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session = AgentSession( stt="deepgram/nova-3", llm="openai/gpt-4.1-mini", tts="cartesia/sonic-3", vad=silero.VAD.load(), turn_detection=Multilingual(), )
Agents
Build AI-powered voice and video agents with LiveKit Agents framework.
{
"rule": {
"dispatchRuleIndividual": {
"roomPrefix": "call-"
}
}
}Telephony
Bridge PSTN, SIP trunks, and LiveKit telephony for phone-native flows.
$ lk cloud auth ✓ Authenticated $ lk agent create ✓ Deployed to cloud
Deployment & Scaling
Deploy to LiveKit Cloud and scale your real-time applications.
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Guide
Building multi-agent architectures with LiveKit agents
Learn best practices for building multi-agent architectures including session state management, chat context handling, TaskGroup patterns, and dynamic per-client routing.
Agents
Troubleshooting
Can you increase agent deployment limits?
Understand the hard cap on agent deployments and how to build a multi-tenant agent that scales without provisioning more slots.
Agents
Guide
Deploy LiveKit Agents with GitHub Actions
Automate agent deployments using the LiveKit deploy-action GitHub Action for CI/CD workflows.
Deployment & Scaling
Guide
Deployment reliability on LiveKit Cloud
Understand rolling deployments, graceful draining, signal handling, and production runbook patterns for LiveKit Agents on Cloud.
Deployment & Scaling
Comparison
How does LiveKit Agents compare to Pipecat?
A technical comparison of LiveKit Agents and Pipecat for building voice AI applications, covering architecture, capabilities, integrations, and developer experience.
Agents
Reference
How much can LiveKit scale?
Understand how LiveKit media transport and agent hosting scale and how current limits protect you from cost surprises.
Deployment & Scaling
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Guide
Building multi-agent architectures with LiveKit agents
Learn best practices for building multi-agent architectures including session state management, chat context handling, TaskGroup patterns, and dynamic per-client routing.
Agents
Troubleshooting
Can you increase agent deployment limits?
Understand the hard cap on agent deployments and how to build a multi-tenant agent that scales without provisioning more slots.
Agents
Guide
Deploy LiveKit Agents with GitHub Actions
Automate agent deployments using the LiveKit deploy-action GitHub Action for CI/CD workflows.
Deployment & Scaling
Guide
Deployment reliability on LiveKit Cloud
Understand rolling deployments, graceful draining, signal handling, and production runbook patterns for LiveKit Agents on Cloud.
Deployment & Scaling
Comparison
How does LiveKit Agents compare to Pipecat?
A technical comparison of LiveKit Agents and Pipecat for building voice AI applications, covering architecture, capabilities, integrations, and developer experience.
Agents
Reference
How much can LiveKit scale?
Understand how LiveKit media transport and agent hosting scale and how current limits protect you from cost surprises.
Deployment & Scaling
Guide
Redacting PII from agent logs and transcripts
Learn how to protect sensitive user data by redacting PII from agent logs, transcripts, and observability data in LiveKit.
Agents
Guide
Avoiding crosstalk when multiple developers share a LiveKit project
How to prevent agent calls from landing on the wrong machine when your team runs agents locally against the same LiveKit Cloud project. Covers per-developer agent names, explicit dispatch, and when to reach for separate projects instead.
Agents
Guide
Best practices for managing webhook event streams
Build reliable, load-tested webhook consumers that are resilient to transient failures and scale with your application.
Deployment & Scaling
Guide
Building Performant Voice Agents in India
Complete guide to building and running high performance voice agents in India.
Agents