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Contacts

Contacts

Your Caller & Chat Directory

Written By Maruf Ansari

Last updated 25 days ago

Contacts is the single directory of every phone number that has ever reached your business — through a call, a web chat or a SMS.

Contacts are created automatically as conversations come in, so there is nothing to import or maintain manually. From this screen you can flag a number as a VIP, see how much it has interacted with you, and open the full history of every call and chat tied to it.

The Contacts list

Each row is one phone number, with quick-scan columns:

  • Number — the caller or chatter's phone number.

  • Associated Records — the contact record(s) matched to that number (for example the name captured by the agent or synced from your integration). If several people share a number, all matches are linked and shown as the primary name plus a count (for example John Michael +3). Numbers with no matched record show as Unknown Caller.

  • Is VIP — a toggle that marks the number as a VIP. Every new number starts with the toggle off.

  • Chat — how many chat sessions (web chat or SMS) that number has had.

  • Calls — how many calls that number has had.

  • Action — the eye icon opens the full detail view for that number.

Use Search number or name to find a specific contact, and the Categories dropdown at the top right to show All numbers or only your VIP contacts.

Marking a contact as VIP

Use the Is VIP toggle on any row to flag your important callers — regulars, high-value customers, partners. Flagging them makes it easy to filter and review their history first. The change saves immediately, and you can switch the toggle off at any time.

Adding a contact manually

Contacts are normally created automatically, but you can also add one yourself — for example a VIP who hasn't called yet. Click + Add Contact at the top right, then:

  1. Enter the Number, choosing the correct country code from the flag dropdown.

  2. Optionally turn on This is a VIP Customer to flag the contact as a VIP right away.

  3. Click Add.

The contact appears in the list immediately and starts building a conversation history from the first call or chat it has with you.

Contact details — calls and chats in one place

Clicking the eye icon opens the detail view for that number. A Call / Chat switch at the top right lets you move between the two conversation types, and a dropdown below it lists every session for that number by date, so you can jump straight to the one you want.

Signals (left)

Signals summarise the conversation: Sentiment, Severity, Keywords, the Workflows the agent ran and the Tasks completed. Values follow whatever you have configured in Signals, so the more you set up there, the richer this panel becomes.

Associated Records (middle)

Every record matching this number is shown here with name, extension, phone number(s) and the created / updated timestamps — so you instantly know who is on the other end.

Notes (middle, below records)

Add a note against the contact directly from this screen. Notes stay with the contact, so the next time the same person calls or chats, you and your team see the history right away. Existing notes can be edited or deleted from the same panel.

Call or chat insights (right)

The full turn-by-turn transcript of the selected conversation, timestamped for every message.

  • For chats you see each agent and human message as it was sent.

  • For calls you get the recording player — with playback speed and download controls — together with the call summary and transcript. Use Download Transcript to save a copy. You can also use the Report button at the top right to flag a problem call, exactly as you would from Call Logs.


Frequently Asked Questions

No. A contact is created automatically the first time a number calls or chats with your agent. Everything on this screen builds itself as conversations come in. The + Add Contact button is simply there for cases where you want a number on file — often a VIP — before it has ever reached you.

It flags the number as one of your important callers, so you can filter your list down to just VIP contacts using the Categories dropdown and review their history first. You can turn the toggle off at any time.

Records are matched by phone number. If several people share the same number — family members, or staff on a shared line — all matching records are linked. The list shows the primary name plus a count (for example John Smith +2), and the detail view lists every match.

It means no contact record has been matched to that number yet — for example if the caller never shared their name and no integration record exists for them. The number still builds a normal call and chat history.

Chat counts web chat and SMS sessions with that number; Calls counts voice calls. Both link to the same conversation history, which you can switch between using the Call / Chat toggle in the detail view.

Yes. In the detail view, use the dropdown under the Call / Chat toggle to pick any previous session by date and read its transcript or listen to the recording.

Yes. The detail view has the same Report button as the Call Logs screen. Reported calls surface to your agency under System Sentiment → Calls Needing Audit with a Flagged tag, along with the description you wrote.