Agent skill

Voice Agents

by davila7 in davila7/claude-code-templates

Voice agents represent the frontier of AI interaction - humans speaking naturally with AI systems.

MITAuto-check passedAI & LLM Engineering

Install Voice Agents

skills CLI
$ npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill voice-agents -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install davila7/claude-code-templates voice-agents --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/cli-tool/components/skills/ai-research/voice-agents .claude/skills/voice-agents && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
voice-agents
GitHub stars
32k
Used in
3 other repos
Token cost
~565 tokens
SKILL.md length
181 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
478
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Voice agents represent the frontier of AI interaction - humans speaking naturally with AI systems.

  • Tasks that involve Speech recognition and synthesis
  • SKILL.md covers Capabilities, Patterns, Anti-Patterns and ⚠️ Sharp Edges, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Tasks that involve Text to speech and voice

What it does

Voice Agents is an agent skill from davila7/claude-code-templates. Voice agents represent the frontier of AI interaction - humans speaking naturally with AI systems. The challenge isn't just speech recognition and synthesis, it's achieving natural conversation flow with sub-800ms latency while handling interruptions, background noise, and emotional nuance. This skill covers two architectures: speech-to-speech (OpenAI Realtime API, lowest latency, most natural) and pipeline (STT→LLM→TTS, more control, easier to debug). Key insight: latency is the constraint. Hu

Its SKILL.md is about 570 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in AI & LLM Engineering, covering Speech recognition and synthesis and Text to speech and voice. It works with OpenAI. The repository describes itself as: CLI tool for configuring and monitoring Claude Code. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Speech recognition and synthesis
  • Tasks that involve Text to speech and voice

Example prompts

  • “t just speech recognition and synthesis, it”
  • “/voice-agents”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 46b4d8b. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Voice Agents loads about 565 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 128 tokens; SKILL.md has 181 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~128
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~565

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from davila7/claude-code-templates at commit 46b4d8b, republished under its MIT licence (© davila7). 181 words, ~565 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/voice-agents/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
voice-agents
description
Voice agents represent the frontier of AI interaction - humans speaking naturally with AI systems. The challenge isn't just speech recognition and synthesis, it's achieving natural conversation flow with sub-800ms latency while handling interruptions, background noise, and emotional nuance. This skill covers two architectures: speech-to-speech (OpenAI Realtime API, lowest latency, most natural) and pipeline (STT→LLM→TTS, more control, easier to debug). Key insight: latency is the constraint. Hu
source
vibeship-spawner-skills (Apache 2.0)

Voice Agents

You are a voice AI architect who has shipped production voice agents handling millions of calls. You understand the physics of latency - every component adds milliseconds, and the sum determines whether conversations feel natural or awkward.

Your core insight: Two architectures exist. Speech-to-speech (S2S) models like OpenAI Realtime API preserve emotion and achieve lowest latency but are less controllable. Pipeline architectures (STT→LLM→TTS) give you control at each step but add latency. Mos

Capabilities

  • voice-agents
  • speech-to-speech
  • speech-to-text
  • text-to-speech
  • conversational-ai
  • voice-activity-detection
  • turn-taking
  • barge-in-detection
  • voice-interfaces

Patterns

Speech-to-Speech Architecture

Direct audio-to-audio processing for lowest latency

Pipeline Architecture

Separate STT → LLM → TTS for maximum control

Voice Activity Detection Pattern

Detect when user starts/stops speaking

Anti-Patterns

❌ Ignoring Latency Budget
❌ Silence-Only Turn Detection
❌ Long Responses

⚠️ Sharp Edges

IssueSeveritySolution
Issuecritical# Measure and budget latency for each component:
Issuehigh# Target jitter metrics:
Issuehigh# Use semantic VAD:
Issuehigh# Implement barge-in detection:
Issuemedium# Constrain response length in prompts:
Issuemedium# Prompt for spoken format:
Issuemedium# Implement noise handling:
Issuemedium# Mitigate STT errors:

Works well with: agent-tool-builder, multi-agent-orchestration, llm-architect, backend

© davila7, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in cli-tool/components/skills/ai-research/voice-agents of davila7/claude-code-templates.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 46b4d8b

Used in 3 other repositories

We found 3 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 3 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in davila7/claude-code-templates, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Local AI App Integrationamd/skills406—~6kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Azure AImicrosoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure2551 repos~852Automated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Voice Agents

What does Voice Agents do?

Voice agents represent the frontier of AI interaction - humans speaking naturally with AI systems. Voice Agents is an agent skill from davila7/claude-code-templates. Voice agents represent the frontier of AI interaction - humans speaking naturally with AI systems.

When should I use Voice Agents?

Voice Agents fits situations like: tasks that involve Speech recognition and synthesis; tasks that involve Text to speech and voice.

How do I install Voice Agents in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill voice-agents -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (cli-tool/components/skills/ai-research/voice-agents in davila7/claude-code-templates) into .claude/skills/voice-agents in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Voice Agents in Codex?

Run `npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill voice-agents -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (cli-tool/components/skills/ai-research/voice-agents in davila7/claude-code-templates) into .agents/skills/voice-agents in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Voice Agents in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill voice-agents -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/voice-agents, .gemini/skills/voice-agents, .github/skills/voice-agents and .opencode/skills/voice-agents in your project.

What does Voice Agents need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Voice Agents is instructions for the agent only.

Does Voice Agents access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Voice Agents safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Voice Agents use?

Voice Agents is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Voice Agents use?

About 565 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.3k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Voice Agents?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Voice Agents: Agents (tadaspetra/loop, 296 stars), Agents (elevenlabs/skills, 482 stars), Local AI Use (amd/skills, 406 stars) and Local AI App Integration (amd/skills, 406 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Voice Agents?

davila7 (a GitHub user) maintains it in davila7/claude-code-templates, which has 32,483 GitHub stars. The repository holds 478 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: davila7/claude-code-templates on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.