# zoom-rtms

This skill guides Zoom RTMS integrations, from WebSocket lifecycle design to media handling. Use it when working with meeting streams or contact-center voice media.

- skill · `type=skill` · Codex, ChatGPT · ★ 7604
- Author: Zoom · official OpenAI repository
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/openai/plugins/tree/HEAD/plugins/zoom/skills/rtms/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-08
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/zoom-rtms

## What it does

The skill lays out an RTMS workflow: identify the stream source, then decide whether RTMS is enough or a Meeting SDK bot is needed. It covers the WebSocket lifecycle, including event subscriptions, connection checks, media start, heartbeat, reconnects, and shutdown.

Audio, video, screen share, chat, live transcripts, and metadata have different payload and timing needs. The skill also covers downstream pipelines for buffering, transcription, AI analysis, and recording. For debugging, it separates app setup, event delivery, stream authorization, network connectivity, and media decoding.

A bot that needs a visible participant identity, meeting controls, or UI-visible behavior calls for considering the Meeting SDK; RTMS alone does not meet that need.

## Install

### Codex (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/plugins --skill rtms -a codex
```

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

### Claude Code

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/plugins --skill rtms -a claude-code
```

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

### Cursor

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install openai/plugins rtms
```

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

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/openai/plugins --path plugins/zoom/skills/rtms
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### 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/openai/plugins/tree/HEAD/plugins/zoom/skills/rtms/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- choose an RTMS source for a meeting or contact-center stream
- design a WebSocket lifecycle for media delivery
- handle audio, video, chat, and metadata according to their payload needs
- plan a stream pipeline for transcription or AI analysis
- trace failures across event delivery and media decoding

## Example prompts
- Plan a Zoom RTMS integration that receives meeting audio, and outline its WebSocket connection steps.
- Compare RTMS with the Meeting SDK for a bot that needs a visible identity and meeting controls.
- Explain how to process an RTMS video stream and live transcript, including reconnect and shutdown.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: zoom-rtms
description: Use when using RTMS.
---

# Zoom Realtime Media Streams

Use this skill when the integration needs real-time meeting or contact-center media as a backend stream. If the workflow needs a visible participant bot, compare against `build-zoom-bot` and `zoom-meeting-sdk-linux` before choosing RTMS.

## Workflow

1. Confirm the source surface: Meetings RTMS, Contact Center voice media, or another documented RTMS stream.
2. Decide whether RTMS is sufficient or whether a Meeting SDK bot is required for participant identity, meeting controls, or UI-visible behavior.
3. Implement the WebSocket lifecycle first: event subscription, connection validation, media start, heartbeat, reconnect, and shutdown.
4. Process media types intentionally: audio, video, screen share, chat, live transcript, and metadata have different payload and timing constraints.
5. Design downstream pipelines for buffering, transcription, AI analysis, recording, or tool invocation.
6. Debug by isolating app setup, webhook/event delivery, stream authorization, network connectivity, and media payload decoding.

## References

- Full preserved guide: [references/full-guide.md](references/full-guide.md)
- Connection architecture: [concepts/connection-architecture.md](concepts/connection-architecture.md)
- Lifecycle flow: [concepts/lifecycle-flow.md](concepts/lifecycle-flow.md)
- Media types: [references/media-types.md](references/media-types.md)
- Data types: [references/data-types.md](references/data-types.md)
- RTMS bot example: [examples/rtms-bot.md](examples/rtms-bot.md)
- Common issues: [troubleshooting/common-issues.md](troubleshooting/common-issues.md)
```
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© Zoom · MIT · https://github.com/openai/plugins/tree/HEAD/plugins/zoom/skills/rtms/SKILL.md

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