Pipecat Tavus AI Avatar Agent

This is an example of a Tavus avatar that uses the Pipecat SDK to create an AI agent that can be used in a Daily room.

Installation

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

Setup

In this project's directory, run the following command to copy the .env.example file to .env:

cp .env.example .env

Edit the .env file with your own values.

Tavus

Visit https://tavus.io to get your TAVUS_API_KEY and TAVUS_REPLICA_ID.

OpenAI

Visit https://platform.openai.com to get your OPENAI_API_KEY.

Cartesia

Visit https://cartesia.ai to get your CARTESIA_API_KEY.

Deepgram

Visit https://deepgram.com to get your DEEPGRAM_API_KEY.

Usage

Run the following command to start the agent:

python tavus_agent.py

Then, from the logs in above, find and copy the URL of the room and paste it into your browser. It should look something like: Joining https://tavus.daily.co/<room-id>. Follow that link in the browser to join the room and begin speaking with your avatar.

References

• Pipecat AI Documentation
• Pipecat AI GitHub Example