# liveavatar-demo

Spins up ready-to-run LiveAvatar repositories, installs dependencies, configures environment keys, and hands off when browser microphone access is needed.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 397 installs · ★ 16
- Author: heygen
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/heygen-com/liveavatar-agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/liveavatar-demo/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-10
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/liveavatar-demo

## What it does

This skill handles the mechanical setup for four official LiveAvatar open-source projects. It clones the target repository, installs dependencies using `pnpm` or `uv`, provisions configuration files, and launches the server. The catalog covers an AI sales agent in Next.js 15, two LiveKit voice pipeline architectures, and a full-duplex speech-to-speech GPT-Live setup with Hyperframes overlays.

The agent cannot listen to audio or verify lip synchronization. Browser microphone prompts, interactive CLI inputs like `npm run setup`, and third-party logins require human action. Every demo requires an API key from `https://app.liveavatar.com/developers`. Never use dummy tokens in `.env`. Setup scripts treat whatever is in the file as valid and crash with a 401 error on bad keys.

Mind the runtime constraints before running. Demo 1 enforces Node 22 and hardcodes port 3003, which fails immediately if the port is busy. Demo 4 skips the sandbox entirely, incurring instant LiveAvatar usage and OpenAI audio token charges.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add heygen-com/liveavatar-agent-skills --skill liveavatar-demo -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/liveavatar-demo/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/liveavatar-demo/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add heygen-com/liveavatar-agent-skills --skill liveavatar-demo -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/liveavatar-demo/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add heygen-com/liveavatar-agent-skills --skill liveavatar-demo -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/liveavatar-demo/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install heygen-com/liveavatar-agent-skills liveavatar-demo
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/liveavatar-demo/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add heygen-com/liveavatar-agent-skills --skill liveavatar-demo -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/heygen-com/liveavatar-agent-skills --path skills/liveavatar-demo
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/liveavatar-demo/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add heygen-com/liveavatar-agent-skills --skill liveavatar-demo -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/heygen-com/liveavatar-agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/liveavatar-demo/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- Spin up an official LiveAvatar reference demo from the catalog
- Wire an interactive LiveKit agent pipeline to drive an avatar
- Launch a full-duplex speech-to-speech GPT-Live demo with animated overlays
- Validate environment variables and system ports before running demo servers

## Example prompts
- Run the LiveAvatar AI sales agent demo
- Set up a LiveKit agent driving LiveAvatar in a hosted room
- Spin up the GPT-Live LiveAvatar demo with Hyperframes overlays

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: liveavatar-demo
description: |
  Spin up a working LiveAvatar demo from a curated catalog — clones the reference repo, installs dependencies, provisions the LiveAvatar account, and fills the env file, then hands off the parts only a human can do. Use when: (1) User wants to try, test, see, or demo LiveAvatar, (2) User asks what LiveAvatar demos or examples exist, (3) User wants a sales agent / lead-qualification avatar, (4) User wants a LiveKit agent driving a LiveAvatar avatar, (5) User wants an avatar joining their own LiveKit room, (6) User wants a speech-to-speech avatar, a GPT-Live demo, a language-learning or tutor avatar, a customer-support avatar, a poker coach / game-style avatar, or an avatar with on-screen visuals/overlays, (7) User says "run the LiveAvatar demo", "show me LiveAvatar", "get me started with LiveAvatar", or "clone the LiveAvatar example", (8) User is evaluating LiveAvatar and wants something running before writing their own integration.
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: heygen
  version: "1.3.0"
---

# LiveAvatar Demos

Four curated demos, each a real open-source repo. This skill does every mechanical step: clone, install, provision, configure, launch.

## What this skill cannot do — say this up front

**You cannot verify that the avatar talks.** Every demo ends at a microphone and a human ear. Do not claim success you can't observe, and do not stall waiting for something you can't reach. Name these moments as you hit them:

| Moment | Why it's human-only |
|--------|---------------------|
| Supplying API keys | Cannot be fetched or guessed |
| Demo 1: `npm run setup` prompts | Interactive `readline`. See the reference — running it wrong orphans a context in the user's account |
| Demo 1: fill name + work email, click **Chat with Wayne** | The submit button is disabled until both fields are filled |
| Demos 2/3: grant browser mic permission, then speak | No mic, no conversation |
| Demo 4: click **Start**, allow mic, answer "ready" | The avatar waits for a spoken yes before doing anything |
| Confirming the avatar spoke and lip-synced | Audio + video, in a human's browser |
| Vercel login / deploy (demo 1, Full level only) | Interactive auth |

Everything else is yours. Do it without narrating each command.

## Step 1: Get the LiveAvatar API key — before anything else

All four demos need it, and having it early removes most branching. Ask for it now, in your first message, alongside the catalog:

> Grab an API key from https://app.liveavatar.com/developers and paste it here. I'll take it from there.
```
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