# writing-livekit-scenarios

Helps create and structure simulation scenarios for LiveKit agents. Useful for stress-testing conversation flows before production and eliminating flaky judge evaluations.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 362 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/writing-livekit-scenarios/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-21
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/writing-livekit-scenarios

## What it does

The skill defines how to structure test scenarios for LiveKit agents by writing simulated user `instructions` and verifiable `agent_expectations`. You can generate a starting draft from agent source files with `lk agent simulate text -n 10`. Running that command uploads code to LiveKit Cloud for analysis, so private logic that cannot leave your machine must be scripted manually.

Automated generators favor happy paths. This skill directs how to sharpen vague expectations so LLM judges do not flip verdicts between runs. It outlines two prompt shapes: structured step-by-step instructions for deterministic tool calls, or persona profiles with goals for adversarial dialogue.

Each scenario file functions as a single test run. To keep runs reproducible over months, scenarios should rely on fixed dates and seeded state rather than calling production databases. Running the resulting scenario files requires the separate `running-livekit-simulations` skill.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install livekit/agent-skills writing-livekit-scenarios
```

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add livekit/agent-skills --skill writing-livekit-scenarios -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/writing-livekit-scenarios/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- scaffold initial test scenarios for LiveKit voice agents
- tighten pass criteria to stop flaky LLM judge evaluations
- split scenarios into separate files for fast merges and release checks
- decouple simulations from live databases using seeded state

## Example prompts
- Generate simulation scenarios for my customer support agent
- Write a scenario testing how the agent handles an unavailable appointment slot
- Organize scenario files and seed initial state instead of calling the live database

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: writing-livekit-scenarios
description: 'Creates and maintains the scenarios a LiveKit agent simulation runs, and wires the agent to consume them. Use when the user asks "what should I test", "generate simulation scenarios", "write scenarios for my agent", "add a scenario for X", "organize my scenario files", "my simulations are flaky", "the scenario hits my real database", "seed state per scenario", "it passed but booked the wrong thing", "grade the final state", or wants to stress-test a flow before shipping. Covers generating a baseline with the LiveKit scenario generator and refining it, writing the cases generation misses, phrasing simulated-user instructions so they steer reliably, splitting scenarios into sets across files, and the agent-side code that seeds deterministic state from a scenario and fails a run on its final state. To run them use running-livekit-simulations.'
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: livekit
---

# Writing simulation scenarios

A scenario is a simulated user's **`instructions`** (who they are, what they want) plus
**`agent_expectations`** (what counts as success). A simulation plays the scenario against the real
agent, and an LLM judge grades the transcript.

Runs are disposable. The scenario file is what lasts: it gets reviewed in diffs, re-run for years,
and it's what catches a prompt edit that breaks something without anyone noticing.

Before writing a file, look up the exact schema and CLI flags with `reading-livekit-docs`. Field
names and commands change, so this skill doesn't restate them. Conceptually, a file is a named group
of scenarios. Each scenario has the simulated user's instructions, the pass criteria, and optionally
tags for grouping and per-scenario data the agent can read at runtime. If the CLI offers to add
stable per-scenario ids to a file, accept and commit them.

## Start from a generated baseline

Don't start from an empty file. LiveKit's generator reads the agent's source and produces a decent
first pass much faster than you'd write ten scenarios by hand:

```bash
lk agent simulate text -n 10    # confirm the exact flags with --help
```

**Generating from source uploads the code to LiveKit Cloud** so the generator can read it, which is
why the CLI asks for confirmation first. Tell the user that before running it and let them decline.
Some code can't leave the machine, and in that case you write the scenarios by hand. A flag skips
the prompt for non-interactive runs.

When the run finishes, the CLI either tells you where it saved the generated scenarios or offers to
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