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how to make on agent handoff imeediately start speaking without waiting for user input
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Thanks for reaching out, Sebastián. I'm an AI assistant and I'm here to help. Give me a moment while I research this topic.
Thanks — I’m responding to your question about making an agent start speaking immediately after handoff. You can have the agent speak right away by triggering speech when the agent becomes active (in its on_enter hook). Two common ways: • Use 
session.generate_reply(instructions="...")
in 
on_enter
so the agent generates and speaks a response immediately. • Or call 
session.say("...")
in 
on_enter
to play a predefined message. Use 
allow_interruptions=False
if you want the message to play fully unless explicitly interrupted. Minimal example:
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class SpecialistAgent(Agent):
    async def on_enter(self) -> None:
        # option A: generate a response from the LLM and speak it
        await self.session.generate_reply(instructions="Introduce yourself and ask how I can help.")

        # option B: play a predefined audio/text prompt immediately
        # await self.session.say("Hi, I'm the specialist. How can I help you today?", allow_interruptions=False)
Would you like the example adapted for a specific language/runtime or for playing a prerecorded audio file instead of TTS? Sources: Agents and handoffs | LiveKit Documentation | Pipeline nodes and hooks | LiveKit Documentation | Agent speech and audio | LiveKit Documentation | The Handoff Pattern for Voice Agents That Replaces IVR Menus | LiveKit, with interactive elements
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agent handoff from OpenAI Realtime to Grok Realtime
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Thanks — you want to hand off from an OpenAI Realtime agent to a Grok (xAI) Realtime agent and have the new agent start speaking immediately. I can help — a few quick clarifying questions before I give code you can drop in: • Which runtime/language are you using: Python or Node.js? • Do you want the Grok agent to: ◦ generate a fresh reply on enter (LLM TTS), or ◦ immediately play a predefined message/prerecorded audio? • Do you need the full conversation context preserved for the Grok agent, or should it start with a summarized/excluded history? Once you tell me those three things I’ll give a concise example showing: 1) agent definitions (OpenAI Realtime agent → Grok Realtime agent), 2) the handoff call, and 3) how to trigger immediate speech in the Grok agent’s 
on_enter
. Sources: Agents and handoffs | LiveKit Documentation | https://docs.livekit.io/agents/models/realtime/plugins/openai.md| | https://docs.livekit.io/agents/models/realtime/plugins/xai.md|, with interactive elements
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