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# LiveKit Integration Spec
LiveKit is the real-time backbone for PodMan. It handles room presence and voice delivery. It is load-bearing — not decorative.
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## Room structure
- One LiveKit room per project pod: `room = podId`
- Engineers join as named participants (e.g. `alice`, `bob`)
- Hermes joins as `podman-hermes`
- All participants stay connected for the duration of the session
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## Engineer side (PWA)
**Joining:**
1. PWA calls `POST /pods/:podId/token` → receives `{ token, url }`
2. LiveKit client connects to the room with the token
3. PWA publishes screen track via `getDisplayMedia` (used client-side for frame capture — Hermes does NOT subscribe to this track)
4. PWA sets mic enabled for ambient presence
**Receiving:**
- LiveKit client automatically receives Hermes audio track
- No special subscription needed — LiveKit delivers audio to all participants
- PWA also listens for data channel messages from Hermes for UI card updates
**Data channel listener (PWA):**
```ts
room.on(RoomEvent.DataReceived, (payload, participant) => {
if (participant?.identity !== 'podman-hermes') return;
const nudge = JSON.parse(new TextDecoder().decode(payload));
// nudge: { type, message, involvedEngineers, file, sentAt }
appendNudgeToFeed(nudge);
});
```
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## Hermes side (LiveKit Agent)
**Framework:** LiveKit Agents (Node.js)
**Startup:**
1. Hermes mints its own token via the same `createPodToken` function with `identity: 'podman-hermes'`
2. Connects to the room on pod creation / first engineer joining
3. Registers as a LiveKit Agent with Gemini Live 2.5 as voice provider
**Voice delivery:**
1. Nudge message text is ready (from Gemini text generation)
2. Hermes passes text to Gemini Live 2.5 via LiveKit Agents voice pipeline
3. Audio streams into the room in real-time
4. All participants hear it
**Data channel message (sent alongside audio):**
```ts
const nudge = {
type: 'DEPENDENCY_READY' | 'BLOCKER_DETECTED' | 'DUPLICATE_WORK',
message: string, // the spoken text
involvedEngineers: string[],
file: string | null,
sentAt: string, // ISO timestamp
};
room.localParticipant.publishData(
new TextEncoder().encode(JSON.stringify(nudge)),
{ reliable: true }
);
```
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## Token endpoint
Already implemented at `POST /pods/:podId/token`.
Hermes uses the same endpoint. Grants:
- `roomJoin: true`
- `canPublish: true` (for audio track)
- `canPublishData: true` (for data channel)
- `canSubscribe: true`
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## Gemini Live 2.5 model
- Model ID: `gemini-live-2.5-flash` — confirm exact ID from LiveKit Agents + Gemini docs at build time
- LiveKit Agents has native Gemini Live integration — no manual audio encoding needed
- Hermes passes text string → Agents handles streaming audio publication
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## What LiveKit does NOT do in PodMan
- Hermes does NOT subscribe to engineer screen tracks (frame capture happens client-side)
- No video tracks from Hermes
- No mic transcription (not needed for v1)
- No SFU mixing — standard room behavior is sufficient