# reading-livekit-docs

Instructs coding assistants to look up LiveKit APIs, CLI options, and pricing in live docs instead of guessing. Essential before building Realtime AI agents.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 401 installs · ★ 74
- Author: livekit
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/livekit/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/reading-livekit-docs/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-21
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/reading-livekit-docs

## What it does

LiveKit SDKs evolve rapidly. Wrong guesses waste developer time. This skill enforces a verification protocol: before generating code or answering feature questions, the assistant must consult actual documentation rather than relying on its base weights.

Research follows a strict fallback order. The assistant first checks the LiveKit Docs MCP server tools. If those are missing, it runs the `lk docs` CLI directly in the environment to query changelogs and retrieve page snippets. Web search against `docs.livekit.io` serves strictly as a last resort, triggering explicit warnings about unverified output.

When prose documentation conflicts with implementation, the skill mandates trusting the installed binary's `--help` output and working SDK examples over written pages.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add livekit/agent-skills --skill reading-livekit-docs -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add livekit/agent-skills --skill reading-livekit-docs -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add livekit/agent-skills --skill reading-livekit-docs -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install livekit/agent-skills reading-livekit-docs
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/reading-livekit-docs/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add livekit/agent-skills --skill reading-livekit-docs -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/livekit/agent-skills --path skills/reading-livekit-docs
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add livekit/agent-skills --skill reading-livekit-docs -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/livekit/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/reading-livekit-docs/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- look up current LiveKit SDK signatures and config options
- inspect changelogs to verify feature availability across versions
- locate working integration examples across LiveKit repositories
- check official LiveKit pricing and model provider support

## Example prompts
- Check the LiveKit docs to see what arguments the agent worker expects
- Find an example of agent simulation in the official LiveKit repos
- What changed in LiveKit Agents 1.8 according to the changelog?

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: reading-livekit-docs
description: 'Looks up current LiveKit facts (API signatures, CLI flags, config options, model and provider support, SDK changelogs, pricing) from the docs instead of answering from memory. Use whenever a question touches LiveKit specifics: "does LiveKit support X", "what changed in agents 1.8", "what are the arguments to Y", "how much does LiveKit cost", "find an example of Z in the LiveKit repos", or before writing any LiveKit code. Other LiveKit skills load this one first. Covers the LiveKit Docs MCP server and the `lk docs` CLI.'
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: livekit
---

# Reading LiveKit documentation

LiveKit's SDKs change faster than model training data, so anything you remember about a LiveKit
API, CLI flag, or default is a guess. Wrong guesses cost time: a wrong flag wastes a run, a wrong
signature wastes a build.

**Every LiveKit-specific fact you state or put in code should come from a lookup in this
session.** That includes facts you're confident about and patterns you've seen in other repos.

## Where to look, in order of preference

**1. The LiveKit Docs MCP server.** If its tools are in your session, use them. They're the same
source the CLI uses, with less friction.

**2. `lk docs`.** Available wherever the LiveKit CLI is installed, with no MCP setup. Use it when
the MCP tools aren't there; don't stop to ask the user to install anything first. It can search the
docs, fetch pages, search code across LiveKit's repositories, show an SDK's recent changelog, report
pricing, and submit feedback. Start with:

```bash
lk docs --help
lk docs search "agent simulations"
```

Once search has shown you the right page, fetch it. There's machine-readable output if you'd
rather parse than read.

**3. Web search against `docs.livekit.io`.** Only when neither of the above is available. Tell the
user you fell back to it, and mark generated code as unverified.

## How to research

- **Search before you read.** Search returns per-page excerpts, which is usually enough to pick the
  right page. Fetch full pages only once you know which one you need, or you'll fill the context
  window with pages you don't use.
- **Use code search for how, docs for what.** Docs tell you a parameter exists. LiveKit's own
  examples show how it's called. When a docs page and a working example disagree, go with the
  example and mention the discrepancy.
- **Use the changelog for version questions.** "Is X available yet", "when did Y change", and "why
  doesn't this argument exist" are answered by the changelog, not search.
- **Check the version you're on.** The installed SDK and CLI determine what works, and a documented
  feature may not exist in the installed version. For any CLI command, `--help` on the installed
  binary outranks every other source.

## Reporting what you found
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