Use this skill when building real-time, bidirectional streaming applications with the Gemini Live API, or migrating legacy Live models (2.0/2.5/3.1) to Gemini 3.8 Live. Covers WebSocket-based audio/video/text streaming, voice activity detection (VAD), background reasoning (extended thinking), asynchronous function calling, session management, ephemeral tokens, live transcription, and live…
Install
npx skills add google-gemini/gemini-skills --skill gemini-live-api-devnpx skills add google-gemini/gemini-skills --skill gemini-live-api-dev -a claude-code -gnpx skills add google-gemini/gemini-skills --skill gemini-live-api-dev -a codex -ggemini skills install https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-skills.git --path skills/gemini-live-api-devgh skill install google-gemini/gemini-skills gemini-live-api-devgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-skills /tmp/google-gemini__gemini-skills
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills ~/.agents/skills
cp -R /tmp/google-gemini__gemini-skills/skills/gemini-live-api-dev ~/.claude/skills/gemini-live-api-dev # Claude Code
cp -R /tmp/google-gemini__gemini-skills/skills/gemini-live-api-dev ~/.agents/skills/gemini-live-api-dev # Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot, OpenCode