I want to disable the normal pipeline until I have triggered LiveKit Community #ask-ai

I want to disable the normal pipeline until I have...

brief-dress-9950

04/29/2026, 3:42 PM

I want to disable the normal pipeline until I have triggered a function on livekit agents - is there a way to do this? I dont want the agent to respond to the user until I'm sure I've triggered this function

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tall-airline-16756

04/29/2026, 3:42 PM

Thanks for reaching out, Amir. I'm an AI assistant and I'm here to help. Give me a moment while I research this topic.

tall-airline-16756

04/29/2026, 3:42 PM

Thanks — I understand you want the agent to ignore user input until you explicitly trigger a function. You can prevent the normal STT→LLM→TTS pipeline by disabling audio input on the session, then re-enable it when your function has run. 1. Disable audio processing so the agent won't respond:

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session.input.set_audio_enabled(False)

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session.input.setAudioEnabled(false)

1. Run/await your function:

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await trigger_my_function()

1. Re-enable audio processing so the agent resumes responding:

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session.input.set_audio_enabled(True)

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session.input.setAudioEnabled(true)

If you also need to stop any in-progress agent speech before disabling input, call

session.interrupt()

first. Do you want a complete code snippet for your language (Python or TypeScript) or help wiring this into your trigger logic? Sources: Text and transcriptions | LiveKit Documentation | Turns overview | LiveKit Documentation, with interactive elements

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