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

# Get started

> From nothing to a ringing phone.

Four things stand between you and a call. Two of them take a minute in the
dashboard; the other two are the ones worth reading about.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Create an account">
    Sign up at [voice.wixzel.com](https://voice.wixzel.com/signup), with an email
    and password or with Google.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Create an API key">
    In the dashboard, go to **API keys → Create key**. Name it after the thing that
    will use it — `production backend`, `staging worker` — because that name is how
    you will decide what to revoke later.

    The scopes are preselected to exactly what the steps below need. Leave them
    alone the first time.

    <Warning>
      The key is shown **once**. We store a hash of it, not the key, so it cannot be
      recovered — only replaced. Copy it before you close the panel.
    </Warning>

    ```bash theme={null}
    export WIXZEL_API_KEY="wv_live_..."
    ```
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add credit">
    Calls are refused before they are placed if the account cannot fund
    [`MIN_CALL_SECONDS`](/credits) of talking, so an empty balance is not a slow
    failure — it is a `402` at admission.

    **Billing → Add credit.** See [Credits](/credits) for what a call actually
    costs.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Bring a SIP trunk">
    This is the part that is not a button. Wixzel Voice does not resell telephony —
    you connect your own carrier, and your carrier rates stay yours.

    If you already have a trunk, you need its host, username and password. If you do
    not, any SIP provider will sell you one. See [SIP trunks](/sip-trunks).
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Then place a call

With a key, credit and a trunk, the [Quickstart](/quickstart) is four requests
long. It creates the trunk, registers a number on it, defines an agent, and
dials.

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Quickstart" icon="rocket" href="/quickstart">
    The four requests, in order.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Integrate" icon="code" href="/integrate">
    The same calls in Node and Python.
  </Card>

  <Card title="API keys" icon="key" href="/api-keys">
    Scopes, rotation, and what to do when one leaks.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Credits" icon="wallet" href="/credits">
    What a call costs and how billing works.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## What you do not need

No ElevenLabs account. No Deepgram key. No OpenRouter, Sarvam or Gemini key. One
`wv_live_` key and a balance covers every engine — that is the point of the
product.