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Generates a LiveAPI client service class in the user's chosen programming language. Use when the user wants to build, scaffold, or integrate a client that connects to the Gemini LiveAPI websocket endpoint (Gemini Enterprise or non-Gemini Enterprise), handles session setup/resumption, bearer token refresh, and sending/receiving `ClientMessage`/`ServerMessage` protos.

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LiveAPI Service Skill

Provided files in references:

  • client_server_messages.md: The public document of protos used for LiveAPI.
  • client_server_messages.proto: The proto generated based on the client_server_messages.md.
  • session_manager.md: Describes how to correctly handle the sessions.

What you should do:

Step 1:

Copy existing reference files to user provided destination folder

Step 2:

Examine the public documents mentioned in client_server_messages.md. Checking if there are any discrepancies between the public documents and the created markdown / proto as client_server_messages. If yes, update these file in the destination folder

Step 3:

Implement a class in the user wanted coding language that work as a LiveAPI service, it should import the existing proto file, build the connection to the LiveAPI endpoint, expose functions to user and let user able to send and receive data to / from the model.

If a language need a specific environment, such as python, you should create the environment in the output folder and provide a bash file, by executing which, the user can recreate the correct environment, do not use or modify the existing system environment.

Wanted behavior:

The user will provide the following information to the class for initialization:

  • project_id
  • location
  • model_id
  • config, should be a ClientMessage with setup field.
  • use_gemini_enterprise, should be a boolean telling if using Gemini Enterprise or not
  • api_key, if not using Gemini Enterprise, an api_key should be provided.

If using Gemini Enterprise, you should get a bearer token, refresh it when needed, and send it with each websocket connection (including session resumption).

The class should expose the following functions to the user:

  • [async] send_realtime_data(data): allow the user to send realtime_data to the model. The data should be a ClientMessage in the proto file.
  • [async] send_client_content(data): allow the user to send non_realtime data to the model, allow the user to add context. The data should be a ClientMessage in the proto file.
  • [async] receive(): Allow the user to receive data from the model. The data received should be a ServerMessage in the proto file.

Step 4:

Once the code implemented, you should implement a test file, initialize the connection and try to send text, audio, video data and receive the response.

Ask the user for necessary information.

Step 5:

You should finally provide a markdown file with name how_to_run.md, describe how to correctly use the class you just created. You should provide full example about how to correctly build clientmessage for all kinds of support modalities and how to send them. Also you should describe how to correctly fetch data from the model.

Step 6:

You should create scripts to deploy your implementation as a service, it should contains both frontend UI and backend service [You can use whatever coding language you want]. In these service, the user can use the frontend UI to test your implementation, it should allow the user to:

  • Start new connection / close current connection.
  • Select models to use.
  • Select input sources (audio or / and video [camera or screenshot]) and streaming data to model.
  • Send text message to model.
  • Heard the audio sound from model and see the model and user transcription and conversation history.

Attention

The service should reuse the ServerMessage and ClientMessage defined in the proto for sending and receiving messages.

While implementing the audio / transcription playback logic, please follow the instruction in https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/live-api/best-practices.

Make sure you correctly handle the interrupt signal from ServerMessage, which should:

  • You'll receive audio and transcription interleaved. The played audio and corresponding transcription should be time aligned.
  • Immediately stop the playing for audio and transcription.
  • Clear the playback buffer to dump unsent audio / transcription.
  • Start new chat bubbles for model / user.

Make sure you correctly handle the finished signal from input_transcription or output_transcription, which should start a new bubble after concatenating the data.

Step 7: Implement a description file how_to_test_with_ui.md and tell how to start the services, which URL should the user use and how to interactive with the model.