LiveKit Agent Skills

Reusable skills for AI coding agents building with LiveKit. These skills provide procedural knowledge that helps agents build voice AI applications more effectively.

Available Skills

Installation

npx skills add livekit/agent-skills

Skills activate automatically when agents detect relevant tasks (e.g., "build a voice agent", "create a LiveKit agent").

Skill Structure

Each skill contains:

• SKILL.md — Agent instructions with behavioral guidance
• references/ — Supporting documentation

Using with MCP

These skills are designed to work alongside the LiveKit Docs MCP server. The skills provide behavioral guidance (how to think about building voice agents) while MCP provides factual information (current API signatures, configuration options).

Install the MCP server for best results. Installation instructions for all supported coding agents are available at:

https://docs.livekit.io/intro/mcp-server/

Design Philosophy

These skills follow the "freeze forever" principle—they encode behavioral guidance that remains valid regardless of API changes:

• Behavior over knowledge: Skills teach how to approach problems, not API specifics
• MCP for facts: All factual information (API signatures, config options) comes from live documentation
• Testing required: Every agent implementation must include tests
• Latency-first: Voice AI requires different architectural thinking than text-based agents

Contributing

Contributions welcome! When adding or modifying skills:

1. Ensure content passes the "freeze forever" test—would it still be correct if never updated?
2. Direct agents to MCP/docs for all API specifics
3. Include trigger phrases in the skill description
4. Keep skills under 500 lines for context efficiency

License

MIT