I'm happy to share that LiveKit's agent framework does offer some great options to let an agent skip a turn when needed. Here are the methods you can use: • Using

StopResponse

in `on_user_turn_completed`: You can have your agent raise a

StopResponse

exception within the

on_user_turn_completed

lifecycle hook to skip generating a reply for a particular user turn. Here's a simple example:

def on_user_turn_completed(chat_ctx: llm.ChatContext, new_message: llm.ChatMessage):
    if not new_message.text_content:
        raise StopResponse()  # Skip generating a response

• Manual turn control with `clear_user_turn`: If you're using manual turn control (with

turn_detection="manual"

), the agent can call

session.clear_user_turn()

to discard the user's input without processing it. • Short transcription filtering: The framework can also automatically skip very short transcriptions if you set

min_interruption_words

and the input falls below that threshold. These options give you flexible control over when your agent should respond or skip a turn, depending on the context or the quality of the input. If you have any questions about implementing these, feel free to ask—I'm here to help! Sources: Docs::Agents | Turn detection and interruptions | LiveKit Docs | agents/src/voice/agent_activity.ts