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For review, do not merge before the API change is live.

  • agents/build/dynamic-variables.mdx: new "Default values" section with variables.defaults and the on_missing setting (keep by default, empty, reject), with a curl example.
  • agents/monitor/webhooks.mdx, agents/telephony/inbound-calls.mdx: what a placeholder does when conversation_init brings no value for it.
  • agents/build/configuration.mdx: variables row in the config sections table.

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  • Documentation
    • Clarified that dynamic placeholders use session values first, then configured defaults.
    • Documented on_missing options: keep the placeholder, replace it with an empty value, or reject session creation. Rejection prevents inbound calls from connecting.
    • Explained how missing values are handled when inbound-call webhooks time out, fail, or return an invalid response.
    • Added guidance for first-message placeholders, including that a rendered message containing only whitespace falls back to the generic greeting.

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The documentation now describes placeholder defaults, value precedence, and the on_missing policies. It also updates the documented inbound-call outcomes when webhook responses omit variables, time out, or fail.

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Dynamic variable defaults

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Placeholder defaults and missing-value policies
agents/build/configuration.mdx, agents/build/dynamic-variables.mdx
The configuration table links to the variables section. The dynamic variables documentation describes session-value precedence, defaults, on_missing options, whole-map updates, and fixed first-message behavior.
Inbound webhook outcomes
agents/monitor/webhooks.mdx, agents/telephony/inbound-calls.mdx
The webhook and inbound-call documentation describes configured defaults when values are missing or webhook requests fail. It also states that timeouts are not retried and connection errors or non-2xx responses receive one retry.

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Clarify how defaults are updated and when a webhook failure can prevent an inbound call from connecting before merging.

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Him188 force-pushed the him188/fa-442-variable-defaults-v2 branch from 2b73d43 to fe50034 Compare October 8, 2026 07:43
@Him188 Him188 changed the title Dynamic variables: default values, unresolved placeholders render as empty text Dynamic variables: default values and the on_missing setting Oct 8, 2026
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Review comments at @agents/build/dynamic-variables.mdx:
- Line 72: Verify the PATCH contract for variables.defaults and align its
documentation with the general PATCH merge semantics: if defaults are
deep-merged, explain how to remove keys; if the map is replaced, document that
exception in the configuration API section.

Review comments at @agents/monitor/webhooks.mdx:
- Line 369: Clarify that webhook failure can prevent a call from connecting when
`on_missing: reject` leaves required values unavailable. In
agents/monitor/webhooks.mdx, line 369, qualify the “never block” claim and
default-value advice; at lines 374–376, distinguish connection using defaults
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| `keep` (default) | Stays in the text as written, visible to the model and spoken on a fixed first message |
| `empty` | Renders as empty text |
| `reject` | Session creation fails with `422 Missing dynamic variables: ...` and an inbound call is not connected |

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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rg -n -F --glob '*.mdx' --glob '*.md' -- 'variables.defaults' . || test "$?" -eq 1
rg -n -F --glob '*.mdx' --glob '*.md' -- 'on_missing' . || test "$?" -eq 1
rg -n -i --glob '*.mdx' --glob '*.md' -- 'PATCH.*variables|variables.*PATCH|defaults map|replaced as a whole|dynamic variables' agents/ reference/ api/ . 2>/dev/null || true

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Resolve the variables.defaults PATCH semantics before publishing.

agents/build/configuration.mdx:133 says PATCH deep-merges partial bodies and replaces only list fields as a whole. variables.defaults is an object, but agents/build/dynamic-variables.mdx:74 says the map is replaced as a whole. A partial defaults update can therefore retain old keys, contrary to the documented behavior. Confirm the endpoint contract and align both pages. If defaults are deep-merged, document how to remove keys; if they replace the map, document that exception in the config API section.

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Verify the PATCH contract for variables.defaults and align its documentation
with the general PATCH merge semantics: if defaults are deep-merged, explain how
to remove keys; if the map is replaced, document that exception in the
configuration API section.

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### Failure behavior

The endpoint can personalize a call but never block one. The caller is waiting while the request runs, so keep the handler fast and the timeout short.
The endpoint can personalize a call but never block one. The caller is waiting while the request runs, so keep the handler fast and the timeout short. Whenever the call connects without your variables, every placeholder falls back to its configured [default value](/agents/build/dynamic-variables#default-values), so give each one a default that reads well on its own.

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

State when webhook failure can prevent connection. Both guides say a failed webhook cannot block a call. They also describe on_missing: reject as preventing connection when a placeholder has no value or default. Make the failure outcome conditional on that policy.

  • agents/monitor/webhooks.mdx#L369-L369: qualify the “never block” claim and the advice to configure defaults.
  • agents/monitor/webhooks.mdx#L374-L376: distinguish calls that connect with defaults from calls rejected because required values remain missing.
  • agents/telephony/inbound-calls.mdx#L122-L122: qualify the “never blocks” and “every placeholder” claims to match the stated reject behavior.
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  • agents/monitor/webhooks.mdx#L369-L369 (this comment)
  • agents/monitor/webhooks.mdx#L374-L376
  • agents/telephony/inbound-calls.mdx#L122-L122
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Review comment at @agents/monitor/webhooks.mdx at line 369:
Clarify that webhook failure can prevent a call from connecting when
`on_missing: reject` leaves required values unavailable. In
agents/monitor/webhooks.mdx, line 369, qualify the “never block” claim and
default-value advice; at lines 374–376, distinguish connection using defaults
from rejection when required values remain missing. In
agents/telephony/inbound-calls.mdx, line 122, qualify the “never blocks” and
“every placeholder” claims to reflect the same behavior.

After applying the fix, consider running `coderabbit review --agent` for local
review. Visit https://docs.coderabbit.ai/cli?utm_source=ghpr

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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