Vapi Squad Creation

Use a Squad only when multiple focused assistants improve the design. Default to a payload or implementation plan unless the user explicitly requests live Vapi mutations.

Decide Whether to Use a Squad

Prefer one assistant when one focused prompt and one compatible tool set can handle the use case reliably. Use a Squad for genuine boundaries such as:

• distinct domains or personas;
• different tool or credential access;
• deliberate context isolation;
• separately maintained specialists.

Do not create one assistant per conversational step. Keep related steps in one member and make each handoff boundary earn its latency and operational cost.

Safety and Source Rules