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Agent Desktop Overview

The OmniBots Agent Desktop is a unified workspace for handling live customer interactions across chat, voice, and video channels. It provides agents with real-time customer context, AI-powered suggestions, and a streamlined workflow for managing multiple concurrent conversations. Supervisors get additional monitoring, quality, and analytics capabilities from the same interface.

Who Is This For

RoleWhat You Can Do
AgentHandle inbound and outbound interactions across all channels, view customer context, get AI-powered coaching, use the softphone for voice calls, and wrap up conversations with disposition codes
SupervisorEverything agents can do, plus monitor live conversations, view risk and wellness dashboards, manage queues, review quality scores, and access team analytics

Three-Panel Layout

The Agent Desktop uses a three-panel layout that adapts based on your current navigation context.

The left sidebar contains the navigation menu, conversation list, and agent profile footer. It uses a dark gradient background and remains visible at all times.

  • Logo -- Workspace branding at the top
  • Navigation -- Icon-based nav items organized into groups (see Navigation below)
  • Conversation List -- Shows your active, on-hold, and follow-up conversations when those nav items are selected
  • Agent Footer -- Your avatar, name, role, status dot, settings button, and a status/logout menu

Center Panel

The center panel is the primary workspace. Its content changes based on the active navigation item:

  • Inbox -- The mailbox view with a table of all work items (active and wrap-up), filter tabs, and a Create Task button
  • Chat -- The conversation view with message list, chat input, toolbar, and voice/video controls
  • Full-page views -- Dashboard, Analytics, History, Quality, Knowledge, Queues, Risk Monitor, Wellness, Live Monitor, Skills, Users, Team, and Settings each render as full-page views in the center panel
imageAgent desktop three-panel layout with annotations: left sidebar showing dark gradient navigation with logo, icon menu, and agent footer; center panel showing the inbox mailbox view; right panel showing Customer 360 tabs
Agent desktop three-panel layout

Right Panel

The right panel appears when you have a conversation selected (in Inbox, Active, Hold, or Follow-ups views). It contains five tabs:

TabContent
Customer 360Profile card, contact info, customer details, memory card, and communication preferences
Case InfoCurrent case details, order history, and related information
HistoryPrevious interactions and conversation history for this customer
KnowledgeSearchable knowledge base articles relevant to the current conversation
AI AssistReal-time AI-powered suggestions, compliance flags, coaching tips, and revenue opportunities

The sidebar navigation is organized into three groups, separated by dividers. Supervisor and analytics items only appear if your role has the required permissions.

Agent Navigation

ItemIconDescription
InboxinboxMailbox view with all work items, filter tabs, and outbound section
Activeflash_onCurrently active conversations (badge shows count)
Holdpause_circleConversations placed on hold
Follow-upseventConversations with scheduled follow-up actions
Knowledgemenu_bookSearch and browse knowledge base articles

Supervisor Navigation

These items require the agents.monitor or queues.view permission.

ItemIconPermissionDescription
Live Monitormonitor_heartagents.monitorReal-time view of all active agent conversations
Risk Monitorgpp_maybeagents.monitorConversation risk scoring and threat detection
Wellnessfavoriteagents.monitorAgent wellness and cognitive load monitoring
Queue Wallboardqueuequeues.viewReal-time queue status, wait times, and agent assignments

Analytics Navigation

These items require the analytics.view permission.

ItemIconDescription
DashboarddashboardKPI cards, volume charts, and performance overview
QualityverifiedQuality scoring, evaluation forms, and calibration
Analyticsbar_chartDetailed analytics with custom date ranges and filters
HistoryhistoryHistorical conversation search and transcript review

Settings and Administration

The Settings view is accessed from the gear icon in the sidebar footer. It is also accessible as a navigation item. Settings are organized into Personal and Administration sections -- see Settings for details.

Floating Elements

Several components float above the three-panel layout and appear contextually.

Work Item Offer

When a new interaction is routed to you, a centered overlay panel appears with:

  • Channel icon and color-coded badge (Web Chat, Voice, WhatsApp, SMS, Email)
  • Customer name and queue
  • Priority pill (Critical, High, Medium, Normal, Low)
  • Source pill (Bot Escalation, Transfer, Queue, Manual, Direct)
  • Escalation reason if applicable
  • Countdown progress bar (30-second timeout)
  • Accept and Reject buttons

If you do not respond within 30 seconds, the offer is automatically rejected and rerouted.

Softphone

A floating action button (FAB) in the corner opens the softphone panel for making and receiving voice calls. The softphone includes a dialpad, contacts list, recent calls, and active call controls (mute, hold, transfer, conference).

Floating Video Panel

When a video call is active, a draggable floating video panel displays the remote and local video feeds. The panel can be repositioned anywhere on the screen.

Conference Bar

During a conference call (three-way or more), a conference bar appears at the top of the workspace showing all participants and conference controls.

Transfer/Consult Panel

When initiating a warm transfer or consult, a panel appears for selecting the target agent or queue and managing the consultation.

Key Capabilities

  • Multi-channel handling -- Chat, voice, video, SMS, WhatsApp, and email from a single workspace
  • Concurrent conversations -- Handle up to 5 simultaneous interactions (configurable)
  • Customer context -- Full Customer 360 view with profile, contact info, history, and preferences
  • AI assistance -- Real-time compliance flags, coaching tips, knowledge suggestions, and revenue opportunities
  • Voice integration -- Browser-based WebRTC softphone with Telnyx SIP, plus transfer and conference
  • Video calling -- Telnyx-powered video sessions with floating draggable panel
  • Disposition workflow -- Structured wrap-up with grouped disposition codes and required notes
  • Risk detection -- Per-conversation risk scoring with pulsing indicators
  • Supervisor tools -- Live monitoring, whisper coaching, queue wallboard, quality scoring

Next Steps

  • Getting Started -- Log in, explore the layout, and handle your first work item
  • Inbox & Work Items -- Understand the mailbox view and work item management
  • Customer 360 -- Learn about the customer context panel
  • AI Assist -- Explore AI-powered agent assistance
  • Settings -- Configure your personal preferences and administration options

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