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<@1145576664366055464> Retellai chatbot with  website widget needs phone number?

Thanks for tagging me <@1283963196662747230>. I'll look through relevant sources and get back to you shortly.

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To learn more, see the sources I considered:

[[1] Retell Website Widget](https://docs.retellai.com/deploy/chat-widget)
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Feel free to tag <@1145576664366055464> with additional questions. I also appreciate feedback, it helps me improve.

### Answer
 

No, the **Chat Widget** does not require a phone number. [(1) ](<https://docs.retellai.com/deploy/chat-widget>)

The Retell website widget supports two modes:
- **Chat Widget**: Text-based conversations using a chat agent — no phone number needed 
- **Callback Widget**: Phone-based conversations using a voice agent — this one *does* require a phone number 

For the **Chat Widget**, the required attributes are only: 
- `data-public-key` - Your Retell public key
- `data-agent-id` - Your chat agent ID

Here's a minimal example for embedding a chat widget without any phone number:

```html
<script
  id="retell-widget"
  src="<https://dashboard.retellai.com/retell-widget.js%22>
  data-public-key="key_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
  data-agent-id="agent_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
></script>
```


The phone number attribute (`data-phone-number`) is only required if you're using the **Callback Widget** mode (set via `data-widget="callback"`) .