Getting Started: Let Your AI Agent Set Everything Up

Your AI Agent Does the Heavy Lifting

When you log into Elyra, you are not alone. Every restaurant gets a personal AI agent that understands the platform inside and out. It can configure your booking rules, set up your voice agent, manage your floor plan, adjust your availability, and handle nearly anything you would otherwise do manually.

Instead of clicking through settings and menus, just tell your agent what you need. It will do it for you.

What Your Agent Can Do

Think of your AI agent as a team member who never sleeps and knows every feature:

• Set up booking rules — Tell it your seating capacity, time slots, party size limits, and cancellation policies. It configures everything
• Configure your voice agent — Your AI phone agent answers calls, takes bookings, and handles inquiries. Your personal agent sets the voice, personality, and knowledge base
• Manage your floor plan — Describe your layout or upload a floor plan. The agent maps tables, sections, and seating preferences
• Adjust availability — Block dates, set holiday hours, or change your regular schedule. Just say what you need
• Handle guest communication — Set up automated email responses, booking confirmations, and follow-ups
• Build your website — The agent can walk you through the website builder to get your site live

How to Talk to Your Agent

Open your Elyra dashboard and look for the AI chat in the bottom-right corner. Type naturally — there is no special syntax. Examples:

• "Set up my restaurant for 40 covers per evening service"
• "Block all bookings on December 25th"
• "Change our voice agent greeting to something more casual"
• "Add a 6-top table to the terrace section"

The agent will confirm what it is about to do before making changes, so you always stay in control.

The Fastest Way to Get Set Up

Instead of configuring each feature manually, try this: open the AI chat and say "Help me set up my restaurant from scratch." The agent will ask you a few questions about your restaurant — capacity, cuisine, service style, hours — and configure everything in minutes.

That is the fastest path from sign-up to a fully operational booking system with AI voice and email agents.