> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.bey.dev/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Introduction

> Your guide to building conversational video agents

## What is Beyond Presence?

We are a developer platform for **conversational video agents** that look and feel like real people.

import { useState } from 'react';

{(() => {
const [isOpen, setIsOpen] = useState(false);

return (
  <div className="border border-gray-200 rounded-lg overflow-hidden my-4">
    <button
      onClick={() => setIsOpen(!isOpen)}
      className="w-full text-left p-4 font-semibold hover:bg-gray-50 flex items-center justify-between transition-colors"
    >
      <span>🚀 Try our demo!</span>
      <svg
        className={`w-5 h-5 transform transition-transform ${isOpen ? 'rotate-180' : ''}`}
        fill="none"
        stroke="currentColor"
        viewBox="0 0 24 24"
      >
        <path strokeLinecap="round" strokeLinejoin="round" strokeWidth={2} d="M19 9l-7 7-7-7" />
      </svg>
    </button>

    {isOpen && (
      <div className="border-t border-gray-200 p-4">
        <iframe
          src="https://bey.chat/agent/defaultAgent"
          width="100%"
          height="600px"
          frameBorder="0"
          allow="camera; microphone; fullscreen"
          allowFullScreen
        />
      </div>
    )}
  </div>
);
})()}

### Core Concepts

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Agents" icon="robot">
    LLM-powered AI assistants that can operate across text, voice, or video modalities. These intelligent conversational systems understand context, maintain dialogue flow, and provide responses tailored to your specific use case and knowledge base.

    [Learn more about agents](/get-started/agents)
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Avatars" icon="user">
    Digital human models that transform text or voice agents into video agents. Our photorealistic avatars provide the visual representation, complete with natural expressions, lip-sync, and human-like gestures that bring your AI assistant to life.

    [Learn more about avatars](/get-started/avatars)
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Dashboard" icon="grip">
    Web-based management interface for creating, configuring, and monitoring your video agents. Build complete solutions without code—upload knowledge bases, customize avatars, test conversations, and deploy agents with shareable links or embed code snippets.

    [Learn more about the dashboard](/get-started/dashboard)
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="API" icon="code">
    Direct programmatic access to our platform for custom integrations. Use our REST API to embed video agents into your applications, control agent behavior dynamically, and build sophisticated conversational experiences tailored to your product.

    [Learn more about the API](/get-started/api)
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Why Beyond Presence?

Traditional chatbots feel robotic.
Video calls require human availability.
Beyond Presence bridges this gap with AI that maintains human connection at machine scale.

### Key Features

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Ultra-realistic avatars" icon="sparkles">
    Powered by our proprietary AI research in computer vision and generative modeling. Our avatars deliver lifelike facial expressions, natural lip-sync, and human-like micro-movements that create genuine emotional connections with users.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Lightning speed" icon="bolt">
    Industry-leading performance with 250ms speech-to-video latency and 1-second end-to-end response times. Real-time conversations feel natural and fluid, eliminating the awkward delays that plague traditional video chat solutions.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Enterprise scale" icon="chart-line-up">
    Handle hundreds of simultaneous video calls without performance degradation. Our distributed infrastructure automatically scales to meet demand, ensuring consistent quality whether you're serving one user or thousands.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Flexible integration" icon="puzzle-piece">
    Choose your level of control—from fully managed dashboard solutions to custom API components. Whether you need plug-and-play widgets or granular programmatic control, our platform adapts to your technical requirements and timeline.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Developer-focused platform" icon="code">
    Built by ML engineers who understand your workflow. Clean APIs, comprehensive documentation, and thoughtful abstractions that let you focus on your product instead of wrestling with infrastructure complexity.

    We also have a [Discord community](https://bey.dev/community) where you can ask questions and get help from our team and other developers.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

### Use Cases

Common use cases include customer support, sales, training, healthcare, and entertainment—anywhere human-like interaction improves user experience.

## Next Steps

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Agents" icon="robot" href="/get-started/agents">
    Learn about conversational agents
  </Card>

  <Card title="Avatars" icon="user" href="/get-started/avatars">
    Learn about avatars
  </Card>

  <Card title="Dashboard" icon="grip" href="/get-started/dashboard">
    Manage agents and avatars with the dashboard
  </Card>

  <Card title="API" icon="code" href="/get-started/api">
    Integrate our product into your application via the API
  </Card>
</CardGroup>