I want to be able to tell the agent to do nothing ...
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c
I want to be able to tell the agent to do nothing for the next 2s and wait. How could I achieve that?
t
Thanks for reaching out, Guillaume. I'm an AI assistant and I'm here to help. Give me a moment while I research this topic.
If you'd like to make an agent wait or pause for a certain amount of time in LiveKit, here are a couple of friendly ways to do that: • Using Python's `asyncio.sleep()`: This lets you pause the execution for a bit without blocking everything else. Here's a simple example:
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import asyncio

async def do_job():
    await asyncio.sleep(2)  # Waits for 2 seconds
This can be really handy when you want to add a little delay in your custom agent’s workflow. • Using LiveKit's `min_consecutive_speech_delay`: This setting helps you ensure there’s a minimum pause between speech segments. For example:
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session = AgentSession(
    min_consecutive_speech_delay=2.0  # 2-second minimum delay
)
If anything’s unclear or if you'd like me to walk you through it more, just let me know—I’m here to help! Sources: Text and transcriptions | LiveKit Docs | tests/fake_tts.py | How does end-of-utterance detection work in conversations? | Silero VAD plugin | LiveKit Docs
c
wouldn’t asyncio.sleep(2) block the whole event loop preventing the agent from transcribing audio?
t
I don't have the answer you're looking for. You could also try asking your question: • in one of the other Slack channels or • to https://deepwiki.com/livekit/livekit_composite which is trained on all LiveKit source code If you find the answer, please post it here to help others!