Thanks — I see you want to know whether the Python LiveKit Agent SDK lets an Agent handle the

conversation_item_added

event. Yes — you can access

conversation_item_added

from within an

Agent

by registering a listener on the agent’s session (the agent has a

self.session

reference). Handlers registered there will be called whenever a new item (message or function call) is added to the conversation history, and the event includes an

item

field with the message content, role, and type. Example pattern you can use inside a custom Agent subclass:

class MyAgent(Agent):
    async def on_enter(self):
        @self.session.on("conversation_item_added")
        def on_conversation_item_added(event):
            # event.item contains the new message/function call and metadata
            print(f"New item added: {event.item}")

If you’d like, tell me: • the exact Agent subclass or lifecycle hook you’re using (e.g.,

on_enter

,

on_message

) and • whether you need the handler to perform async work (so I can show the proper async handler pattern). Sources: Text and transcriptions | LiveKit Documentation | Realtime model metrics | LiveKit Documentation, with interactive elements