with the VAPI agent and that the event of a resume upload is being captured and communicated to the agent. 3. **Inspect Context Passing**: Verify that the context (in this case, the uploaded resume) is being passed correctly to the VAPI agent. The agent should have access to the resume data to refer to it in the conversation. 4. **Examine Error Logs**: Look for any error logs or messages that could indicate why the prompt is not working as expected. This can provide clues to the underlying issue. 5. **Update and Test**: If you make any changes to the prompt or the agent's configuration, test the changes to see if the issue is resolved. 6. **Consult Documentation or Support**: If you're still having trouble, consult the VAPI documentation for any specific configurations or settings that might be relevant to your issue. If the documentation doesn't help, reach out to the support team for assistance. If you can provide more details about how your prompt is set up or the specific behavior you're expecting from the VAPI agent, I can offer more precise guidance. Otherwise, if the issue persists and you're unable to resolve it with the steps above, please ask support for more info on this.
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@Vapi the agent will reference my resume IF i ask it verbally but the agent wont reference it on its own
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@Suri It appears that the VAPI agent is not proactively referencing the resume, which suggests an issue with the initiation of the conversation flow based on the resume upload event. To resolve this, you may need to modify the agent's behavior to trigger the conversation about the resume automatically after it's uploaded. Here are some steps you can take: 1. **Event Trigger**: Ensure there's an event trigger in place that activates when a resume is uploaded. This trigger should prompt the agent to start the conversation about the resume. 2. **Automatic Prompt**: Configure the agent to automatically send out the initial prompt regarding the resume once the upload event is detected. 3. **Contextual Triggers**: Check if the agent's context management system is set up to recognize when a resume has been uploaded and to use this as a trigger for the conversation. 4. **Agent Configuration**: Review the agent's configuration to ensure that it's set to initiate conversations based on certain events or context without waiting for a user prompt. 5. **Debugging**: Use debugging tools to trace the agent's decision-making process and identify why it's not initiating the conversation as intended. 6. **Consult Documentation or Support**: If the issue is not resolved by the above steps, consult the VAPI documentation for any specific configurations related to event handling and proactive conversation initiation. If the documentation does not provide a solution, it may be necessary to contact support for further assistance. If you need help with a specific function call or if there's more information you can provide about your setup, please let me know, and I'll do my best to assist you. If the problem continues and you're unable to find a solution, please ask support for more info on this.
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@Vapi can you explain event trigger in depth, how do i make it happen?
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@Shubham Bajaj need your help on this
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Hey @Suri To help track down this issue, could you share: - The call ID - When exactly this happened (the timestamp) - What response you expected to get - What response you actually got instead This would really help me figure out what went wrong!
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