This guide walks you through the setup of talking to gpt-oss using LiveKit Agents for Python. In less than 2 minutes, you'll have a voice assistant that you can speak to in your terminal, browser, telephone, or native app.
You need a LiveKit server instance to transport realtime media between user and agent. The easiest way to get started is with a free LiveKit Cloud account. Create a project and use the API keys in the following steps. You may also self-host LiveKit if you prefer.
Install the following packages to build a complete voice AI agent with your STT-LLM-TTS pipeline, noise cancellation, and turn detection:
Congratulations, your agent is up and running. Continue to use the playground or the console mode as you build and test your agent.
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