Agent skill · software engineering · jeremylongshore
retellai-policy-guardrails
Retell AI policy guardrails \u2014 AI voice agent and phone call automation.\n\
Why this skill is useful
Provides specific implementation patterns and error handling for integrating with the Retell AI SDK that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
Requires retell-sdk installed locally. Requires retellai account access. About 1k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-07. 2,604 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Retell AI Policy Guardrails Overview Implementation patterns for Retell AI policy guardrails — voice agent and telephony platform. Prerequisites Completed retellai-install-auth setup Instructions Step 1: SDK Pattern Output Retell AI integration for policy guardrails Error Handling Error Cause Solution ------- ------- ---------- 401 Unauthorized Invalid API key Check RETELLAPIKEY 429 Rate Limited Too many requests Implement backoff 400 Bad Request Invalid parameters Check API documentation Examples Restrict a booking agent to an approved action boundary Give an appointment agent only the lookup and create-booking tools needed for its flow, with explicit argument validation and a human handoff for refunds, medical questions, or account changes. Test synthetic prompts that attempt each forbidden action and verify that the agent refuses or transfers rather than improvising. Version the policy with the agent and review deviations from the guardrail before widening any permission. Resources Retell AI Documentation retell-sdk npm Next Steps See related Retell AI skills for more workflows.
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills jeremylongshore/retellai-policy-guardrails