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How Do You Find Callers and Review Their Conversations in Kickcall?

Find a caller, review associated conversations, and manage VIP contacts in Kickcall.

Written By Maruf Ansari

Last updated 6 days ago

Know who's calling before you pick up the history. Contacts lists every phone number that has reached your Business by call, web chat or SMS, with its full conversation history in one place. Use it to flag important callers as VIPs, block outgoing calls to specific numbers, and review past calls and chats quickly.

Review and manage your business contacts as VIP in Kickcall

Contacts Overview

Contacts allows Business users to manage and review the people who interact with their AI Agent. Contacts are created automatically when a phone number calls or chats with the AI Agent, and you can also add contacts manually. For each contact, you can review caller details, matched integration records, conversation history, signals, notes, transcripts, and recordings. You can mark important callers as VIPs, enable Do Not Call to block outgoing calls to specific numbers, and add notes to help your team manage future conversations and follow-ups.

Important notes

  • Contacts can be created automatically from calls, web chat, and SMS.

  • Contacts are matched by phone number. Several people sharing a number are all linked to it.

  • A number without a matched contact record appears as Unknown Caller.

  • Every new number starts with Is VIP and Do Not Call off.

  • Do Not Call blocks outgoing calls to the number. Use it for callers who have asked not to be called.

  • A manually added contact starts building conversation history after its first call or chat.

Before you start

Make sure you have:

  • Access to the Business Portal.

  • A caller’s phone number or name if you are searching for a specific contact.

  • Permission to view contact and conversation information.

  • A clear reason for reviewing or updating the contact.

Treat phone numbers, transcripts, recordings, notes, and associated records as sensitive business information.

Find a contact

1

Open the Business Portal. Open Contacts.

View and manage your contacts
2

Enter a phone number or name in Search number or name.

3

To show only important callers, open the Categories dropdown. Select All or VIP.

4

Select the eye icon in the contact’s row to open the full detail view.

Mark a contact as VIP

1

Open Contacts. Find the contact you want to prioritize.

2

Turn on the Is VIP toggle.

Enable the tag for VIP contacts
3

Use the VIP category filter later to find the contact quickly.

The change saves immediately. To remove the VIP status, turn the toggle off.

Block outgoing calls to a contact

1

Turn on the Do Not Call toggle on the contact's row. It saves immediately.

2

Turn the toggle off at any time to allow outgoing calls to the number again.

Contacts list columns

Column

What it shows

Number

The caller's or chatter's phone number

First Name

The contact's first name, from the matched record or a manual entry. A dash means no name is known.

Last Name

The contact's last name, from the matched record or a manual entry. A dash means no name is known.

Integration Records

Count of matched records from your connected integrations. Hover over the count to see each record's name. A count of 0 means no integration record matches the number.

Is VIP

Toggle to flag the number as a VIP

Do Not Call

Toggle to block outgoing calls to the number

Chat

Number of web chat and SMS sessions

Calls

Number of voice calls

Latest Conversation

Date and time of the most recent call or chat with the number

Action

Eye icon that opens the contact details

Add a contact manually

Use this option when you want to add a caller before their first conversation, such as an important customer or partner.

1

Open Contacts. Select + Add Contact.

manually add a contact
2

Enter the contact’s Number. Select the correct country code from the flag dropdown.

3

Enter the First Name and Last Name. Both are required.

4

Optionally turn on This is a VIP Customer to flag the contact as a VIP, or Do not Call to block outgoing calls to the number.

5

Select Save.

Review contact details

Select the eye icon in a contact row to open the detail view.

Use the Call / Chat switch to move between call history and chat history. Use the session dropdown to select a conversation by date.

Review the contact's details and previous logs

Panel

What it shows

Signals (left)

Sentiment, Severity, Keywords, Workflows run and Tasks completed, based on your Signals setup. Fields with no match show a dash.

Associated Records (middle)

Each matched record's name, extension, phone numbers and created/updated times. If nothing was found, the panel says so.

Notes (middle)

Add, edit or delete notes on the contact

Call or chat insights (right)

Timestamped transcript. Calls also include the recording player (speed and download controls) and summary. Includes Download Transcript and Report.

Add or manage a contact note

add/manage a note for that particular contact
  1. Open the contact detail view. Find the Notes panel.

  2. Add a note connected to the contact.

  3. Edit or delete an existing note when necessary.

Notes remain connected to the contact so your team can review them during future interactions.

Verify the result

  1. Set Categories to VIP and confirm the contact is listed.

  2. Search for a manually added number and confirm it appears.

  3. Open the contact's next conversation in Call Logs or Chat Logs and confirm your note shows.

Troubleshooting

Problem or Symptom

Likely Cause

Solution

Contact shows Unknown Caller

No record matches the number yet

The caller didn't share a name and no integration record exists. History still builds normally.

One number shows several records

Several people share the number

Open the contact to see every matched record.

Outgoing calls to a number don't go through

Do Not Call is on for the contact

Turn the Do Not Call toggle off on the contact's row.

Signals show only dashes

Nothing matched your Signals setup

Review your Signals configuration.

A contact is missing

Search text or Categories filter hides it

Clear the search and set Categories to All.

A call went wrong

Agent issue on the call

Select Report in the contact details and describe the problem.


Frequently Asked Questions

No. Contacts are normally created automatically when a call, web chat, or SMS conversation arrives. You can add a contact manually when you want to create a record before the first conversation.

It marks the phone number as a VIP so you can filter and review important callers more easily. The change saves immediately and can be turned off later.

Multiple contact records may match the same phone number. The Contacts list shows the primary name and the number of additional matches.

The number does not currently match an associated contact record.

Chat shows the number of web chat or SMS sessions. Calls shows the number of phone calls associated with that number.

Yes. Open the contact detail view and use the Call / Chat switch and session dropdown to review available conversations.

Yes. Open the relevant call from the contact detail view and use the Report button when it is available.


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