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title: Recipes & Guides
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description: Practical walkthroughs that pair VoltAgent with common integrations.
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Quick recipes, step-by-step guides, and complete examples to get the most out of VoltAgent.

## Guides

End-to-end setup with code, triggers, and VoltOps actions.

- [Airtable Agent](./airtable-agent) - React to new records and write updates back into Airtable.
- [Slack Agent](./slack-agent) - Respond to channel messages and reply via VoltOps Slack actions.
- [Slack Agent with Chat SDK](./slack-agent-chat-sdk) - Build a Slack bot in Next.js with Chat SDK transport and VoltAgent responses.

## Examples

Complete example projects demonstrating VoltAgent capabilities.

- [AI Recipe Generator Agent](./recipe-generator) - Intelligent recipe recommendation system with MCP.
- [AI Research Assistant Agent](./research-assistant) - Multi-agent research workflow with VoltAgent.
- [WhatsApp Order Agent](./whatsapp-ai-agent) - WhatsApp AI agent chatbot for food ordering.
- [AI Ads Generator Agent](./ai-instagram-ad-agent) - Build Instagram ads with VoltAgent, BrowserBase and Gemini.
- [YouTube to Blog Agent](./youtube-blog-agent) - Convert YouTube videos into Markdown blog posts.
- [ChatGPT App With VoltAgent](./chatgpt-app) - Deploy VoltAgent over MCP and connect to ChatGPT Apps.

## Recipes

Quick reference guides for common VoltAgent features.

**Core Features**

- [Calling Agents](./calling-agents) - Invoke agents via code, REST API, or frameworks.
- [Tools](./tools) - Add custom tools to your agents.
- [Authentication](./authentication) - Protect endpoints with JWT auth.
- [Hooks](./hooks) - Lifecycle hooks for agent behavior.
- [Retrying](./retrying) - Automatic retries for transient model errors.
- [Fallback](./fallback) - Fail over to secondary models when the primary fails.
- [Subagents](./subagents) - Multi-agent systems with supervisors.
- [Memory](./memory) - Conversation and working memory.
- [Workflows](./workflows) - Multi-step workflows with agents.
- [Guardrails](./guardrails) - Input/output safety filters.
- [Voice](./voice) - Text-to-speech and speech-to-text.
- [Retrieval](./retrieval) - RAG and document search.
- [MCP](./mcp) - Model Context Protocol integration.
- [Custom Endpoints](./custom-endpoints) - Add custom API routes.
- [Langfuse](./langfuse) - Export traces to Langfuse.

**LLM Providers**

- [Anthropic](./anthropic) - Claude models with VoltAgent.
- [Google AI](./google-ai) - Gemini models with VoltAgent.
- [Groq](./groq) - Ultra-fast inference with Groq.
- [Ollama](./ollama) - Run local LLMs with Ollama.
