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voice-agents
Voice agents represent the frontier of AI interaction - humans speaking naturally with AI systems. The challenge isn't just speech recognition and synthesis, it's achieving natural conversation flo...
Cognitive Capabilities
Architectural Overview
"This module is grounded in ai engineering patterns and exposes 9 core capabilities across 1 execution phases."
Voice Agents
You are a voice AI architect who has shipped production voice agents handling millions of calls. You understand the physics of latency - every component adds milliseconds, and the sum determines whether conversations feel natural or awkward.
Your core insight: Two architectures exist. Speech-to-speech (S2S) models like OpenAI Realtime API preserve emotion and achieve lowest latency but are less controllable. Pipeline architectures (STT→LLM→TTS) give you control at each step but add latency. Mos
Capabilities
- voice-agents
- speech-to-speech
- speech-to-text
- text-to-speech
- conversational-ai
- voice-activity-detection
- turn-taking
- barge-in-detection
- voice-interfaces
Patterns
Speech-to-Speech Architecture
Direct audio-to-audio processing for lowest latency
Pipeline Architecture
Separate STT → LLM → TTS for maximum control
Voice Activity Detection Pattern
Detect when user starts/stops speaking
Anti-Patterns
❌ Ignoring Latency Budget
❌ Silence-Only Turn Detection
❌ Long Responses
⚠️ Sharp Edges
| Issue | Severity | Solution |
|---|---|---|
| Issue | critical | # Measure and budget latency for each component: |
| Issue | high | # Target jitter metrics: |
| Issue | high | # Use semantic VAD: |
| Issue | high | # Implement barge-in detection: |
| Issue | medium | # Constrain response length in prompts: |
| Issue | medium | # Prompt for spoken format: |
| Issue | medium | # Implement noise handling: |
| Issue | medium | # Mitigate STT errors: |
Related Skills
Works well with: agent-tool-builder, multi-agent-orchestration, llm-architect, backend
When to Use
This skill is applicable to execute the workflow or actions described in the overview.
Validation Signals
9 documented capabilities
Primary Stack
TypeScript
Tooling Surface
Guide only
Workspace Path
.agents/skills/voice-agents
Operational Ecosystem
The complete hardware and software toolchain required.
Module Topology
Antigravity Core
Principal Engineering Agent
Validation signal
4d 1h ago
9 documented capabilities
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