function1st · cursor · Aug 26, 2026 · Aug 26, 2026
diff --git a/.cursor-plugin/marketplace.json b/.cursor-plugin/marketplace.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   },
   "metadata": {
     "description": "Phone skills for voice tasks (restaurant booking first). Need: Telnyx KYC + one US number, xAI team with ZDR off, API keys, Voice Agent Builder.",
-    "version": "0.4.2"
+    "version": "0.4.3"
   },
   "plugins": [
     {

diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
@@ -29,21 +29,27 @@ Need: Telnyx KYC + US DID + Telnyx key; xAI team **ZDR off** + that team’s key
 
 ### 1. Call identity — ask in chat, wait
 
-Do **not** silently keep defaults. “Set this up” is not consent to these. Show this card and wait for a reply. **Do not ask for destination countries** — those live on Telnyx (step 6).
+Do **not** silently keep PhoneZero. “Set this up” is not a spoken name. **Always ask** what Agent Name the callee should hear, and wait. PhoneZero is an example they may choose, not a default you apply without a reply. **Do not ask for destination countries** — those live on Telnyx (step 6).
 
 ```
-Call settings (defaults — change any now)
+Call settings — reply before we continue
 
-1. Spoken name the callee hears: PhoneZero
- “Hello, this is {name}…” — keep PhoneZero, or set your name / an alias.
+1. Spoken name (required): what should the callee hear after “Hello, this is …”?
+   Your name, an alias, or PhoneZero — you pick. Do not skip.
 
-2. AI disclaimer in the opener: ON
+2. Always use that name on later calls in this Bot?
+   Yes → remember it (session + memory if available) and do not re-ask.
+   No  → ask again before every call.
+
+3. AI disclaimer in the opener: ON
    ON  → “…{name}, an automated assistant, calling on a recorded line…”
    OFF → omit “, an automated assistant,”
    You may turn this OFF.
 ```
 
-Keep their answers in session and put them on each `phonezero-task` (`spoken_name`, `disclose_ai`). Do **not** put name or disclose on the Configure / Edit Values card. If they turn disclaimer OFF and the Builder agent already exists, re-paste `prompts/voice-agent.md` once with `{disclosure_clause}` empty — that paste is the only way to change a baked prompt. Per-call they may still pick a different spoken name.
+Keep their answers in session and put the name on each `phonezero-task` (`spoken_name`, `disclose_ai`). Do **not** put name or disclose on the Configure / Edit Values card. If they turn disclaimer OFF and the Builder agent already exists, re-paste `prompts/voice-agent.md` once with `{disclosure_clause}` empty — that paste is the only way to change a baked prompt.
+
+Before **every later call**, ask the Agent Name again unless they already said to always use one. Then reuse it and show it as Spoken as on the plan.
 
 ### 2. Uninstall the wrong plugin
 
@@ -122,7 +128,7 @@ xAI: `list_phone_numbers` → `register_byo_number` if the DID is not `byo_trunk
 
 ### 8. Calls
 
-You already have SID, TeXML id, From, spoken name, disclose, and the Telnyx destination list. Read `phonezero-runtime` (plan-first, two attempts, `succeeded` / `booked` only with a live-person confirmation in the transcript). Match a shipped skill, or **interview into a `phonezero-task`** — do not ask them to paste a `SKILL.md` or write `~/.cursor/skills`. Owner setup-test to **their own confirmed number** may skip the hours guard — restaurants may not. The call plan must show Spoken as and only dial countries on that Telnyx whitelist. Per-call they may still override the spoken name. If they ask to save the shape as a template, pick memory or `put_template` and say where it went.
+You already have SID, TeXML id, From, disclose, and the Telnyx destination list. **Ask the Agent Name** before the call plan unless they already said to always use the same name. Read `phonezero-runtime` (plan-first, two attempts, `succeeded` / `booked` only with a live-person confirmation in the transcript). Match a shipped skill, or **interview into a `phonezero-task`** — do not ask them to paste a `SKILL.md` or write `~/.cursor/skills`. Owner setup-test to **their own confirmed number** may skip the hours guard — restaurants may not. The call plan must show Spoken as and only dial countries on that Telnyx whitelist. If they ask to save the shape as a template, pick memory or `put_template` and say where it went.
 
 On explicit yes, in this order — do not resolve SID again:
 

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -30,24 +30,25 @@ You were pointed at `https://github.com/function1st/PhoneZero`. Drive the UI. Do
 - Do **not** take keys in chat. Do **not** `source ~/.phonezero/env`. Do **not** run `scripts/provision.sh` here.
 - Do **not** search the Telnyx MCP catalog for `whoami` or `/v2/whoami`. Those are not tools. SID is `list_billing_groups` (step 6).
 - Do **not** treat “no Grok xAI *package*” as “cannot upload.” Add/use the PhoneZero xAI MCP (step 5).
-- Do **not** silently keep PhoneZero / AI-disclaimer ON. Ask (step 1) and wait.
+- Do **not** silently keep PhoneZero as the spoken name. Always ask the Agent Name (step 1, and before each later call unless they said always use one).
 - Do **not** collect destination countries as a PhoneZero setting. They live on the Telnyx outbound voice profile (step 6).
 
 ### 0. Vendor gate
 
 Need: Telnyx KYC + US DID + Telnyx key; xAI team **ZDR off** + that team’s key; Builder at [console.x.ai](https://console.x.ai) unless they already said xAI is set up. If missing, stop.
 
-### 1. Ask in chat — name and AI disclaimer (wait)
+### 1. Ask in chat — Agent Name and AI disclaimer (wait)
 
-Do **not** keep defaults silently. Show this and wait. **Do not ask for countries** — those are Telnyx (step 6).
+**Always ask** the spoken name. Do not apply PhoneZero without a reply. **Do not ask for countries** — those are Telnyx (step 6).
 
 ```
-Call settings (defaults — change any now)
-1. Spoken name: PhoneZero
-2. AI disclaimer: ON  (you may turn this OFF)
+Call settings — reply before we continue
+1. Spoken name (required): what the callee hears after “Hello, this is …”
+2. Always use that name on later calls? (yes = remember; no = ask every call)
+3. AI disclaimer: ON  (you may turn this OFF)
 ```
 
-Write answers into Edit Values / xAI env. If they turn disclaimer OFF and Builder already exists, re-paste the prompt once with `{disclosure_clause}` empty.
+Keep answers in session / each `phonezero-task`. Do **not** put the name on Edit Values. If they turn disclaimer OFF and Builder already exists, re-paste the prompt once with `{disclosure_clause}` empty. Before every later call, ask the name again unless they said to always use one.
 
 ### 2. Uninstall Cursor PhoneZero if it is installed
 
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ If app **PhoneZero** already has an outbound voice profile attached and the DID
 
 ### 8. First call
 
-Plan-first. Show Spoken as. Only dial countries on the Telnyx profile whitelist. On yes: `put_task` (or `put_booking` alias; wait processed) → `calls_accounts_texml_calls` with the session ids → poll `retrieve_calls_accounts_texml_calls` → `retrieve_recordings_json_calls_accounts_texml_recordings_json` → `transcribe` → classify → `delete_booking` (live brief only). Keep the Telnyx recording. Do not paste the audio URL. Owner setup-test to their own confirmed number may skip the hours guard. Custom task: interview into a `phonezero-task` ([docs/SKILLS.md](docs/SKILLS.md)). If they say save as a template, pick memory or `put_template` and tell them where it went.
+Plan-first. Ask the Agent Name unless they said always use one. Show Spoken as. Only dial countries on the Telnyx profile whitelist. On yes: `put_task` (or `put_booking` alias; wait processed) → `calls_accounts_texml_calls` with the session ids → poll `retrieve_calls_accounts_texml_calls` → `retrieve_recordings_json_calls_accounts_texml_recordings_json` → `transcribe` → classify → `delete_booking` (live brief only). Keep the Telnyx recording. Do not paste the audio URL. Owner setup-test to their own confirmed number may skip the hours guard. Custom task: interview into a `phonezero-task` ([docs/SKILLS.md](docs/SKILLS.md)). If they say save as a template, pick memory or `put_template` and tell them where it went.
 
 ---
 
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@ This sample ships with:
 
 - **Destinations:** whichever Telnyx outbound voice profile is attached to the PhoneZero TeXML app (`whitelisted_destinations`; default `US` only when PhoneZero **creates** a new profile). Name and country list are the user’s. Mission Control → Voice → Outbound voice profiles.
 - **AI disclosure:** default **on** in each task (`disclose_ai`) and in the one-time Builder paste
-- **Spoken name:** `PhoneZero`
+- **Spoken name:** Grok always asks (unless they said always use one). Cursor default `PhoneZero`.
 - **Recording:** dual-channel Telnyx recording on every call; the opener says the call is on a recorded line
 - **Hours / attempts:** runtime + skill defaults (see [`plugins/phonezero/skills/phonezero-runtime/SKILL.md`](plugins/phonezero/skills/phonezero-runtime/SKILL.md))
 

diff --git a/docs/SETUP.md b/docs/SETUP.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ The Telnyx MCP cannot run until `TELNYX_API_KEY` is saved as a plugin variable.
 
    After any update: re-enter **every** required field on the Configure card (a field left blank is cleared on save — see step 9) and start a **new** conversation (existing chats do not pick up a newly installed or updated plugin).
 
-   **Grok Bot** (point at `https://github.com/function1st/PhoneZero` and say *set this up*): the Bot follows [AGENTS.md](../AGENTS.md) **Grok Bot — set this up**. It must ask spoken name and AI disclaimer ON/OFF. Destination countries are the Telnyx voice-profile whitelist (not a PhoneZero field). Do not Customize → + Add this repo as the Cursor plugin. Add Telnyx as HTTP MCP `https://api.telnyx.com/v2/mcp` with `Authorization: Bearer` in the MCP form. Add/use the PhoneZero xAI stdio MCP. Resolve SID via `list_billing_groups` (not `whoami`). Do not click Authenticate.
+   **Grok Bot** (point at `https://github.com/function1st/PhoneZero` and say *set this up*): the Bot follows [AGENTS.md](../AGENTS.md) **Grok Bot — set this up**. It must **always ask** the Agent Name (and whether to always use it) plus AI disclaimer ON/OFF — do not silently keep PhoneZero. Destination countries are the Telnyx voice-profile whitelist (not a PhoneZero field). Do not Customize → + Add this repo as the Cursor plugin. Add Telnyx as HTTP MCP `https://api.telnyx.com/v2/mcp` with `Authorization: Bearer` in the MCP form. Add/use the PhoneZero xAI stdio MCP. Resolve SID via `list_billing_groups` (not `whoami`). Do not click Authenticate.
 
    If none of those are available on Cursor IDE: `"telnyx": {"command":"npx","args":["-y","@telnyx/mcp"],"env":{"TELNYX_API_KEY":"${env:TELNYX_API_KEY}"}}`. A masked secret card alone does **not** authenticate an MCP.
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ To add a country (e.g. Japan): change that Telnyx whitelist in Mission Control,
 | `TELNYX_API_KEY` | plugin variable (secret) | A | Env for Telnyx stdio MCP (`npx @telnyx/mcp`). Never in chat. |
 | `PHONEZERO_FROM_NUMBER` | plugin variable | A | Telnyx US DID (E.164): outbound caller ID and SIP bridge target (`sip:{PHONEZERO_FROM_NUMBER}@sip.voice.x.ai;transport=tls`). |
 | `XAI_API_KEY` | plugin variable (secret) | A | From a team with **ZDR off**. Injected into the PhoneZero xAI MCP only (Files, collections, STT, phone-numbers). Not in the agent shell. |
-| Spoken name / disclose | per-task (`phonezero-task.json`) | chat | `spoken_name` and `disclose_ai`. Default PhoneZero / true. Not on the Configure card. `{disclosure_clause}` is pasted once into the Builder prompt. |
+| Spoken name / disclose | per-task (`phonezero-task.json`) | chat | `spoken_name` and `disclose_ai`. Grok always asks the name unless they said always use one. Cursor default PhoneZero / true. Not on the Configure card. `{disclosure_clause}` is pasted once into the Builder prompt. |
 | Destinations | Telnyx voice profile on the PhoneZero TeXML app | Telnyx | `whitelisted_destinations` of whatever profile is attached (`outbound.outbound_voice_profile_id`). Any name, any country list. Mission Control → Voice → Outbound voice profiles. Not a PhoneZero plugin variable. |
 | `TELNYX_ACCOUNT_SID` | resolved in session | B | TeXML REST account SID. MCP: `list_billing_groups` → `data[].organization_id` (no `whoami` tool). Developer curl: `GET /v2/whoami` → `data.organization_id`. Not on the Configure card. |
 | `PHONEZERO_TEXML_APP_ID` | resolved in session | B | TeXML application SID. Not on the Configure card. |

diff --git a/plugins/phonezero-grok/.grok-plugin/plugin.json b/plugins/phonezero-grok/.grok-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "phonezero-grok",
   "displayName": "PhoneZero (Grok)",
-  "version": "0.4.2",
+  "version": "0.4.3",
   "description": "Grok Bot: phone skills (restaurant first). Telnyx hosted HTTP + PhoneZero xAI stdio. Edit Values for keys. Do not click Authenticate on Telnyx.",
   "author": {
     "name": "Function1st"

diff --git a/plugins/phonezero-grok/commands/setup-phone-calling.md b/plugins/phonezero-grok/commands/setup-phone-calling.md
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ description: Grok Bot — ask name / AI disclaimer, then wire Telnyx HTTP + xAI
 
 You are a computer-use agent. Run **Grok Bot — set this up** in repo-root `AGENTS.md` (same steps in `README.md`) **in order**. Do not install Cursor PhoneZero. Do not click Authenticate. Do not take keys in chat.
 
-After the vendor gate, **ask in chat and wait** before wiring. Do not silently keep defaults:
+After the vendor gate, **ask in chat and wait** before wiring. **Always ask** the Agent Name (spoken name). Do not silently use PhoneZero.
 
-- Spoken name (default PhoneZero) — what the callee hears
+- Spoken name (required) — what the callee hears. PhoneZero is an example they may pick, not a default you apply without a reply.
+- Always use that name on later calls? If yes, remember it and do not re-ask. If no, ask again before every call.
 - AI disclaimer ON or OFF — they may turn it OFF
 
 **Do not ask for destination countries.** Read them from Telnyx after the HTTP MCP is proven: the outbound voice profile **attached to the PhoneZero TeXML app** (any name) → `whitelisted_destinations`. `list_outbound_voice_profiles` with **no name filter**; pick the id on that TeXML app. Show the actual name + codes. That setting is Telnyx Mission Control → Voice → Outbound voice profiles. PATCH only if they ask to add or remove countries. Do not give legal advice.

diff --git a/plugins/phonezero-grok/skills/phonezero-telnyx-canary/SKILL.md b/plugins/phonezero-grok/skills/phonezero-telnyx-canary/SKILL.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ description: Grok Bot PhoneZero setup when pointed at https://github.com/functio
 Computer-use. Drive the UI. Do these steps **in order**. Same playbook: repo-root [README.md](../../../../README.md) and [AGENTS.md](../../../../AGENTS.md). After ids are in session: [plugins/phonezero/skills/phonezero-runtime/SKILL.md](../../../phonezero/skills/phonezero-runtime/SKILL.md) and the matching phone skill (or interview a custom `phonezero-task` — do not ask for a `SKILL.md` paste).
 
 1. **Not** Cursor + Add. **Not** Authenticate. **Not** keys in chat. **Not** `source ~/.phonezero/env`. **Not** `scripts/provision.sh`.
-2. Vendor gate, then **ask in chat and wait** — spoken name and AI disclaimer ON/OFF only. Do **not** ask for destination countries.
+2. Vendor gate, then **ask in chat and wait** — Agent Name (required; do not silently use PhoneZero) and whether to always use that name, plus AI disclaimer ON/OFF. Do **not** ask for destination countries. Before every later call, ask the name again unless they said to always use one.
 3. HTTP MCP: `https://api.telnyx.com/v2/mcp` + `Authorization: Bearer` in the form. Edit Values: keys + From only. Name / disclose stay in chat.
 4. `list_api_endpoints` — real list or stop. “6 tools” proves nothing. There is **no** MCP tool named `whoami`.
 5. If `put_task` / `put_booking` is missing: add stdio `xai` from [`plugins/phonezero/mcp.json`](../../../phonezero/mcp.json) with **real** env (not `${…}`). Then `get_call_config` + `ensure_collection`. If they said xAI is already set up, do not open the Builder. Ignore the wizard number. If they turned disclaimer OFF and Builder already exists, or the agent still searches `phonezero-booking.json`, re-paste `prompts/voice-agent.md` and `prompts/end_call.md` once.

diff --git a/plugins/phonezero/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json b/plugins/phonezero/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "phonezero",
   "displayName": "PhoneZero",
-  "version": "0.4.2",
+  "version": "0.4.3",
   "description": "Phone skills for voice tasks (restaurant booking first). Need: Telnyx KYC + one US number, xAI team with ZDR off, API keys, Voice Agent Builder. Then /setup-phone-calling.",
   "author": {
     "name": "Function1st"

diff --git a/plugins/phonezero/scripts/xai-mcp.mjs b/plugins/phonezero/scripts/xai-mcp.mjs
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ async function handle(msg) {
     ok(id, {
       protocolVersion: params?.protocolVersion || "2024-11-05",
       capabilities: { tools: {} },
-      serverInfo: { name: "phonezero-xai", version: "0.4.2" },
+      serverInfo: { name: "phonezero-xai", version: "0.4.3" },
     });
     return;
   }

diff --git a/plugins/phonezero/skills/book-restaurant/SKILL.md b/plugins/phonezero/skills/book-restaurant/SKILL.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Read `phonezero-runtime` for Setup, preconditions, plan-first, hours hard cap, d
 | Restaurant-local hours when hours unknown | 10:30–20:30 restaurant-local (user TZ if unknown) | user-stated hours |
 | Window if they said “around 7” | propose preferred ± 30–60 min + ranked in-window slots | user-supplied window |
 | Calendar offer after `succeeded` | offer ~90 minutes | skip |
-| Spoken name | PhoneZero | per-call (`spoken_name` in the brief) |
+| Spoken name | Cursor: PhoneZero. **Grok: ask every call** unless they said always use one. | per-call (`spoken_name` in the brief) |
 
 ## Collect
 

diff --git a/plugins/phonezero/skills/confirm-business-hours/SKILL.md b/plugins/phonezero/skills/confirm-business-hours/SKILL.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Collect who to call and what we need confirmed. No OpenTable step. Hand off to [
 | Callback | E.164. Default to the user's phone; confirm it. |
 | Expected hours (optional) | What we think the hours are, or a specific question (“open Saturday?”, “today’s holiday hours?”). |
 
-Spoken name defaults to PhoneZero; override per call. Fail closed if there is no business or no number after one clarifying turn.
+Spoken name: Cursor defaults PhoneZero; **Grok always asks** unless they said to always use one. Fail closed if there is no business or no number after one clarifying turn.
 
 ## Call plan